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 chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

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 ...

Archaeological evidence shows that the 12 astronomical signs at one point entered China, a journey that would eventually ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

Long before modern observatories and spacecraft, court scribes in ancient China were quietly building one of humanity’s first ...

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

"Some of our ancestors were very skilled observers." A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on ...

An odd star brightened for more than 70 days in 5 B.C.E., according to a Chinese text. The object may have been a comet that ...