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

There’s a running joke on Chinese social media that Xi’an’s subway system has the worst feng shui—not because it’s cursed, but because the tracks have to twist and turn to avoid all the tombs buried ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from Xinhuanet --Baoji City in northwest China's ...

An extensive archaeological survey being conducted in northwest China resulted in the discovery of the Shang Dynasty’s ...

This year's World Heritage sites include an ancient Chinese port city, an iconic boulevard in Spain, an eight-century-old Indian temple, the great spa towns of Europe, an archeological site in Turkey ...

Obscured by dirt and forgotten by time, an ancient well — and its hidden treasures — sat abandoned for centuries in central China. Not anymore. Archaeologists were excavating an ancient site in ...

The city that has reinvented itself across dynasties has no shortage of new must-see attractions in 2026. Here’s how to see ...

The Beijing Central Axis is a recent addition to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Photograph by Jon Hicks, Getty Images Once a Mongol stronghold known as Dadu, Beijing became the Ming dynasty’s capital ...