China Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have just published a study of what may prove to be China's most ancient human fossil. Scientists at the Centro Nacional de

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a giant sinkhole in China and a huge, ancient unexplored world beyond our feet is extraordinary in many ways. The

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Bamboo Annals or Zhushu Jinian in Mandarin are a valuable source for the history and chronology of ancient China spanning ca. 2400

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The mysterious, light-skinned Tarim Basin mummies unearthed in China have long puzzled scientists. Who were these ancient people? Where did they come from?

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists from the University of Zurich examined a unique leather scale armor from the grave of a horseman in northwest China. The style and

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Beer has been a popular beverage for as long as anyone can remember. Ancient people enjoyed beer just as much as many of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered a temple complex dating back to the State of Nanzhao, a slave society established during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907),

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient tombs dating back around 2,000 years to the early days of the Han dynasty have been unearthed during excavation works at the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - There is a mysterious ancient carving on a jade cylinder kept in the  Zhejiang Provincial Museum in the city of Hangzhou. The strange

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colorful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes. Two ancient textile samples from China and Peru

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the Book of Enoch, we find detailed descriptions of a mysterious being called the Watchers. These beings, known as the Fallen Angels,

AncientPages.com - An ingenious irrigation system that allowed ancient Chinese farmers to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert regions of China, has been

AncientPages.com - A huge ancient hydraulic system discovered in China may be the world’s oldest and predate Mesopotamian water systems. Ancient skilled Mesopotamian engineers constructed sophisticated water systems around

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Whether these ancient skeletons should be considered "giants" is a matter of opinion, but Chinese archaeologists have labeled these bones - remains of

AncientPages.com - According to a centuries-old legend, a great treasure belonging to the leader of a Chinese peasants uprising was lying at the bottom of a river. This