Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Gunpowder has been used for centuries, but did you know that the Chinese invented it by complete accident? Here's everything ...

A local tourist apparently suffering from a “mental illness” caused chaos and destruction at the Terracotta Army Museum in ...

Wu Wei plays an ancient Chinese instrument with thousands of years of tradition that’s been “updated” for a modern audience. It’s called the sheng, or Chinese mouth organ. Reporter Caroline Feraday ...

Few weapons in the annals of military history ... From its hazy origins in ancient China to its even hazier reinvention in the Middle Ages and all the way to its modern incarnations in the ...

How ancient is biological and ... evidence that biological and chemical weapons saw action in historical battles around the Mediterranean, India, and China. Many historians also assume that ...

A leaked FSB document exposes Russia's deep-seated distrust of China, viewing it as a significant espionage threat despite ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost ...

developed a strong interest in ancient Chinese weapons and armor culture in 2015 while studying archery. This interest sparked a deep passion for traditional Chinese armor, leading him to explore ...

Even today, bows and arrows are still used among many ethnic groups in China as a weapon to kill animals and in archery as a popular sporting event. In ancient times men engaged themselves not ...

Archaeologists in Denmark uncovered dozens of 1,500-year-old weapons, a rare chainmail shirt and other artifacts buried by an ancient chief. Photo from the Vejle Museums An ancient chieftain ...