• Inside excavation site of Zheng State tomb in central China
The excavation of a Zheng State tomb from the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C. - 476 B.C.) has already found more than 20 chariots and a large amount of horse bones.
The excavation of a Zheng State tomb from the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C. - 476 B.C.) has already found more than 20 chariots and a large amount of horse bones.
Archaeologists have spent months excavating a lost temple that disappeared for nearly a millennium in downtown Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
Actors perform a traditional Chinese dance during the 2017 Silk Road International Exposition in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 3, 2017. More than 1,200 Chinese domestic companies and over 300 foreign exhibiting companies from
After two years of research, archaeologists Friday confirmed astronomical engravings had been found on a 2,000-year-old rock carving in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Construction of a museum built on the ruins of the capital of the Xia Dynasty (2100 - 1600 BC), China's earliest dynasty, will start in June, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced Thursday.
Two visitors walk in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Museum Day in Berlin, capital of Germany, on May 18, 2017. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)Visitors look on displayed documents at the underground "Place of Information" of
The Shengjing museum of stone tablets opened to the public on Wednesday, one day before International Museum Day.
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Quanzhou in east China's Fujian Province was the country's major port for foreign tradeduring the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368).
A tomb dating back around 1,800 years has been discovered in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, authorities said Tuesday.
Wang Jianxin knows the ancient Silk Road like the back of hishand. He has visited hundreds of sites along the routes in the past twenty years andbelieves he is almost ready to lay bare the secrets of the Greater Yuezhi, an ancientnomadic kingdom.
Inner Mongolia autonomous region in North China has started the process of having the Juyan archeological site recognized with a UNESCO cultural heritage listing, said local authorities on Wednesday.
Visitors watch the art creations from Louvre Museum at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Hong Kong, South China, April 25, 2017. A total of 126 pieces of art were displayed during the exhibition "Inventing le Louvre: From Palace to Museum over 800 Yea
Chinese cultural heritage preservationists have proposed building a park at the site where relics of a historical uprising were excavated this year.
Chinese archeologists announced Thursday they have excavatedmore than 30,000 relics from a riverbed. They are believed to be treasures owned by theleader of an ancient uprising.
Archaeologists have found 13 tombs, which are estimated to bebetween 1,800 and 2,700 years old, in Bomi County of southwest China's TibetAutonomous Region.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, has 1,862,690 cultural relics registered in its collection as of the end of 2016, according to Shan Jixiang, curator of the museum, on Wednesday.
Imagine a pottery male figure with his upper body naked, revealing his natural and astonishingly accurate anatomy. He wears only a short loincloth, imposing his muscles as a strong man.
the Jingyin Temple on a cliff of Gujian Mountain in Qijiang district of Southwest China's Chongqing. The ancient Jingyin Temple was initially built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain 16 kilometers west of Datong, ShanxiProvince, the Yungang Grottoes were built against the mountain and extend about 1kilometer from east to west.
A thousand-year-old pagoda in Central China's Henan province has started on its largest-scale renovation since 1949, said local officials on Tuesday.
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A centuries-old legend that a vast booty of treasure belonging to the leader of a Chinese peasants uprising was lying at the bottom of a river has now been proven true.
An archaeologist works at the ancient Haifeng town ruins site in Huanghua, north China's Hebei Province, March 17, 2017. Chinese archaeologists began the second-stage excavation of the ruins here, expecting to unveil functions of the town as an important
China will publish the Analects of Confucius -- a collection ofideas and sayings from the Chinese philosopher -- in five languages for Belt and Roadcountries this year.
Chinese travel agencies on Wednesday charmed tourism dealers at a key travel trade show in Berlin, featuring the Silk Road destinations.
Visitors view the exhibit during the exhibition "The Silk Road: Reflection of Mutual Learning" in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2016. The exhibition kicked off on Wednesday.
An archaeology staff member cleans a tomb figure found in Daliang Village, Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 27, 2017. Two tombs dating from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) have been discovered here recently, in which more than 60 p
Exhibition "Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty" at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the United States, on Feb 17, 2017. The exhibition featuring over 160 rare selections from recent excavations in China's Jiangsu prov
site of ancient city of Zhenghan in Xinzheng city, Central China's Henan province. The first city gate has been unearthed after 50 plus years of archeological work on the ancient city of Zhenghan.
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage plans to step up preservation of immovable cultural relics, amid rapid urbanization.
Archaeologists have found murals dating back more than 900 years in a tomb in Zhangzi county, Shanxi province.
Local cultural authorities had unearthed 1,483 square meters of historic ruins here since April of 2015. According to China's Maritime Silk Road history, the Dongxi kiln played an important role in the exportation of porcelain during the Ming (1368-1644)
A branch of Beijing's Palace Museum, generally known as the Forbidden City will open in Hong Kong in 2022, to give residents and tourists opportunity to view some of China's most treasured artifacts.
As the final chapter in this year's major events, the National Museum of China (NMC) in Beijing opened an exhibition of Saudi Arabian treasures on Tuesday, which will run until March 19. It's the first time that Saudi antiques are being displayed in China
After six years of excavation, Shanghai Museum introduced the latest discovery of the ruins in Shanghai's Longping Temple on Thursday.
Twenty-five tombs spanning from Shang Dynasty to Ming Dynasty are found during an excavation at Xintang county in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Twenty-five tombs spanning from Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) were found during an
Ruins of a large granary, along with ancient jars, pots, bowls and coins, have been discovered in North China's Hebei province, local authorities said Sunday.
Around 1,092 ancient tombs have been discovered during construction work on the city's new administrative center, local authorities said Thursday.
The Silk Road serves as the ancient route that connects the east with the west, the Asian with the European continent, and refers to the related geographic and cultural regions.
People living 3,400 years ago in Southwest China's Yunnan province ate snails and lived in different houses in winter and summer, latest findings from a historical site showed.The site in Xingyi village of Yuxi city was discovered in July 2015 during cons
The first public exhibition about an ancient road built during the Qin Dynasty 2,000 years ago opened in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Wednesday.
The National Museum of Chinese Writing on Thursday launched an award program to encourage people from around the world to help decipher oracle bone inscriptions.
A group of ancient wells have been found in the city of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, the city's cultural relics bureau announced Thursday.
The moat of a 2,000-year-old city has been excavated in north China's Hebei Province.
More than 130 experts from around China and abroad gathered in the central province of Hunan, focusing on the centuries-old Chinese Tusi chieftain system and culture.
The Forbidden City, the culmination of the two-thousand-year development of classical Chinese and East Asian architecture, has been influential in the subsequent development of Chinese architecture, as well as providing inspiration for many artistic works
A Chinese archaeologist recently refuted a BBC report about Northwest China'sTerracotta Warriors, saying that the article has quoted her out of context andoverstated her remarks about Western influence on the 8,000 life-size figures.
The work on the excavation of the Marquis of Haihun tomb in Jiangxi province has concluded after five arduous years, and the archeological achievements are now on display at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum.
People dressed in traditional Chinese costume perform at a ceremony to mark the 2567th birthday of Confucius, in Cangzhou, North China's Hebei province, Sept 28, 2016. Confucius, a great Chinese thinker and philosopher, has his birthday celebrated around