In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...

Deep beneath the surface of Qiandao Lake, an ancient metropolis remains frozen in time, untouched by centuries of decay.

Tailing and Kangling began in the 15th year of the Jia Jing reign of the Ming Dynasty, lasting six years. Yan Song, a high-ranking official asked Emperor Shi Zong to write inscriptions for steles ...

However, a member of the local cultural heritage census team said that the tomb of Shi ­Miyuan, a Southern Song Dynasty chancellor, is located north of Daci Temple and has been designated as a ...

yet each of these changes reflected the temple's close association with Lu Shi and his auspicious dragons. The present name of the temple was fixed in 1460 during the Ming Dynasty, and many of the ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

Three men who allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal had stolen Ming dynasty antiques worth nearly £3 million from a Swiss museum shortly beforehand, a court has heard. Paul Allen ...