A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles. Researchers digging to unearth ...
Discover interesting facts about ancient China's rulers, philosophy, and the Great Wall of China.
What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The study ...
A painted drum carved with phoenixes and tigers (circa 300 B.C.E.) Asian Art Museum China’s history is famously rife with mythical imagery—such as dragons, phoenixes and tigers—and historians have ...
Baoji in Shaanxi Province has long drawn archaeologists searching for clues about the Western Zhou. Each excavation season confirms its importance, yet recent work has gone further than expected.