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

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors unified the land, people were already experimenting with civilization, laying ...

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 ...

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

Ancient DNA study uncovers kinship networks in Shimao City, revealing a complex social structure shaped by family ties and ...

Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

Teenager with a passion for history collects items stretching across China’s dynasties; says packed bedroom is the ‘container ...

Shimao ruins, an important prehistoric site located in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province Photo: Courtesy of National ...

In a groundbreaking analysis of 413 early Jurassic theropod footprints unearthed in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, scientists have unlocked unprecedented insights into the behaviors and agile ...

A team of paleontologists has uncovered a relatively well-preserved tetralophodon fossil in a former mine site in Wuzhong, ...

A nest of fossilized eggs discovered in southwest China is turning paleontological assumptions on their head. Preserved ...