Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance ...

An emperor's carpet that once lay in China's Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for $324,500. The carpet, showing a large dragon around a flaming pearl which is seen as a symbol of ...

XI'AN, CHINA—According to a report in The Miami Herald, archaeologists from the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a 400-year-old stone tomb dated to the Ming Dynasty in the ...

The Ming Dynasty marked a pivotal period in Chinese history. It characterized nearly 300 years of life in region and produced some valuable goods that often still survive to this day behind museum ...

A 15th-century Chinese fashion trend, the horsehair skirt (maweiqun), gained immense popularity, creating voluminous silhouettes for both men and women. Its widespread adoption led to horsehair theft, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 400-year-old stone-shelled grenades unearthed near the Badaling Great Wall. Large, heavy dark gray spheres with included materials ...

Two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia sold for more than €8 million ($9 million) at auction Tuesday, more than 1,000 times the estimated price. The encyclopedia, known as the Yongle ...

Dressed in a Ming Dynasty-style (1368-1644) black gauze cap and an official robe, 37-year-old British groom Zachary ...

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup, ...

Sixteen emperors ruled China during the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. Of those, 13 are interred in an extensive burial complex near the base of a mountain range on the outskirts of ...