For this mighty architectural complex, which dates back to 1420 and spans over 720,000 square meters in the heart of the ...

An ancient skull found in China has pushed back the timeline of human evolution by 400,000 years, revealing a new branch in our lineage.

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The ...

Digital reconstruction of a partially crushed skull suggests new insight into Homo sapiens’ evolutionary relationship to Denisovans and Neandertals.

Unearthing the mysteries of our planet’s past, ancient maps offer a unique window into the world as it once was, depicting ...

New research indicates that the Gobi Wall, which snakes through Inner Mongolia, was not a purely defensive structure.

Far in the rolling highlands of north China, a serene basin once held one of mankind’s best survival stories. The Nihewan Basin, a dry semi-arid region filled with ancient lakebeds, has been a bonanza ...

Today, that site is once again making headlines. Archaeologists have unearthed a gigantic coffin weighing 16 tonnes, ...

Digital technology now allows people to interact with 3D-printed Terracotta Warriors and explore a virtual version of the ...

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The lion may have been brought from China in the mid-1260s and modified in Venice between 1270 and 1290. Wolfgang Moroder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 For hundreds of years, an iconic ...