the vessel dated back to the the late Shang Dynasty—a period of Chinese history which spanned from roughly 1600 to 1046 B.C., when the rebelling state of Zhou conquered the dynasty at the Battle ...

Shi Shen's Star Catalogue, also called the Star Manual of Master Shi, was deduced to be the world's oldest by scientists ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

Bronzes are arguably the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art. Bronze items from the Shang (c.1600–1046 BC) and Zhou (1046–256 BC ... animal faces and patterns found on bronzes from the Shang dynasty lies ...

Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

Ancient inscriptions unearthed at the Liulihe relic site in Beijing's Fangshan district have proved the capital city's urban history spanning over 3 millennia. The Liulihe site, which is recently ...