The underwater excavation of the shipwrecks began last year and shows that people from the Ming Dynasty used the South China Sea, known as the ancient Maritime Silk Road, as an important trade ...

Staff member Meng Xiaochou (right) introduces to her colleague Chen Yanlu a relic she restored years ago at the Suzhou Silk ...

On the coast of the East China Sea, near the modern Taizhou City, archaeologists have unearthed an unusual find: A husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty that contains extraordinarily ...

The twin wrecks, which date to the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), sit less than ... and cultural exchanges along the ancient Maritime Silk Road," Guan Qiang, deputy head of the NCHA, said in the ...

Underwater archaeologists in China have recovered more than 900 artifacts from two merchant vessels that sank to the bottom of the South China Sea during the Ming dynasty. The ships are located ...

including one with highly intricate patterns. Well-sealed containers explain the good condition of the finds, researchers said. "The high level of preservation of the Ming Dynasty costumes has ...

Nearly 1,000 pieces of treasure — including copper coins and ornate pottery from the Ming ... Silk Road," said Guan Qiang, deputy head of the NCHA, said Thursday. China's Ming dynasty, which ...

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 the world ...

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup ...