Two Lavish Ancient Jade Burial Suits Were Among Over 10,000 Cultural Relics Found Within The Tombs Of A Western Han Dynasty King And His Wife ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty prince and princess–fully intact. Their tombs, filled with grave goods ...

Two thousand years ago, during the Han Dynasty, ancient Chinese royals were buried in suits of armor made from hand-crafted pieces of jade. These intricately cut pieces were then fastened together ...

According to the archaeological leader of the project, Huang Wei, a number of tombs were discovered dating from the Han Dynasty to the Six Dynasties, a period that stretches from 206 B.C. to 589 A.D.

What it is: A type of ceremonial suit constructed of jade pieces and worn by royal members of China's Han dynasty (ruled from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220), as well as later rulers and elites, when they ...

Archaeologists in Anhui, China, unearthed 75 ancient tombs, uncovering relics from the Warring States Period, Han Dynasty, and Song Dynasty kiln sites.

Archaeologists have discovered a ruin site of the ancient Dian Kingdom in southwest China's Yunnan Province, and unearthed building ruins and items proving the practical administration of the region ...

More than 2,100 years ago, a high-ranking official in China’s Western Han Dynasty was buried in a huge tomb filled with treasures. Since then, the tomb has remained untouched, its contents well ...

The artifacts were found in 174 tombs in the cemetery that date to roughly between 478 and 221 B.C. The archaeologists also found two tombs from the time of China's Han dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D. 220).

New discoveries at the Mawangdui, an ancient Chinese #tomb complex from the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25), have revealed that a “pillow cover” was China’s earliest silk seat cushion. Plus ...