Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...

The invention of paper, which occurred in ancient China around the 2nd century, made for a more efficient writing medium than clay tablets or papyrus, which were popular then.

Kids. Lunar New Year animals. Lunar New Year animals. Read. The Trung sisters freed ancient Vietnam from China’s Han dynasty. History Magazine.

Experts believe that the discovery of a 7,500-year-old civilization, along the coast in southeastern China, may have been the origin of one of the greatest maritime migrations in human history.

Archaeologists exploring a small village in China announced recently that they discovered three tombs filled with ancient treasures, including gold ornaments, a jade sword and ivory lacquerware.

Archaeologists at ruins of ancient site in Changsha found abandoned well with hundreds of bamboo slips: 1,700-year-old records, photos show. ... See ancient finds from China ...

A well-preserved tomb dating back more than 2,000 years was recently discovered in China. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in a statement Wednesday that more than 600 relics were unearthed.

Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet.. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.