It is the biggest imperial mausoleum in ancient China. In 196I, the State Council decided the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang would be a key cultural relic under state protection. Emperor ...

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Emperor Wu was credited with unifying northern China in a particularly chaotic time. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from his remains, which included a nearly intact skull. After analyzing the ...

Among those displays, a Tang Dynasty (618-907) epitaph can be viewed by the public for the first time since its excavation in ...

The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family.

A newly translated book explores how international residents have shaped and recorded life in China’s ancient capital for ...

Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking ... of the artifacts and followed ancient distillation recipes that included ...