Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.” ...

While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a ...