Archaeologists working in the mountains near Yulin, in China’s Shaanxi Province, have found 573 ancient stone fortresses ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...

DNA analysis of ancient remains from northwestern China has unveiled a chilling picture of ritualized sacrifice in a 4,000-year-old Neolithic society, where men and women met drastically different ...

Tucked in the mountains of southeastern China sit the ruins of a large-scale manufacturing site. The centuries-old furnaces that once made iconic pottery now lie crumbling and abandoned. The ruins of ...

In a cemetery in central China, a grave robber started to dig. The thief tunneled into an ancient tomb, stole some artifacts and vanished. The robbery, however, was only partially successful. When ...

Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...

A new study has revealed more about the ancestral origins of the ancient practice, which involves mounting coffins on cliffs.

Archaeologists excavating the ancient ruins of Houchengzui Stone City found six secret underground passageways used for defense, photos show. Photo from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the ...

Chinese archaeology : past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and ...

Conservation specialists repair monument on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, with more preservation work planned ...

China and Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on maritime archaeology and the protection of underwater cultural heritage. The agreement was signed on Thursday at the ...