She points out that art, as "the horn of the times", reflects and leads the cultural trends of an era. Through its ...

Newly uncovered wooden tools from Pleistocene China reveal complex, plant-focused technology far earlier than expected in ...

As China has shown at various periods in its history, the greater a civilisation, the more open and magnanimous it is to foreigners.

An archeological site Fujia, east China, has provided evidence of a matrilineal society dating back to 2750 to 2500 B.C.E.

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A millet-farming settlement on the Shandong coast in Neolithic China around 4,500 years ago organized its society by maternal lineage, according to researchers at Peking University. Ancient DNA ...

Neolithic society in eastern China tracing descent through female line lasted 250 years and at least 10 generations, Chinese-led team finds.

A mentally ill tourist in Xi’an damaged two of China’s iconic terracotta warriors after jumping into a protected excavation pit at the historic site.

News Man Smashes Ancient Terracotta Warriors in China A museum visitor reportedly damaged two sculptures in the famous third-century “Terracotta Army” in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.

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The terracotta warriors weigh up to 600 pounds. Due to their age and significance, they must be handled with the utmost finesse.