In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

A total of 1 million fridge magnets featuring intricate details of a delicate empress crown from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a treasured piece held in the National Museum of China, have been sold to ...

Have you ever wondered about the intricate tapestry of history woven through the delicate threads of silk? From ancient ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name or in what year she ...