Here was one of history's great turning points. Had the Chinese emperors continued their ... dates from the earlier Song period; this substantial double-masted ship probably sank sometime in ...

Scientists from the University of Washington have discovered Quina tools in China dating back 50,000 years. The Paleolithic period in East Asia was traditionally perceived as a time of stagnation, but ...

It was about 100,000 years ago that China entered the clan commune period which lasted till 4,000 years ago. In the ancient literature there were many legends about the origin of acupuncture and ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...

This shift from individual to communal dining is reflected in an earthenware phoenix-head ewer from the period ... exhibition to prominently feature ancient Chinese picnic sets,” Chiang says.

Said to reside at the bottoms of pools and lakes, dragons symbolized majesty and power in ancient China. As one scholar wrote in the 11th century, “None of the animals is so wise as the dragon.” ...

Constructed over a period of 2,000 years ... you can learn about building and engineering skills throughout ancient China as well as its military history and strategies,” Ng says.

While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a ... for making a set of tools—in the Longtan site in southwest China, which ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.

An émigré from post-war China, in Hong Kong Lui Shou-kwan married Chinese ink art with Western abstract art to forge the New Ink Movement.

"The Tibetan Plateau was previously thought to be uninhabitable during the last glacial maximum," said Li. Evidence found in the region shows that humans lived on the Tibetan Plateau before and after ...