The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ...

The metal suits worn by knights during the Middle Ages were originally designed to protect against weapons such as swords.

Whereas armorers in Europe tried to keep up with gunsmiths, armorers in China did not. "Medieval Chinese armor does not appear to have changed in response to firearms," Peter Lorge, an associate ...