Archaeologist Liu Rui from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences couldn't believe what his excavation team found last summer ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

A researcher has uncovered fascinating new details about the construction of ancient “pyramids” in China. There are over 40 “pyramid” mausoleums in China, which are huge artificial earth hills. Only ...

The record reveals dramatic swings. Three dry intervals brought less than 700 millimeters of rain per year, while two wet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The temple is part of the ancient Memphis archaeological site dating back over 5,100 years, at a site that was then the capital of ...

This is the second part in a series on the history of Islam in Fujian province, eastern China. The first article can be found here. Even more so than Fuzhou, the capital of eastern China’s Fujian ...

A newly discovered medieval Chinese coin, the second ever found in England, points to the possible existence of a vast medieval trade route spanning much of the Eastern hemisphere. Discovered via a ...

China is home to one of the oldest civilizations, so it’s only fitting that it’s home to ancient beer as well. But no one knew how its ancient beer was made – until in 2015 a team of archaeologists ...