Many cultural relics of the Shang Dynasty are unearthed in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The discovery of the relics has not only helped fill gaps in Shang ...

During the last centuries of China’s Shang dynasty, which lasted from 1600 B.C. to 1050 B.C., ritual sacrifice was a well-oiled cultural phenomenon, rich and varied in its manifestations. Rulers and ...

A new archaeological research ­center dedicated to China's Xia (c.2070BC-c.1600BC) and Shang (c.1600BC-1046BC) dynasties will be set up in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province, according to the ...

Life was short and sometimes brutal for many of the dogs of China's Shang Dynasty. New research shows that most of the canines sacrificed during this Bronze Age were just puppies, with some of them ...

Liquid found inside an ancient bronze vessel has been confirmed to be distilled spirit, pushing back the history of this type of alcohol in China to more than 3,000 years ago, according to the Jinan ...

Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Archaeology is offering residents opportunities to explore the ancient history of the early Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) , dating back 3,600 years, ...

There is no one person responsible for the birth of surfing, but there is lots of historical evidence about the origin point.

2002-05-12 04:00:00 PDT Anyang, China-- Buried deep beneath the wheat fields and factories of this fading industrial city are untold numbers of ancient relics -- royal tombs, decorative bronze vessels ...

What is now China was inhabited by Homo erectus more than a million years ago. Recent study shows that the stone tools found at Xiaochangliang site are magnetostratigraphically dated 1.36 million ...

Chinese Lunar New Year starts Feb. 1, 2022, and this year it’s the year of the water tiger. Celebrations will take place around the world for the next 15 days, and it will include activities like ...