A curious Bronze Age artifact unearthed at a ceremonial site in southwestern China has now been identified as the earliest known and the largest of its kind, according to newly published research.

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Scientists confirm a Bronze Age iron artifact from Sanxingdui was made from extraterrestrial material, revealing ancient ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

Excavations in central China uncovered a 5,000-year-old tomb filled with artifacts from the Dawenkou Culture. Experts believe the size of the tomb and wealth of the artifacts show the owner was a ...

South Africa's University of Johannesburg has received a major Chinese art archive donation from Zhejiang University. The ...

This summer, the Shanghai Museum unveiled its latest blockbuster exhibition, “Legends of the Dragon: The Ancient Civilization of Hongshan Culture.” To date, it is the most comprehensive display of the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient ...