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 ...

Located in the eastern suburbs of Chansha, the Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tombs were uncovered in 1972. The tombs, which date back some 2,100 years to the Western Han dynasty (206BC-25AD), contained ...

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 ...

Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square shapes with level tops. Tombs from that time are called fangshang for their square shapes. The mausoleum ...

They served as a family cemetery and date from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) which was ruled by the Han people. While one has partially collapsed, the two intact tombs have brick pyramidal roofs ...

Chinese archaeologists have discovered a Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) marquis cemetery and nearly 700 other tombs in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The cemetery owner is believed to ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the ... but the total may never be known. Qin's tomb itself remains unexcavated, though Siam ...

Xuzhou is a city steeped in a glorious past. Having not only witnessed the birth of the Han, arguably China’s defining dynasty, it also hides one of its most important treasures. Gazing at the ...

Found in the west part of the outer coffin of Liu He’s tomb, the ninth emperor in the Han dynasty, the armor in the form of 6,000 scales took two years to withdraw and restore from degraded ...

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 ...