In the sandy dirt of Inner Mongolia sat a circular tomb from a long-gone culture. For 5,000 years, the tomb hid a large stone dragon — but not anymore. Archaeologists spent four months ...

The astonishing Chinese collections in the Palace museums ... "This stand is made of ancient jade, but the jade bowl that once went with it is long gone. As one cannot show a stand without a ...

This jade bi, already over three thousand years old when the Emperor decided to study it, is a fine, plain disc with a hole in the centre, of a type often found in ancient Chinese tombs.