Below the skyscrapers rising up around Beijing lies an ancient secret: tombs from the capital's imperial past. TIME Beijing reporter Mia Turner investigates the latest treasures unearthed by China's ...

An exhibition delving into the profound legacy of China's ancient academies, known as Shuyuan, opened Monday at the National ...

Nearly 1,000 pieces of treasure — including copper coins and ornate pottery from the Ming Dynasty — were recovered from a pair of ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, officials said ...

BEIJING, 8 December (BelTA - China Daily). - More than 100 cultural relics were recently discovered in five tombs at 3,000-year-old archaeological ruins on the outskirts of Beijing, the city's ...

The axis dates back to the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties, it became the city's central spine. The axis was designed based on China's traditional ...

Toward the end of the 13th century, while a guest in the court of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo was stunned by the beautiful grassland enclosed in the imperial palace, which teemed with fruit trees and ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing is planning its largest ever revamp of the city's imperial-era neighborhoods in an effort to preserve cultural relics ahead of the Olympic Games next year, local media said ...