Legend has it that Cao Cao, King Wu of Wei kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period (AD 208 to 280), had built 72 tombs to thwart tomb raiders. Experts, however, have always doubted this, believing it was ...

Cao Cao was born in the county of Qiao in 155. His father Cao Song was a foster son of Cao Teng, who in turn was one of the favorite eunuchs of Emperor Huan. Cao Cao was known for his craftiness as a ...

Chinese archaeologists claimed today to have found the tomb of one of the country's oldest and most notorious pantomime villains. The bones of Cao Cao, who is a byword for treachery in Peking opera, ...

Archaeologists are convinced they have found the remains of Cao Cao, the most prominent warlord in China 1,800 years ago. Experts at the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology ...

I read with interest Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari’s use of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” to contrast Liu Bei with ...

Ciaran McGrath CHINESE archaeologists believe a body found in a tomb IS that of fearsome warlord Cao Cao, who lived almost 2,000 years ago. Cao Cao was China's most powerful warrior towards the end of ...

On the western side of the Mausoleum of Cao Cao, a prominent warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25-220), Chinese archaeologists have discovered ruins dating from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to ...

In 213, Cao Cao was titled Duke of Wei (魏公), given the nine bestowments, and given a fief of ten cities under his domain, known as Wei. In 216, Cao Cao was promoted to King of Wei (魏王). Over the years ...