Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young woman who lived 2,200 years ago in China, shedding more light on the region’s ancient culture. The research, ...

Loaded with Chinese silk, porcelain, and lacquerware, the junks visited ports around the Indian Ocean. Here, Arab and African merchants exchanged the spices, ivory, medicines, rare woods ...

“This is the first exhibition to prominently feature ancient Chinese picnic sets,” Chiang ... could collect them as they passed by.” An ivory carving, from the Qing dynasty, which shows ...