Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace that served as the summer retreat for the elite members of the Liao Dynasty. To escape the oppressive heat, each year from mid-April to ...

NEW YORK — Those who thought of China as a monolithic culture hermetically closed to foreign influence will have to think again after seeing “The World of Khubilai Khan” at the Metropolitan Museum of ...

The name "Yuan" means "Origin of the universe," and while the Yuan Dynasty didn't last long, its influence proved far more profound. Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, inherited a fractured but ...

Family tree of Chinggis Khan -- Introduction. Mongol lords, Chinese architecture, visions of empire -- Wall-enclosed spaces -- The century before the Mongol century -- Official Yuan construction -- ...

London: Frontline Books / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2013. Pp. xxxiv, 236. Illus., maps, appends., notes, biblio., index. $39.95. ISBN: 1848326602 The Defense of China ...

A forgotten section of the Great Wall of China has been discovered deep in the Gobi Desert—and outside of China—researchers say. With the help of Google Earth, an international expedition documented ...