On the night of the autumn equinox, as the Earth orbits to a specific angle, the sun directly illuminates the equator, ...

A Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) bronze mirror was recently unearthed during a shantytown redevelopment project in Fenyang, North China's Shanxi Province. Its inscriptions shed light on how the dynasty ...

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. [Photo provided to China Daily] Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports ...

In 202 BC, Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC) defeated Xiang Yu (232 BC-202 BC) and set up the Western Han imperial court (206 BC-AD 24), founding its capital at Chang'an, with magnificent city walls and ...

In advanced NSCLC after chemotherapy progression, plasma-detected SGVs are common, and associated with inferior OS. Plasma SGV status should be considered as a stratification factor in future trials.

Wu Ding diligently worked to strengthen the dynasty, reform governance and appoint capable officials, earning him the title "reviver of the Shang Dynasty". His many deeds were recorded on oracle bones ...

BEIJING: Several of China's breakthrough discoveries in archaeology last year shared the spotlight on Wednesday (Feb 19) at a forum in Beijing organised by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' ...

In the mythic geography book Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), many gods hold snakes or hang snakes around their ears, or have a snake’s body, as a mark of their extraordinary abilities, ...

Liquid found inside an ancient bronze vessel has been confirmed to be distilled spirit, pushing back the history of this type of alcohol in China to more than 3,000 years ago, according to the Jinan ...

HENAN, Central China — It was only mid-May, but the sun was beating down as Niu Shishan picked his way across a pockmarked field in the central Chinese city of Anyang. Niu, a tall, bespectacled ...