What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?
A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in ...
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.
A new genetic study of the ancient Chinese city of Shimao reveals a strictly patrilineal society that practised ...
Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...
Suspending coffins on sheer cliffs is a mysterious and 3,000-year-old burial tradition. New genetic evidence shows how it may ...
The origin story of noodles is tricky to trace. But a discovery in China provides particularly interesting insight as to when ...
Ancient coffin wood turn out to be climate archives, revealing a long-forgotten wet period that helped power the rise of ...
A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...