Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Five dynasties, or families, ruled ancient China for more than 6,000 years. The last one of the ancient period, the Han dynasty, ruled around the same time as the ancient Roman Empire. Today ...

Walking in the footsteps of ancient travelers along Shudao is breathtaking, with rock carvings and cliff inscriptions that ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

This is Shudao, or "Roads to Shu". Shu is a historical term roughly referring to present-day Sichuan province. The ancient ...

Archaeologists uncovered traces of early civilization at Mount Tai, China, offering new insights into social structure, ...

Idealism, a hunger for power and a wish to prosper have driven some of the earliest efforts to build a world order.

Jin Shanshan and her daughter Jessica Wu stage a mesmerizing dance performance on April 2 at Visva-Bharati University, ...

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

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

FU TIAN / CHINA NEWS SERVICE Remnants of an ancient Chinese silk manuscript ... estimated to be more than 2,300 years old, from its collection and formally transferred them to China's National ...