Research based on historical inscriptions suggests that temperatures in ancient China often climbed to between 40 and 43 ...

Official forms of discipline in imperial China could see lawbreakers’ hands cut off; eyebrows shaved or faces tattooed.

Preface -- Usage -- Introduction -- Prehistoric origins across Eurasia -- China's early agriculture -- The origins of Chinese civilization -- The development of China's sustainability during Zhou and ...

Learn how a 2,200-year-old Chinese feather decoration was linked to five bird species and possibly made with glue from an ...

BEIJING: For most ordinary people in ancient China, using the toilet was a routine necessity. In the imperial court, however, even the most private act became a carefully staged display of status and ...

The rubbing of a tomb epitaph of a deceased elite (Du Zhongliang 杜忠良) in the Tang Dynasty. Red = surname and choronym; Blue = grandfather and father’s full name and office rank; Yellow = the deceased ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...

Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously thought ...