A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum, one of only two state-owned museums in southern China ...

The underwater excavation of the shipwrecks began last year and shows that people from the Ming Dynasty used the South China Sea, known as the ancient Maritime Silk Road, as an important trade ...

The twin wrecks, which date to the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), sit less than ... and cultural exchanges along the ancient Maritime Silk Road," Guan Qiang, deputy head of the NCHA, said in the ...

Underwater archaeologists in China have recovered more than 900 artifacts from two merchant vessels that sank to the bottom of the South China Sea during the Ming dynasty. The ships are located ...

Nearly 1,000 pieces of treasure — including copper coins and ornate pottery from the Ming ... Silk Road," said Guan Qiang, deputy head of the NCHA, said Thursday. China's Ming dynasty, which ...

Ancient silk paintings dating to China’s Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which according to researchers, could have spread to the rest of the world ...

lacquer making and silk weaving reached new heights to meet consumer demand. Michael Wood visits Suzhou, "the Venice of China." Five hundred years ago during the Ming dynasty Suzhou was the symbol ...

The main chamber holds two intricately decorated wooden coffins painted with gold diamonds and other colorful floral and bird patterns ... the archaeology of the Ming Dynasty, go to “China ...

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 ...