Besides the four most famous inventions - papermaking ... alcohol makers in Chinese legend were Yi Di and Du Kang of the Xia Dynasty (about 2000 BC－1600 BC). [china.com.cn] The earliest alcohol ...

He cites their work as key to defining the Xia Dynasty as a proven historical fact. "The richness of the historical records about ancient China were an advantage for us archaeologists, rather than ...

14 (Xinhua) -- The discovery of the relics site of a major city dating back about 3,700 years marks a major breakthrough in archaeological research on the Xia Dynasty (2070 BC-1600 BC), China's ...

A Chinese study claims to have found the remnants of a powerful supernova explosion dating back four thousand years to the Xia dynasty, which could push back the history of supernova observation ...