The Dig Beneath the Modern City Between December 2016 and July 2018, archaeologists conducted emergency excavations along the route of […]
A Late Start in Officialdom In the second year of the Xiaochang era (526 CE), 43-year-old Lu Chou finally “untied […]
A City Built on Layers of History Xi’an, the ancient capital of multiple Chinese dynasties, is a city where the […]
The Birth of Public Legal Culture in Ancient China Long before Qin Shi Huang unified China under his legalist regime, […]
The Enigmatic Burial Customs of Ancient China Few archaeological discoveries capture the imagination quite like the Quzhi (屈肢葬) or “flexed […]
The Dawn of Standardization: From Zhou Ritual Vessels to Qin Edicts The practice of inscribing government decrees on physical objects […]
A Modest Relic in a Remote Museum Nestled in the hills of Zhenyuan County, some 200 kilometers from the ruins […]
The Weight of a Bronze Edict In the quiet expanse of modern Xi’an, where the ancient Qin capital Xianyang once […]
The Forgotten Industrial Heart of Ancient China Along the banks of the Wei River southwest of Xianyang’s ancient city walls, […]
The Riddle of Displaced Qin Artifacts The ancient Chinese states of Han, Zhao, and Wei—collectively known as the Three Jin—frequently […]
The Mysterious Silver Plate and Its Origins The conversation began with a simple observation about an engraved silver plate from […]
Unearthing a Royal Treasure in Shandong On an unremarkable Sunday in June 2018, archaeological work continued as usual at a […]
The Strategic Heart of Ancient China The Xianyang region served as the imperial capital core or immediate outskirts during the […]
The Ambitious Vision Behind Qin’s Monetary Revolution When the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China in 221 BCE, he […]
The Fractured Financial Landscape of the Warring States Long before Qin Shi Huang declared himself China’s First Emperor in 221 […]
The Cosmic Symbolism of Chinese Coin Design For over two thousand years, Chinese coins maintained a distinctive design – round […]
The Birth of a Monetary System in Ancient China In 336 BCE, a financial revolution quietly unfolded in the Qin […]
From Trash to Treasure: An Accidental Archaeological Breakthrough The story begins with an ordinary villager named Lao Xi, whose casual […]
The Clay That Spoke: Qin Dynasty Seals as Administrative Fossils Pressed into nondescript clay lumps over 2,200 years ago, the […]
Unearthing the Past: A Global Approach to Archaeology The discipline of archaeology thrives on contextual thinking—what experts describe as “standing […]
The Architectural Enigma of a Qin Dynasty Treasury The ruins of a Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE) administrative complex presented archaeologists […]
A City Frozen in Time: Xianyang’s Architectural Legacy The 2018 excavation of the Xianyang treasury site marked a watershed moment […]
