The Terracotta Army revealed an empire beneath the soil – but the emperor’s tomb remains sealed, guarded by mercury, traps ...

The burial mound of China’s first emperor has remained untouched since workers sealed it in 208 BC, even as the surrounding ...

A new study maps locations of Chinese tombs, revealing over 4,000 years of power and wealth in early human societies.

The information makes it unsurprising for the tomb to contain precious items and artifacts that archaeologists exposed during ...

The simulated restoration of a gilded bronze armor from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the only one of its kind in China, as ...

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At a work conference held on Friday, archaeologists working at the Yin Ruins in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, ...

Researchers from the Jiangxi Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute in China have recovered the remains of a complex scale armor recovered from an over 2,000-year-old Han ...

Archaeologists in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province have unearthed 19 Sasanian silver coins in a Tang Dynasty (618-907) tomb ...

Released by a key laboratory specializing in scientific archaeology and cultural heritage protection under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the findings cover fields including biology, military ...

Half a century ago, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an enormous underground mausoleum full of life-size clay people, animals and military equipment. Archaeologists think that the tomb may be an entire ...

A long staircase leads to the final resting place of a centuries-old military commander. Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the Linfen Cultural Relics and Archaeology Station At the ...