Emperor Wu was credited with unifying northern China in a particularly chaotic time. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from his remains, which included a nearly intact skull. After analyzing the ...

The face of a Chinese emperor who ruled 1,500 years ago has been reconstructed using ancient DNA. Chinese scientists recreated the face of 6th Century monarch Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife ... "It is best to keep the ancient tomb untouched ...

Bingxi events included modern elements like speed and figure skating, as well as ice soccer, archery, acrobatics, martial ...

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains.

Royal attire often includes motifs of birds, as they were considered divine envoys in ancient times and the emperor’s outer garment is decorated with a mythical Chinese phoenix, believed to ...

Photographed at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental ... Cheng is researching herbal treatments based on ancient Chinese formulas, including a cancer treatment that is currently in drug ...