An archaeological discovery in Mongolia reveals the remains of Han warriors, victims of a brutal execution more than two millennia ago. This find sheds new light on burial practices and ...

Scientists have discovered a genetic link between the Huns who ravaged Europe in the latter years of the Western Roman Empire and the ... eventual defeat by the Chinese Han empire hundreds of ...

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

at the edges of the Empire, he was struggling to keep control. The Han had extended Chinese power as far south as Vietnam, west to the steppes of Central Asia and north to Korea, and in each of ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the ...

Despite the strength and prosperity that marked their empire, Ming emperors deliberately ... and crews of up to 300. When the Han Chinese overthrew the Mongols and founded the Ming dynasty in ...

The phrase “Chinese Bronze” is, for most, synonymous with the austere vessels used in ancient state rituals or ancestor worship from about 1500 B.C. through A.D. 200. “Recasting the Past ...

TAIPEI--Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, is a trusted adviser to President Xi Jinping, a long-time survivor of Chinese politics who ...

at the edges of the Empire, he was struggling to keep control. The Han had extended Chinese power as far south as Vietnam, west to the steppes of Central Asia and north to Korea, and in each of ...

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.