In these tombs were found bronze oxen, stone horses and other sacrificial objects. The Western Xia was a dynasty which had close relations with the Han regime. At first it acknowledged allegiance ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] However, the pottery vessels and the patterns ... centuries BC and believed to be associated with the Xia Dynasty, and Xiaqiyuan Culture, a Neolithic culture ...

Chinese archaeologists have made a significant breakthrough in the exploration of the culture of the Xia Dynasty (c.2070BC-c.1600BC) with the discovery of a rammed-earth wall suspected to be the ...

The artefacts on show include ceramics, jades, stone sculptures and objects made from bone and bronze, covering the mid-to-late Neolithic period to the Xia dynasty, or from about 6,200BC to 1,500BC.