Researchers with Dartmouth College have detailed the discovery of beer residue in 9,000-year-old pottery, shedding light on both the habits and recipes used by people in ancient China. The findings ...

Archaeologists used an “X-ray gun” to determine the origin of ancient Chinese porcelain found in an 800-year-old shipwreck, right down to the site of the kiln where the pottery was fired. (CN) – ...

The lifelike figurines are characteristic of the middle and late Tang dynasties, the director of the Fanjia site, He Li, said. Zhao Xiao The Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social ...

A maritime archaeological excavation in waters off the island-state uncovered the record-breaking Temasek Wreck.

Scientists just blasted pottery from an ancient shipwreck with a "ray gun." Besides being totally sci-fi, the X-ray blaster revealed where the pottery came from. The wreck was a trade ship dating to ...

A trip to the thrift store may yield some valuable Chinese pottery finds, so it's worth knowing how to distinguish them based ...

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A trove of ancient Chinese pottery and porcelain was unearthed in a tomb that could be more than 1,000 years old, archaeologists say. The collection is made of more than 50 tricolor lifelike figurines ...