The recent unearthing of ancient Chinese relics has opened up new possibilities for the timeline of written communication.

English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...

More than 3,000 years ago, a lively bunch of sophisticates lived in the Sichuan Valley and then disappeared, probably in a flood, leaving no record of their unique accomplishments. There's nothing ...

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Researchers say the finds could help them understand the political and social changes going on in China during the Warring States period. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Infrastructure projects in Xi'an routinely unearth ancient tombs. Here, archaeology and urban growth go hand in hand.

A new study by the University of Science and Technology of China's (USTC) Archaeo-metallurgy Laboratory reveals a compelling ...

Archaeologists excavated a site in Shandong Province and found dozens of graves, wells and artifacts spanning the last 4,000 years, photos show. Photo from the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...