To connect worlds, one had to protect them. The Han emperors understood this, and the Great Wall was built over 11,000 ...

In the "Great Unity" section, ancient astronomical charts on the exhibition hall's ceiling capture the ancient Chinese belief ...

Remnant of the Great Wall dated to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) in Dunhuang SUN ZHIJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY/TONG YUNSHAN ... part of the ancient Silk Road, to workshops where it was transformed ...

From the start, the Han court encouraged migration to the corridor and had stationed troops to cultivate the land — a strategy that not only reinforced territorial control but also advanced ...

In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...

Trump’s threats of a takeover have put Greenland on the geopolitical map. At a pivotal moment, we travel to the resource-rich Arctic island to make sense of the hype ...

Forget swimming with dolphins or riding roller coasters – the real Florida adventure might be diving into a sea of secondhand treasures at Family Thrift Store in Lauderdale Lakes, where the thrill of ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ore from the rainforest echo a development vision ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

But scientists have long wondered when and how feline friends arrived in China—where they’re currently ... that traveled east on the famous Silk Road, the lengthy trading network that ...