Archaeology in China

• Sites

• Dunhuang
• Mausoleum of Emperor Qin
• Tibet

• Regional: Asia: China: Science and Environment 

• 1,700-year-old Legal Document  - Incomplete manuscript contains information on Criminal Law.
• 3000-year-old Tomb Found by Accident  - Accidental discovery of the 115-acre cemetery with pyramid formed tombs.
• Ancient Civilization Existed in South China  - Presents archaeological findings and cultural relics like jade articles, stone implements and bronze tools.
• Ancient Graves Discovered in Central China  - Discovery of tombs and sacrificial pits for horses and vehicles, and graveyards for noble families.
• Archaeological Find May Change Chinese History  - Uncovers ancient city's original civilization, wall, and legendary constructions of the site.
• Brookhaven Lab Experts Date Flute  - Researchers uncovered musical instrument during excavation, yielded six complete bone flutes dating between 7,000 and 9,000-years-old.
• Byzantine Gold Coin Unearthed in Qinghai  - Discovery of East-West trade routes, tomb, and coins that indicted trade and traffic routes.
• China Finds Oldest Environmental Protection  - Details legal measure of the country to protect natural environment.
• China Imposes Great Wall Ban  - Restricts area due to people who stray off the beaten track.
• China in 221 BC  - Reveals discovery of writing system, postal services, and archaeological remains.
• China's Boat-building Dates Back 7,500 Years  - Details unearthing of wooden boat and discovery of ancient dugout canoe.
• China's Oldest Grotto Grave Unearthed in SW China  - Presents discovery of Neolithic grotto grave with burial secrets and archaeological findings.
• Chinese Made First Use of Diamond  - Reports that China's craftsmen uses diamond to polish objects such as ceremonial axes.
• Clue Found to Uncover Mystery of Gunpowder Invention  - Review on the founding of ancient saltpeter manufacturing base, with remains of workshops and storage pits.
• Earliest Presence of Humans in East Asia  - Presents stone tools as evidence of human occupation and explains behavioral adaptations.
• Finds Confirm China's Ancient Trade Route Port  - Articles evidence on ancient maritime trading route and discovery of relics and historical records.
• Genetic Testing Reveals - Xinjiang’s Famous Mummies  - Controversy on the cache of ancient dried-out corpses, with details on opinions of involved archaeologists.
• Huge Ancient Pottery Drum  - Highlights musical instrument and research into its origin.
• Multiplication Tables Exist in China 2,200 Years Ago  - Details unearthing of times table engraved on a wooden tablet.
• New Discoveries in Xihetan Ruins in NW China  - Details finding of stone and bone vessels, pits in various sizes, and a pipeline project.
• Niya Yields Buried Secrets  - Details excavation at Niya and the discovery of coffin embroidered with blue brocade, and mummies of a man and woman.
• Official, Archaeologists Visit Tombs Discovered in Shaanxi  - Details discovery of tombs with passages and funeral pits.
• Palace or Castle of Dreams  - Story and historical literature covers the research and excavation to find the palace and ravel its mysteries.
• Prehistoric Chinese City  - Includes discovery of cultural relics and site, stone structures, and sacrificial pieces.
• Scientist Challenges Interpretation of New Find - Primate Fossil  - Explains evidence for the presence of early primates in Asia and remote human ancestors.
• Spiral Ring Reveals Ancient Complex Machines  - Presents unearthing of jade ring with spiral patterns and bronze artifacts, and serves as evidence of compound machines.
• Temple Gets New Overhaul  - Project opens temple with antiques, memorial tablets of emperors, and royal palace-style architecture.
• Tomb Depicting Murals Found in Southwest China  - Finding of murals inside tombs, paintings of colors such as yellow, black and white.