The "Ming Dynasty" has come to an end… Yao Ming is known to many as a giant, but he was much more than that. He was an ambassador of the NBA , a marketing executive’s money-maker, a coach’s ...

Archaeologists in China have unearthed a husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty that contains extraordinarily well-preserved clothing decorated with elaborate designs. The 500-year-old ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A Shanghai collector bought a rare Ming Dynasty cup that's touted as the "holy grail" of China's art world for $36 million at a Hong Kong auction on Tuesday, smashing the ...

While excavating a tomb in China that dates back to the Ming Dynasty, archaeologists discovered remarkably well preserved -- and rather opulent -- clothing.

Archaeologists in China have unearthed a husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty that contains extraordinarily well-preserved clothing decorated with elaborate designs.

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Geneva museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts valued at around $3.8 million.

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 ...