Yr-Old Liquor Found in a Bronze, Owl-Shaped Vessel Awes Researchers; Possibly the Oldest Known Distilled Alcohol Researchers got excited when they finally figured out what was inside the vessel they ...

The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

This is the Year of the Snake, one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, whose qualities include wisdom, charm, elegance ...

The Shang Dynasty ruled part of China between 1600 BC and 1046 BC. What happened to the dynasty? Why did it end? What was it like to live in the Shang Dynasty? How was life in the Shang Dynasty ...

The stone-built structures newly found at the Panlongcheng Site in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, mark the first large-scale Xia-Shang period stone-built architectural remains discovered in ...

These wheel ruts provide evidence of considerable activity and transportation methods used during the late Shang Dynasty. Yinxu was the capital of the late Shang (Yin) Dynasty, which lasted from 1 ...

Lei Xingshan, an archaeology professor at the Beijing Union University, says the layout of city walls, road networks, and ...

Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day festival that is celebrated in many Asian countries.  It originated during China's Shang Dynasty, and it has many ...