Researchers from Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology introduces the major archaeological discoveries at the Qingjianzhaigou Site in northwest China's Shaanxi Province during the sixth Shanghai Archaeology ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors unified the land, people were already experimenting with civilization, laying ...

On the morning of December 14, China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage made a stunning announcement: Chinese archaeologists had identified the “Great Tomb of Jiangcun,” near modern-day Xi’an ...

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

Part I: Current Issues in Chinese Archaeology. Introduction: Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China / Anne P. Underhill ; "Despoiled of the Garments of Her ...

In recent years, China has made remarkable archaeological discoveries, from the mysterious bronze artifacts of the Sanxingdui Ruins to the magnificent Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. These ...

A tomb dating back 5,000 years, which archaeologists believe may belong an early Chinese king, has been discovered in central China. The grave of what archaeologists believe may be the king of a ...

Have you ever wondered why Chinese visual culture is full of images of dragons, phoenixes and other mythical creatures? Archaeologists certainly have. For centuries, they searched in vain for their ...

To the two Chinese tomb robbers who found it beneath a pile of rotting planks in 1934, the ragged piece of silk bearing strange, barely discernible characters and drawings looked like nothing more ...