Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...

Archaeologists discovered three 1,800-year-old tombs from ancient China. The design of the tombs resembles that of a ...

The document they used is known as the "Star Manual of Master Shi," and it's the oldest surviving star catalog in China. The map is now believed to date back to the 4th century B.C.E., which is ...

According to a controversial new study the world's oldest star map, known as the Star Manual of Master Shi, was created in China over two thousand three hundred years ago, dating back to 355 BCE ...

Related Topic Page | National Geographic. How were China's legions of terra-cotta warriors made? Experts have pieced it together.

Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at a rapid pace. Accessibility links.

Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last ...

Ancient Buddhist murals in northwestern China are under “direct threat” as a result of unprecedented levels of rainfall brought about by climate change, researchers said this week.

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state ...

At the same time, this rapid urbanization and accelerated development is juxtaposed with ancient building sites intertwined with layers of history and collective memory. + 5 Save this picture!

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.