Fourteen years after archaeologists unearthed it and more than 3,000 years after it was initially buried, a bronze vessel found inside an ancient Chinese tomb has finally been opened. In late 2024, ...

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

Liquid found inside an ancient bronze vessel has been confirmed to be distilled spirit, pushing back the history of this type ...

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 ...

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 ...

This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this land. Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for ...

Whether it means consulting inscriptions on animal bones or tortoiseshells (see the Shang Oracle Bone in Section 2 ... ruled as an intellect and a warrior to create one of the greatest empires in ...

The vessel was excavated in 2010 at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan City, Shandong province, a key site for studying Shang ...

The Shanghai Museum is ringing in the coming Chinese New Year with a snake-themed exhibition entitled "Slithering into Spring ...

In the Han Dynasty, snakes also appeared often on patterns of xuanwu, a Chinese mythical creature that’s depicted as a snake ...

Located in North China's Hebei Province, the city of Handan is known for its historical culture deriving from the Warring ...

The discovery is the earliest found so far in southern China, dating a whopping 3,000 years to the early Shang dynasty. Among ...