who watched the performance with her parents while dressed in her own traditional Hanfu outfit. The performance was part of the ongoing Ming Dynasty Cultural Festival that kicked off in Beijing's ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold for £9.6 million ($12.5 million) at auction, smashing their estimate of £1 million ($1.3 million). The porcelain jars ...

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup ...

Nearly 1,000 cultural relics have been recovered from shipwrecks dating back to the Ming Dynasty — from 1368-1644 — including porcelain and pottery, copper coins, and deer antlers, China’s ...

The Ming dynasty built a giant wall stretching 5,000 miles to keep invaders out of China, but how effective was it against the enemy? The Great Wall is nearly 30 feet high along some stretches ...

Two of the largest bronze figures created during the early Ming dynasty will soon be offered up by Sotheby's during spring’s Asia Week New York. Depicting guardian deity Panjarnata Mahakala and ...

Two British brothers have been jailed for stealing Ming dynasty artefacts worth around £3m from a Swiss museum, police said. On Tuesday, the brothers were each sentenced to three years and six ...