Experts named it Ming after the Ming dynasty, because the clam was possibly alive when the legendary dynasty was at its zenith. The creature managed to live through the rise and fall of this ...

A large, rare Chinese dragon palace carpet from the Ming dynasty is heading to auction at Christie's London on Thursday (May 1) with a $1.1 to $1.6m estimate. "Of the seven ... we know of in the ...

"They range," she says, "from the Ming Dynasty, (1368-1628,) and represent the Green family and the K'ang-Hsi series (1662-1722) down to recent times." But the culminating find," she continues ...

The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

Ancient silk paintings dating to China’s Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which according to researchers, could have spread to the rest of the world ...