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).

Police said two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup were stolen in 2019 from the Museum of Far Eastern Arts in Geneva. The 15th-century artifacts were 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 ...

More information: Meng Ren et al, The collapse of the Ming Dynasty actually began with the Wanli megadrought: Insights from a hydroclimate reconstruction based on tree-ring δ18O over the past 460 ...

Gunpowder is thought to have been invented in China in the 900s. By the time the Ming dynasty started, many types of gunpowder weapons were already in use in East Asia, including explosive devices ...

A Pair of Early Ming Dynasty Bronze Figures Is Expected to Fetch $11M at Sotheby’s The sale of the statuettes will benefit the Bodhimanda Foundation. By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly • 01/30/24 ...

The Japanese pirates have terrorized the Ming Dynasty for generations. You've devoted your life as a soldier to fighting them.And now you are in their turf, alone with your sword; the last soldier ...

The stone grenades were found near a section of the Great Wall at Badaling that was built by Ming dynasty rulers in the 16th century. (Image credit: Dolly442 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)) ...