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 ...

Gold, intricate seals, and rare treasures buried for over two millennia have emerged from a tomb in China’s Shaanxi province, believed to belong to Tian Qianqiu — a revered prime minister of the Han ...

Chinese archaeologists have discovered a Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25 ... The excavations have yielded a wealth of artifacts, including hundreds of rare and exquisite pieces.

Consequently, tomb artifacts frequently depicted guardian ... s Yunnan province from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty. Fan Haitao, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Museum ...

One notable study examined bronzes from the Western Han Dynasty (WHD) in Eastern China, revealing that the lead isotopes from these artifacts showed a narrowing range over time, indicating a shift ...

The Southern Han ... of artifacts, including inkstones and traditional Chinese writing materials from museums in Guangdong and Tianjin. The inkstones date back to the time between the Han Dynasty ...

The seals provide valuable physical evidence for further research into the administrative system of Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24 AD) commanderies, Zhang Yanglizheng, a representative of the ...

Whereas Han Dynasty scales reached a size of about 1.57 to 3.94 inches wide, the refined armor scales in Liu He’s tomb were unusually small at .39 inches wide and .02 inches thick, putting the ...