In 1996, archaeologists discovered Emperor Wu's tomb in northwestern China, where they found his bones, including a nearly complete skull. With the development of ancient DNA research in recent ...

When Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang banned, then burned books it caused a loss of knowledge for all of humanity. Now book bans ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife ... "It is best to keep the ancient tomb untouched ...

The Manchus are of ancient origin and legend has it that ... wrath and then came their time to strike. Tsung-Cheng, emperor of China, ascended the throne in 1627. The country was torn with dissension.

The original canal system, built by Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness. Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted ...

The “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.

The ape's skull was discovered inside the tomb of the grandmother of an ancient Chinese emperor. Three Chinese farmers who chanced on the terra cotta army buried with China's first emperor ...

History shows Xinjiang's fate has always been part of the Chinese nation, and the region's development reflects the evolution ...

It is the biggest imperial mausoleum in ancient China. In 196I, the State Council decided the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang would be a key cultural relic under state protection. Emperor ...

Ice sports flourished during the Qing Dynasty, particularly under the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1735–1796). From 1742 until the emperor's death in 1799, ice sports events were held nearly every ...

This jade bi, already over three thousand years old when the Emperor decided to study it, is a fine, plain disc with a hole in the centre, of a type often found in ancient Chinese tombs.