5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

With that in mind, today, we’re looking at ancient weapons well ahead of the curve. Siege Towers ©"Middle Ages - Assault from the Siege Tower" by History Maps is licensed under PDM 1.0.

Few weapons in the annals of military history have left as indelible a mark as the trebuchet. ... The trebuchet's story — or at least that of the traction trebuchet – begins in ancient China.

By studying the ratio of metals in coins from ancient China's Bronze Age, ... During this era, which spanned 1050 to 771 B.C.E, bronze was used to craft weapons like swords and axes.

Archaeologists in Denmark uncovered dozens of 1,500-year-old weapons, a rare chainmail shirt and other artifacts buried by an ancient chief. Photo from the Vejle Museums An ancient chieftain ...

Zhou Wei, born in 1991 in Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, developed a strong interest in ancient Chinese weapons and armor culture in 2015 while studying archery.

Smithsonian’s ‘Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings’ is the first major U.S. show devoted to artifacts from the capital of the 3,000-year-old Shang Dynasty.

A stock photo shows a face mask dating back to the Shang dynasty. A rare 3,000-year-old gold mask found in Henan Province offers archeologists a glimpse into ancient Chinese culture.

Stock image showing a section of the Great Wall of China at sunset. Archaeologists have discovered dozens of ancient “stone grenades” along one section of the Wall near Beijing.

Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...