researchers say Ancient silk paintings dating to China's Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which according to researchers, could have spread to the rest of ...

Here is a list of new museum shows in L.A. for Feb. 9-16: Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying Survey of Ming dynasty-era paintings by the enigmatic and influential 16th century Chinese artist.

A total of 81 sets of precious portrait paintings from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) on loan from Beijing Palace Museum are now on display at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Fourteen sets of national ...

the silk garments worn by Yansheng dukes - Confucius' direct descendants, honored as nobility - are as well kept as when the aristocrats wore them to meet Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) emperors.