Deep underground, the ancient inhabitants of what is now China built remarkable houses and palaces. But these dwellings were not homes for…
A team of researchers led by Nottingham Trent University’s Imaging and Sensing for Archaeology, Art History and Conservation (ISAAC) lab have discovered…
A project looking at the history of crops in prehistoric China has identified differences in regional diets and changes over time, which…
Three leather balls have been discovered in the prehistoric Yanghai cemetery in north-west China that pre-date by several centuries all existing evidence…
What is it? This late Ming dynasty map depicts China, the South China Sea, and surrounding lands. It was drawn in the…
China: visions through the ages Lisa C Niziolek, Deborah A Bekken, and Gary M Feinman (eds) University of Chicago Press, $45 ISBN…
Around 8,000 life-size terracotta warriors and horses were created in battle formation to protect the burial place of China’s first emperor. But…
Tom St John Gray goes in search of the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. With limited Chinese, I boarded…
A tiny skeleton dating back 55 million years is the oldest primate fossil ever found, shedding new light on human evolution, researchers…
Before rice cultivation became prevalent in China, prehistoric inhabitants of its southern coast probably relied on sago palms as a staple food,…
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has pushed back agriculture in China by 12,000 years. The…
Also more sophisticated than previously thought is Peking Man, who may have made clothing and composite tools, archaeologists say. A subset of…