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

The search for the waters of eternal life has fascinated figures from Gilgamesh to the conquistadors to Hollywood studio ...

After unifying the country, Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, deployed imperial troops in pursuit of the Huns and finally built the formidable protective screen of the Great Wall.

Chinese horticulture began in the Qin Dynasty (1644-1911), and two royal garden construction upsurges occurred during the Qin/Han (221BC-220AD) and Sui/Tang (581-907) dynasties. Private gardens ...

As the Qin, China's first dynasty, lasted only from 221 to 206 BC ... Continuing Mao's praise of the First Emperor, in 1974 the Party's leading journal, Red Flag, proclaimed that ‘book burning was a ...

A legend was born. Old Spanish towns like St. Augustine today claim to be the real fountain whose waters amazed the adventurer when he planted a Spanish flag on La Florida. In truth, however ...

In Fountain of Youth, Guy Ritchie’s fast-past, wisecracking Indiana Jones homage, John Krasinski and Natalie Portman play siblings on a global hunt for the source of eternal life. The clues ...

The Augusta Downtown Alliance raised funds to upgrade the flags and add devices to keep them flying free. AUGUSTA — Downtown merchants and other donors who wanted to ensure the downtown of Maine ...

The Fang Jinlong concert in Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ...