Inside the Forbidden City, within a lab-like ... effort to preserve the sprawling palace's historical treasures. A fragment of glazed roof tile, bearing a mysterious dark patch, undergoes analysis in ...

It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction ... at the ...

Seeking to consolidate her grip on the Chinese throne ... expanding the imperial palace on a scale never before seen in China, or the world. A Final Takeoff The Art of Sausage Making A Rare ...

Treasures from the Palace of Versailles, just outside Paris, and The Palace Museum in The Forbidden City in Beijing—both ... different French monarchs and Chinese emperors, and highlights ...