Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

Chinese archaeology : past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and ...

In a cemetery in central China, a grave robber started to dig. The thief tunneled into an ancient tomb, stole some artifacts and vanished. The robbery, however, was only partially successful. When ...

High on the sheer rock faces of southern China, wooden coffins cling to the cliffs, turning entire valleys into vertical ...

Tucked in the mountains of southeastern China sit the ruins of a large-scale manufacturing site. The centuries-old furnaces that once made iconic pottery now lie crumbling and abandoned. The ruins of ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient ruins of Houchengzui Stone City found six secret underground passageways used for defense, photos show. Photo from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the ...

Such tools older than 50,000 years are exceedingly rare in the region. A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden tools ...

China and Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on maritime archaeology and the protection of underwater cultural heritage. The agreement was signed on Thursday at the ...

Archaeologists in Shanxi found a 2,400-year-old tomb looted by a grave robber with rare musical instruments and artifacts still inside, photos show. Photo from CCTV News, the Institute of Archaeology ...