More information: Meng Ren et al, The collapse of the Ming Dynasty actually began with the Wanli megadrought: Insights from a ...

Most of us think of long lifespans and immediately picture giant tortoises or ancient oak trees. But the animal world is full ...

Study tracking climate patterns across thousands of years found that periods of lower rainfall coincided with some major political upheavals Researchers have used tree rings to track rainfall ...

Three tablets of the Ming Dynasty have been brought from their original ... Records say there were originally 100 thousand pine trees and a thousand deer at the mausoleum. Each deer had a silver ...

It is said that this tree was planted in the Ming Dynasty, and is the only specimen of its kind in all the Eight Great Temples. The central structure in the temple is the Scripture Repository ...

Three men who allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal had stolen Ming dynasty antiques worth nearly £3 million from a Swiss museum shortly beforehand, a court has heard. Paul Allen ...

The Ming dynasty followed the Mongol's Yuan dynasty ... most of which come in the form of three distinct Civic Trees. These three Civic Trees are titled "Nine Garrisons," "Lijia," and "Da Ming ...

Research published this month, based on an analysis of the rings of Qilian Juniper trees on the Tibetan Plateau ... BC to 280 AD—the short-lived Xin Dynasty was established and then rapidly ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

that dazzles the spectators with a brilliant shower of sparks resembling a tree canopy. Yuxian, once an important military garrison during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is dotted with fortresses ...