5 fast facts about Ancient China Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future. The ...

After nearly nine years of planning and construction, the Shanghai Museum’s new expansion in the city’s Pudong New Area finally opened its doors earlier this year. Billed as a “world-class museum of ...

Five dynasties, or families, ruled ancient China for more than 6,000 years. The last one of the ancient period, the Han dynasty, ruled around the same time as the ancient Roman Empire.