Cultural Relics from Five Ming Dynasty Imperial Mausoleums to Be Showcased at Ming Dynasty Culture Forum 2026

The Ming Dynasty Culture Forum 2026 will be held on July 4 at the Ming Tombs scenic area in Changping District, Beijing, where cultural relics from five major Ming Dynasty imperial mausoleums - the ...

Volcanic eruption may have led to Ming Dynasty’s collapse

Philippines volcanic eruption may have led to collapse of China’s Ming Dynasty - Eruptions can be ‘stress multipliers’ of any ...

Did volcanic eruptions ruin China’s Ming dynasty and undermine the Qing?

New study upends conventional thinking that has blamed Ming's fall on eunuch dictatorship, factionalism, peasant uprising and ...
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Collapse of Ming Dynasty actually began with Wanli megadrought, tree-ring research shows

Climate change has a profound impact on historical societal transformations. A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties ...
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Deep-Sea Exploration in China Unearths Over 900 Ming Dynasty Artifacts from Shipwrecks

A recent deep-sea archaeological expedition in the South China Sea has led to the discovery and recovery of over 900 artifacts from two ancient shipwrecks dating back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Archaeology

Ming Dynasty Tomb Found in China's Xinfu District

XI'AN, CHINA—According to a report in The Miami Herald, archaeologists from the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a 400-year-old stone tomb dated to the Ming Dynasty in the ...