Baoji in Shaanxi Province has long drawn archaeologists searching for clues about the Western Zhou. Each excavation season confirms its importance, yet recent work has gone further than expected.

Over the years, scientists have leveraged DNA and bone analysis to reconstruct the faces of ancient peoples and famous figures. Scientists from Fudan University are now adding another historical ...

Around 2,300 years ago in a region just north of modern-day Shanghai, scribes recorded six meticulous recipes that have puzzled researchers ever since. They weren’t for a particular food that today’s ...

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The study, ...

In ancient China, Confucian traditions required women to be gentle and obedient. According to “The Book of Rites,” a collection of texts mainly published in the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) on the ...

XI’AN, Jan 7 (Xinhua/APP): A cluster of 31 tombs dating back nearly 3,000 years was discovered in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, providing evidence for the study of political and social ...