A team of scientists discovered microplastics at an archaeology site in York, which potentially have major consequences.
Every year, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration reveals its top 10 archaeological discoveries from the past year, sometimes called the “Oscars of Archaeology”.
Archaeologists in China found more than 10,000 bamboo slips from the Wu state of the Three Kingdoms dynasty that detailed regional governance.
Archaeologists in China unearthed the Ming dynasty tomb of a high-ranking eunuch featuring beautifully preserved ornate artwork, funerary sacrifices, and a gorgeous doorway.
Archaeologists in central China continue to unearth insightful new findings from the tomb of Prince Jin Duan, a foundational member of the Ming Dynasty royal line.
The first Chinese immigrants in America faced extreme racism and butcher shops were essential in creating a social safety net for them.
A new report which analysed data from the Tang dynasty has found that an imperial exam fundamentally impacted social mobility in China at the time.
Scientists have used DNA analysis to determine that pottery development in China was linked to strong regional differences in how they cooked millet, an ancient staple grain.
Scientists in China have discovered a unique 7,700 year-old-bottle that offers fresh insights into the transition between two neolithic Chinese societies.
Archaeologists studying a section of the Great Wall of China think that newly discovered gaps in an enigmatic stretch of the structure may have resulted from fears over the rise to power of Ghengis Khan.
A new academic paper has explained how extreme income inequality during China’s Ming dynasty period often resulted in debt-ridden farmers selling their children into slavery.
Archaeologists in China recently discovered a tomb from the Western Han dynasty, and they could pinpoint the date it was sealed to 193 BC.
Archaeologists discovered evidence of a very early Austronesian society on an island off the coast of China, expanding original ideas about where they lived.
The stories of 72 Dutch WWII soldiers buried in Hong Kong are of courage and grit while enduring brutal treatment at Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.
A mass grave uncovered in China has been found to contain 43 victims of headhunting massacres, with 32 of them, all women and children, killed in a single event.
Scientists in northwest China announced the discovery of a six-sheep chariot an “exceptionally rare” discovery in Chinese archaeology.
Archaeologists in China discovered 59 stone grenades inside the first-ever weapons storehouse found along the Great Wall of China.
Archaeologists discovered a treasure trove of ancient Chinese relics that span 700 years during a renovation of a primary school playground in eastern China.
A team of scientists has mapped the path our body takes from when it first ingests toxic food to when the brain decides it needs to vomit it out.
A new analysis of travel writings from 17th-century Europeans offers a window into the fall of the Ming empire and the rise of the Qing dynasty.
Two new studies published in the past few months paint a picture of one of the first animals to evolve away from dinosaurs and become birds.
A Yangtze finless porpoise that marks a breakthrough in artificial breeding has been named by Chinese netizens in an attempt to put a spotlight on the endangered species.
Shi Xingbang, one of the most important figures in the earliest days of modern Chinese archaeology, died at the age of 99.
Siberian tiger footprints found in northeast China offered an encouraging sign that local conservation efforts may be bearing fruit.
The sale of a Shang dynasty marble frog at Sotheby’s highlighted the scarcity of marble in the ancient Chinese society.
Two giant pandas from China landed in Qatar on Wednesday ahead of World Cup 2022, marking the first example of ‘panda diplomacy’ in the Middle East.
Archaeologists in Taiwan proved the existence of an ancient “pygmy” population that had been a feature of island legends for centuries.
Scientists, including some from China, analysing an ancient ancestor of the “penis worm” believe they found solid evidence of fossilised brains, an important breakthrough in palaeontology.
Chinese archaeologists in eastern China released a set of pictures from an ancient port city dating to around 1,300 years ago.
Han dynasty emperor Liu He only lasted for 27 days and was China’s shortest-ruling emperor, but his tomb is spectacular.
