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

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 ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

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

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

The Chinese navigation system has ascended to a dominant position in its home market, driving nearly US$80 billion of ...

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

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 ...

China’s Zhurong rover and its ground-penetrating ... and it lacks abundant evidence for standing water, unlike more ancient ...

In the modern period, however, China has been associated very early with the Olympic Movement. Such a relationship is more or less rooted in the common origin and features shared by ancient China ...

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 ...

Scientists studying data sent home by China's Zhurong rover say the findings offer fresh support to the decades-old hypothesis that an ancient ocean ... events and more! "The findings not only ...