Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

According to Sinocentrism, ethnicity is not the factor that differentiates the Chinese from the rest of humanity. Chin stated ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving star catalogs — the Star Manual of Master Shi — might be more ancient than we ...

Archaeologists uncovered 200 ancient tombs in China, offering new insights into early life in the region during the Qin and ...

The cascade of falling tiles from the roof of the Fengyang Drum Tower in eastern China, a Ming Dynasty watchtower, sent ...

Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers to Roman candles have long been a staple of celebrations in the U.S. and beyond, helping to mark national holidays, sporting events and more. “They have ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that it represented a distinct ancient human ... unearthed in China, were classified as intermediates between more primitive hominins ...

Each time Hercules snuffed one out, two more heads grew in its place ... share few characteristics with their ancient Chinese counterparts. China’s dragons are respected, majestic and life ...