High on the sheer rock faces of southern China, wooden coffins cling to the cliffs, turning entire valleys into vertical graveyards and raising a question that has puzzled archaeologists for ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research.

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 ...

Luoyang emerges from the mists of time — a city where history whispers through every street and alley. As the capital city of more than a dozen dynasties, its name has been a constant presence ...

A tomb dating back 5,000 years, which archaeologists believe may belong an early Chinese king, has been discovered in central China. The grave of what archaeologists believe may be the king of a ...

To study the cultures of the past, historians rely on closely reading old texts. Did the people living along the Yellow River more than 2,000 years ago think they should stick close to their family, ...

Like most Chinese, Chi Wenhui first learned the classic tale of The Emperor and the Assassin in her school textbook. It tells of the warrior Jing Ke’s failed assassination attempt on King Zheng — who ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have unveiled that the feline companions of ancient China were not the domestic cats ...