Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.

Did you know this place has nearly 9,000 rooms… and for over 500 years, almost no one could enter? From the sky, Beijing’s ...

An Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission announced in Luxor on Saturday that they have uncovered an ancient "sacred lake" at the Montu Temple precinct in the Karnak Temple Complex in the city ...

Alcohol has been part of human life for at least 9,000 years, and its story reaches back even further into our evolutionary past. This video traces how fermentation, beer, wine, and spirits shaped ...

Langya Ancient City in Linyi, East China's Shandong province, is brimming with culture, unfolding like a living historical scroll.

Confucius himself—Kong Zi, or Master Kong, who lived between 551 and 479 B.C.—was one of many thinkers in the early Warring ...