While the original legend of Mulan speaks of a woman warrior who disguised herself as a man in order to fight in battle, the Disney version left a whole lot out. One ancient Chinese version ends with ...

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While the central burial mound of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed, the surrounding discoveries continue to redefine what we know about his world.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of the power they contained.

Analysis - After the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut died around 1458 BCE, many statues of her were destroyed. Archaeologists believed that they were targeted in an act of revenge by Thutmose III, her ...

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

A mentally ill tourist in Xi’an damaged two of China’s iconic terracotta warriors after jumping into a protected excavation pit at the historic site.

In a shocking act of recklessness, a tourist has sparked outrage in China after jumping into a section of the world-famous Terracotta Army, damaging two of the ancient clay statues in the process ...

Two Chinese terracotta warrior statues, thought to be around 2,000 years old, were damaged after a tourist climbed over a museum fence. Public security officials say the 30-year-old was visiting ...

Xuan paper is recognized by UNESCO and prized among Chinese artists. Now its largest manufacturer is trying to sell it overseas.

But this year's exhibition, World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century, goes far beyond previous displays by tracing the origins of Chinese ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.