Rich and extensive in themes, well composed and skillfully executed, these frescoes illustrate the high level of Tang paintings and add a new chapter to China 's ancient painting history.

This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world economy in the ninth century had two powerful engines. One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from ...

Tang, 54, returned to his hometown in Jilin province, northeast China, on Jan. 14, according to the supporters. He reportedly has no major health problems, but it is believed authorities are ...

Siyi via Unsplash Seven years into excavations at a Tang Dynasty site in eastern China, archaeologists have uncovered a rare ceramic found only a few times in history. Archaeologists were working ...