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2,000-year-old giant animal statue discovered in China’s Sichuan territory

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A giant stone animal has been found at an excavation site in Chengdu, southwestern China, baffling archaeologists as to what it may be. The mysterious rock beast was unearthed in the capital of Sichuan province today and is thought to be 2,000 years old. The stone animal weighed in at 8.5 tons and at 10ft [...]

China Says No More Shark Fin Soup at State Banquets

China said Tuesday that it would prohibit official banquets from serving shark fin soup, an expensive and popular delicacy blamed for a sharp decline in global shark populations. The ban, reported by Xinhua, the state-run news agency, could take as many as three years to take effect, and it remains unclear how widely it will [...]

200 ancient forts found in Chinese mountains

In a discovery that has baffled Chinese archaeologists, more than 200 ancient fortresses have been found in a mountainous region in the northern part of the country. The fortresses were discovered in the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi province during the recent third national cultural relics survey, the People’s Daily reported. Li Guang, chief of the [...]

4000-year-old rock art discovered in N China

Rock art found in Yinshan Mountains - Credit: Xinhua

Eighteen cliff paintings dating back over 4,000 years have been discovered by archaeologists in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an official said Sunday. The prehistoric portraits were unearthed in the Yinshan Mountains in Urad Middle Banner (an administration division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), said Liu Binjie, head of the Cultural Relics Bureau [...]

‘Cat-Eye’ Boy Video Said To Show Chinese Child Who Sees In Dark

According to a news reel from China, a young boy there possesses the ability to see in the dark. Like a Siamese cat’s, his sky-blue eyes flash neon green when illuminated by a flashlight, and his night vision is good enough to enable him to fill out questionnaires while sitting in a pitch black room [...]

Chinese archaeologists finds 3,600-year-old palace

Chinese archaeologists recently found a palace dating back to about 3,600 years ago at the Erlitou Bronze Age site in Henan province. It is the best-preserved palace ever found at the site and may be the prototype for places of worship during the Shang dynasty. In the Erlitou site’s palace area, archaeologists found the rammed-earth [...]

Giant fungus discovered in China

The most massive fruiting body of any fungus yet documented has been discovered growing on the underside of a tree in China. The fruiting body, which is equivalent to the mushrooms produced by other fungi species, is up to 10m long, 80cm wide and weighs half a tonne. That shatters the record held previously by [...]

Videos: Ghostly apparition of entire city appears over Chinese river… but is it just a mirage?

Residents in a Chinese city have been stunned after a giant mirage of a ‘ghost city’ towered across the skyline. The apparition appeared earlier this month after heavy rainfall and humid conditions along the Xin’an River in Huanshan City in East China. Tall buildings, mountains and trees appeared to rise up through the ghostly mist [...]

55 Feet Long Unknown Fish Species Found in China, with Photo

A 55 feet long fish has been found in the seashore of Guangdong, China. According to a local newspaper, the big fish weighs at least 10,000 pounds. Hwang, a 66-years-old fisherman living in the near area, said he has never seen anything like this in his whole life and that the fish was tied with [...]

Unknown ancient kingdom found in China

An unknown kingdom dating back to 1046 B.C. has been unearthed in north China, archaeologists said. The kingdom is probably from the Xizhou dynasty (1046 to 771 B.C.), Xinhua reported. Engraving on bronze wares found in tombs in Shanxi province’s Linfen city indicate that the region was reigned by Ba Bo, or Count of the [...]

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