A huge ancient stone city buried for thousands of years in northern China has just become even more mysterious.

The Composite Map of the Ming Empire (Da Ming Hunyi Tu) reflects the political situation in AD 1389 but was likely painted much later. Original Chinese labels were later covered with Manchu on paper ...

Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously ...

Chronology of Sinitic cores in the Early Medieval Period -- Introduction -- Metageographies -- China, reconsidered -- Geographical writing -- 1. Geographical writing -- Defining the genre -- Warring ...

The rubbing of a tomb epitaph of a deceased elite (Du Zhongliang 杜忠良) in the Tang Dynasty. Red = surname and choronym; Blue = grandfather and father’s full name and office rank; Yellow = the deceased ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...

A legitimate ruler for 15 years – but de facto leader for years more than that – Wu Zetian is remembered as a complex ...

Visitors from Bhutan record a video at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital city of Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous ...

NMAHMAI copy 39088019137397 purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295749013 At first glance, medicine and poison might seem to be opposites. But in China's ...