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

In east China coastal city of Wenzhou, a conference focusing on latest discoveries about Shuomen ancient port site was held ...

Archaeologists in Shandong found three 1,800-year-old tombs, a family burial site, filled with dozens of ancient artifacts, photos show. Photo from the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy ...

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 ...

Obscured by dirt and forgotten by time, an ancient well — and its hidden treasures — sat abandoned for centuries in central China. Not anymore. Archaeologists were excavating an ancient site in ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

An ancient family in eastern China constructed three underground tombs, filled them with treasure and laid their loved ones to rest. Century after century wore on the burials. Thieves broke in.