A newly discovered feathered dinosaur with four wing-like limbs may have prowled the lakeside forests of what is now ...

The vessel was uncovered in a tomb from the Warring States period, dated to 475-221 BC.

Deep inside a tomb located at the edge of the Shanjiabao cemetery in China, researchers found a tightly sealed bronze bottle ...

To mitigate this danger, Ming Dynasty physicians developed elaborate pharmaceutical recipes to process the raw tuberous roots. Historical texts indicate that these toxic plants were boiled in vinegar, ...

Breakthrough by woman pioneer led to jail, execution for son who agreed with her decision to dissect her dead husband.

Microscopic analysis of residues on surgical scissors and tweezers from a 1348–1411 CE tomb in Jiangyin, China, finds the ...

An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago.

A pair of surgical scissors from the Ming Dynasty tomb of physician Xia Quan. (Ling et al., Antiquity, 2026) Traces of red ...