Mongol rulers shook up Chinese society as Silk Road trade routes thrived, paper money became common and China’s influence in Eurasia grew.
From atop their war elephants, the Trung sisters ousted China's Han overlords in A.D. 40. They have since become heroic icons to Vietnamese people all over the world. For nearly 2,000 years, the Trung ...
Now, gold lovers can feast their eyes on more gold objects at the ongoing Radiance: Ancient Gold Ornaments from the ...
When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei ...
Chinese archaeologists at the Shangjing site of the Liao Dynasty have discovered and confirmed four large courtyard complexes ...
The Dunhuang Museum is a newfound fount of history in Gansu province's desert — an oasis from which the past wells up into ...
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what if qing dynasty reclaimed territory?

Qing Dynasty returns! This short explores a scenario where the Qing Dynasty reclaims China, Mongolia, and North Korea before ...
Tensions between North and South bubble along on the Korean peninsula as the Kim regime maintains its grip on power. How did ...
More than 500 ancient tombs dating from the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) have been ...
Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs ...
Titled Tang Gong Ye Yan (Night Banquet in Tang Dynasty Palace), the show presents the process from making preparations to ...