20 September 2026
A Legendary Chinese Empress May Lie in a Royal Tomb Surrounded by 45 Mysterious Graves
A vast royal tomb near a Chinese airport may hold the remains of a legendary empress…
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Chinese archaeology
22 August 2026
4,300-Year-Old Tomb in Inner Mongolia Reveals Earliest Known Dragon-Phoenix Pairing in Northern China
Archaeologists excavating a Late Neolithic tomb in Inner Mongolia have uncovered two clay figures identified as…
13 August 2026
2,300-Year-Old Beer Found Sealed Inside a Bronze Bottle in China
A sealed bronze bottle placed in a tomb in northwestern China more than 2,000 years ago…
28 July 2026
2,000-Year-Old Chinese Rock Art May Owe Its Survival to Blood from Childbirth
Ancient artists in southern China may have used a remarkable mixture of lime, red clay and…
22 December 2025
China Discovers 2,200-Year-Old Imperial Road, the Ancestor of Today’s 4-lane Highways
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably preserved section of an ancient imperial highway built more than…
27 November 2025
Ancient DNA Reveals Living Descendants of China’s Mysterious Hanging Coffin Builders
A groundbreaking genomic study uncovers the true origins of China’s mysterious hanging coffins and reveals that…
15 October 2025
8th-Century Tang Dynasty Tomb Unearthed in China Reveals Vivid Murals — and a Blond Foreigner
Archaeologists in northern China have uncovered an exceptionally preserved 8th-century Tang dynasty tomb whose breathtaking murals…
30 September 2025
War and Exodus in the Mysterious Kingdom: New Clues to Sanxingdui’s Bronze Age Collapse
A bold new theory is reshaping how scholars view one of China’s most enigmatic archaeological sites.…
18 August 2025
1,500-Year-Old Imperial Stone Inscription Unearthed in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia
A newly unearthed stone inscription, tentatively named the “Stele of the Emperor’s Northern Tour,” has been…
6 July 2025
As Thin as Modern Tools: World’s Oldest Steel Acupuncture Needles Discovered in China
In a discovery that reshapes the history of traditional Chinese medicine, archaeologists have unearthed what experts…