For more than 3,000 years, China’s oldest-known distilled spirit remained hidden inside a bronze, owl-shaped vessel unearthed within a Shang Dynasty tomb. Discovered in 2010 in Jinan ...

Yinxu, the capital of the Late Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), is China’s archaeological holy land. Since the identification of oracle bones near what is today the city of Anyang at the turn of the ...

The discovery has pushed back liquor production in China by more than 1,000 years. The vessel dates back to the late Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C. to 1046 B.C.), a period known for its contributions to ...

A piece of bronzeware unearthed in China in 2010 has finally been opened. The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

NEW YORK — Things didn’t end well for the Chinese Song dynasty emperor Huizong. In 1126, the Northern Song capital was captured by invaders, and the retired emperor, along with much of his ...

These findings offer crucial evidence that the Zhouyuan site may have been the capital of the Zhou Dynasty before the fall of the Shang Dynasty. The discovery of the three concentric city walls ...