The prosperous Ming dynasty restored Han Chinese rule after the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and introduced numerous cultural and ...

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An 8.2-centimeter-tall porcelain cup from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) fetched a staggering HK$281.24 million ($36 million) at an auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting a new record for Chinese ...

Ancient Engineering That Defied Time The Great Wall stretches over 13,000 miles across the northern borders of China and was ...

Visitors to Shiban Street, a stone-slab lane in Duyun, Guizhou province, walk between rows of stilted wooden houses on paving ...

Archaeologists in China uncover 573 ancient stone fortresses, shedding light on early settlement patterns and social ...

A recent deep-sea archaeological expedition in the South China Sea has led to the discovery and recovery of over 900 artifacts from two ancient shipwrecks dating back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

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 ...

A brick tomb dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) has been discovered in Hexitou Village, north China's Shanxi Province, according to the cultural relics and archaeology research institute of ...

Sunken ships along the South China Sea revealed the rich trade networks of global trade between Asia, Africa, the Middle East ...