When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out in early Chinese farming settlements since the Neolithic Period.

Despite being a cornerstone of ancient Chinese culture, the art of incense fell out of everyday use as mass production and ...

A new study of ancient Chinese astronomical records of the Zhou Dynasty has strengthened the case that a solar eclipse ...

For Italian mezzo-soprano Erica Cortese, 31, the greatest challenge in performing Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) poetry in a symphonic song was not only the language but also the intense emotions she ...

The discovery’s highlight was a 247-pound cannon from the Ming dynasty, but archaeologists also found remains of crops and ...

On a cold winter afternoon, as the archaeological work at a well-preserved ancient city site in Longyao county, Xingtai, in ...

Archaeologists in China uncovered an 8-mile section of a 2,200-year-old Qin Dynasty road, revealing new clues about imperial infrastructure.

A team of international researchers has uncovered fresh data on the world's earliest recorded solar eclipse using ancient ...

Between the years 629 and 645 AD the famous Chinese monk Xuanzang traveled through Central Asia and India to visit Buddhist ...

A well-preserved ancient wall unearthed in Jinan has revealed that the capital of Shandong province was established as a city ...