These rare treasures could paint a better picture of China before it unified
A collection of artifacts has been found in one of the largest and most complex Chu-era burials ever found. This cache is ...
Archaeologists astounded by 1,000-year-old 'Lion City' under Chinese lake
Lost for decades, divers were finally granted permission to find and explore the city's ancient streets which flourished ...
The ancient discovery that put a Silk Road city back on the map
After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...
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Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story
The hard-to-classify Chinese remains include ... human origins at London’s Natural History Museum, have another theory on how all these prehistoric pieces fit together, based on their work with the ...
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Great Wall protectors watch over ancient cultural heritage
In 1979, Yin became a guardian of the Guangwu Great Wall, patrolling daily to deter villagers from taking any bricks. In the 1980s, he measured the wall using a spool of rope and a tape measure, with ...
The strange history of citrus fruit spans ancient China and Rome to the Renaissance and today's lunchbox
The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...
Jewellery inspired by traditional Chinese designs: Austy Lee, Meilan and Dawn Atelier combine ancient forms with modern lines
Of emperors and dynasties - see how ancient jade and gold, dragons and cranes are used in eye-catching, new ways The history ...
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15 Largest Cities in China, Ranked by Population
China is one of the most populous countries in the world, surpassed only by India. By the end of 2023, China boasted a population of about 1.4 billion people. Although this marked the country's second ...
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Ancient art of stilt walking becomes a surprise trend among young Chinese
Stilt walking is part of a folk tradition of performances, rooted in ancient Chinese ... drawing on a long history of cross-gender acting and improvisation in Chinese folk performances.
How a molar, jawbone, and pinkie are rewriting human history
Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...