A team of researchers analyzing a 2,100-year-old burial pit in Mongolia has uncovered new details about the fate of Han soldiers stationed on the empire’s frontier. The study based on genetic, ...

Princesses have played crucial roles in the organization and structure of empires throughout history, yet their contributions have often been overlooked. From the Greeks to the Mughals to the Mongols, ...

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But by December, only a fraction of the army remained alive. Historical records ...

Between approximately 300 BC and 450 AD, there existed a nomadic group known as the Xiongnu. Their ethnic identity has been greatly contested, but they were a very powerful tribal confederation that ...

A new genetic study has resurrected one of Europe’s most forgotten nomadic peoples: the Sarmatians. These steppe warriors ...

In recent years, a number of Chinese scholars have set out from Xi'an to explore the cultural relics of the ancient Silk Road, together with scholars from countries involved in the Belt and Road ...

The story is little known in the West, but is a foundation for modern Chinese museology and a symbol of the nation’s resilience.