In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The First August Emperor of Qin). The Qin emperor centralized state ...

The site includes a 2,100-year-old mass grave containing the dismembered bodies of Han soldiers who fought against the nomadic Xiongnu tribe in the 2nd century BCE. Researchers found a pit ...

Archaeologists excavating in southern Mongolia have uncovered a mass grave near the Great Wall of China that tells a story of ...

There are also many miniature wooden farm animals and tools once used as funerary objects — evidence of the thriving agriculture and livestock farming in the corridor's oasis towns. One of these towns ...

But Sima's place in history came at a terrible cost. In 99BCE, the gallant General Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu invaders in the north, and Sima alone spoke out in his defence. The emperor ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

A massive bronze wok once used by Xiongnu troops COURTESY OF GANSU PROVINCIAL MUSEUM AND WUWEI MUSEUM ...

The discovery of archaic human jawbone shatters assumptions about the geographic limits of the Denisova hominin ...

Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a “catastrophic” military event Cool Finds A new exhibition at the London Museum ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a priestess Cool Finds The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use ...