Researchers have provided geological evidence for China's 'Great Flood,' a disastrous event on the Yellow River from which the Xia dynasty is thought to have been born. The flood occurred in roughly ...

The remains of a palace and barns dating back about 4,000 years have been found at two important archaeological sites in Central China's Henan province, archaeologists said last week. The two sites — ...

Two years of archaeological research at the Xinzhai Ruins of Xinmi City, in central China's Henan Province, has borne fruit. Scientists have basically confirmed this was a large city with three moats ...

Nestled at the foot of the Helan Mountain, 30 kilometers west of Yinchuan, capital city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, some sprawling mausoleums of earthen "pyramids" stand as a ...

An ancient Chinese legend tells the story of a hero who saved China from a devastating Great Flood of the Yellow River that left people homeless and destroyed farmlands. With the help of a dragon and ...

The Great Wall of this period is scarcely mentioned in Chinese literature and records. In the 1970s, archaeologists uncovered sections of the Great Wall constructed by the Western Xia Dynasty during ...