A Chinese dynasty and kingdom existed roughly in parallel to the better-known Song Dynasty, but this one ruled by the nomadic Khitans. A fascinating essay on governance, international relations, ...

In the windswept steppe of northeastern Mongolia, archaeologists have unearthed a rare window into daily life along the ...

W ooden Pagoda of Yingxian : N 39°33′ 54.12″ E 113°10′ 55.26′′. M a in Hall of Fengguo Monastery of Yixian County: N 41° 32′ 34.6″ E 121° 14′ 33.8′′. W ooden Pagoda in Yingxian County, Shanxi Province ...

Chinese archaeologists recently undertook an urgent excavation of a Liao Dynasty (907-1125) tomb in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China.

Inside, a Liao Dynasty statue of Guanyin as an 11-headed bodhisattva — a Buddhist deity who has achieved enlightenment but chooses to stay in the mortal realm — towers a staggering 16 meters high. ...

The 1,000-year-old tomb of a rich nobleman from the Liao Dynasty has been discovered in Datong City, Shanxi Province in northern China, featuring beautiful murals, ceilings covered in ...

In 1018, a princess of China's Liao Dynasty (916-1125) died at the tender age of 18 and was laid to rest beside her husband, almost 20 years her senior, who died the previous year, barely two ...

Archaeologists in China found the ruins of a building complex with jade books, ... The Liao dynasty was a period from 900 A.D. to 1100 A.D., according to Britannica.

The work is a bodhisattva dating to the Liao dynasty (907–1125 CE), meticulously carved from willow wood, once vibrantly adorned with pigments that are now faint.

Chinese archaeologists recently undertook an urgent excavation of a Liao Dynasty (907-1125) tomb in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency. A ...