Made of iron, copper, and leather, the multi-material armor scales are the first and smallest of its kind ever discovered in Han Dynasty archaeology. Found in the west part of the outer coffin of Liu ...

Lingering ‘idle men’ who hung about outside restaurants preceded today’s delivery drivers; others had their food sent using ...

An unexpected find in China is breathing new life into what we know about the region's ancient past. The recently discovered burial tomb has revealed hundreds of treasures dating back 2,100 years. An ...

Archeologists have unearthed the earliest tomb ever found from the Western Han Dynasty that dates all the way back to 200 B.C. The tomb was discovered in Southwest ...

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Bronze mirrors like the one pictured here were luxury items in Han dynasty China. Researchers recently discovered a trove of 80 ancient mirrors at a cemetery in Shaanxi Province. Public domain via ...