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AncientPages.com - Two 1.82-meter-high statues have been found in the grotto in Shimenshan area in the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. Shimenshan Rock Carvings are located to the

AncientPages.com - Two partial archaic human skulls, from the Lingjing site, Xuchang, central China, provide a new window into the biology and populations patterns of the immediate predecessors of

AncientPages.com - More than 100 plant seeds dating back 2,000 years have been unearthed from an ancient tomb in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The seeds, which are

AncientPages.com - On February 1, 1662, the Chinese general Koxinga seized the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. Koxinga (1624-1662) was a Chinese military leader widely regarded as a

AncientPages.com - On June 25, 1900, the Dunhuang manuscripts were discovered in one of the sealed caves of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. They are important religious and secular

AncientPages.com - On May 11, 868, the Diamond Sutra was published in northern China. This priceless religious teaching survives as the oldest dated, printed book. The manuscript was one of many other

AncientPages.com - On 30 March 240 BC, the first recorded passage of Halley's Comet was observed by Chinese astronomers in the Chinese chronicle 'Records of the Grand Historian'

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists believe they may have found a submerged seaside palace built more than 2,200 years ago by China’s first emperor, Ying Zheng, mainland media reports. The building,

AncientPages.com - Researchers conduct excavations at the Haihunhou cemetery near Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. It’s the most complete known Western Han Dynasty (206 BC -

AncientPages.com - An ancient tomb has been discovered by a construction team working in a village of Datong Hui, in Datong County, in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, according to

AncientPages.com - An "uncommonly well-preserved" fossilized skull of homo erectus has been discovered by Chinese archaeologists, at the Hualongdong archaeological site in Dongzhi County, in east China. The discovery contributes to

Ellen Lloyd - MessageToEagle.com - It is located about 40 miles southwest of Xian, the largest of sixteen pyramids located in the area designated as a Shensi, or

AncientPages.com -  Archeologists in North China's Shanxi Province have excavated a rare turtle-shaped brick tomb dating back to about 800 years. The tomb of the mid to late Jin

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient Chinese records describe a very special being who, depending on the source, is a god-like king, a "son of the heavens", or