At the archaeological site of Sanxingdui in Sichuan, China, a trove of items was found in a series of sacrificial pits that shed light on the secrets of an ancient Chinese civilization. The ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered a jade dragon artifact inside a 5,000-year-old tomb. Archaeologists have uncovered over 100 jade artifacts in the ancient tomb belonging to a major Neolithic ...

The wooden slips and many other artifacts were discovered earlier this year in a tomb in the Wulong district, about 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) southwest of Beijing, archaeologists from the ...

Pottery found in an ancient grave. Photo from the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Excavations at the site in Zibo lasted from April to October 2023.

Ancient DNA recovered from the remains of a sixth century Chinese emperor who ruled during the country’s dark ages has shed some light on what the leader may have looked like. Emperor Wu ruled ...