Emperor Wu was a ruler of the Northern Zhou dynasty in ancient China. Under his reign from AD 560 to AD 578, Emperor Wu built a strong military and unified the northern part of ancient China after ...

The face of a Chinese emperor who lived around 1,500 years ago has been reconstructed by a team of researchers, revealing the appearance of the ancient ruler. The facial reconstruction of the ...

The following was written of the reign of Emperor Zhou (the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, enthroned 1154 B.C. – 1122 B.C.): “With a pool of wine and a forest of hanging meats, men and ...

Archaeologists digging in Shandong province, China, have unearthed evidence that the Great Wall is older than we thought—by about 300 years. Between May and ...

told the Global Times that the workshop was "mainly used for producing stone wares" during the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC), a later stage of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The configuration of ...

A recent archaeological seminar in East China's Anhui Province revealed that the Shenduntou site, a typical Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC) copper smelting site in the lower Yangtze River region ...

It was made during the Zhou dynasty, which followed the Shang ... becomes the first ruler to use the title "emperor" as Qin Shihuangdi ("First Qin Emperor") and builds first Great Wall of ...

The ancient celebration dates back more than 2,500 years to the Zhou dynasty. At the time, emperors would offer sacrifices to their ancestors to bless the country with prosperity, peace and ...

The following was written of the reign of Emperor Zhou (the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, enthroned 1154 B.C. – 1122 B.C.): “With a pool of wine and a forest of hanging meats, men and ...