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Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...
At their apex, the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty ruled over more than 120 million people combined. Their capitals bustled, their wealth swelled, and their armies stretched across continents.
A group of archaeologists in China have uncovered concrete evidence proving that material exchanges between the East and West ...
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 ...
A newly renovated museum at the Dabaotai Tomb site in Beijing officially opened to the public on Tuesday, offering a rare ...
Archaeological revelations from the ancient Han dynasty site shed new light on burial customs and cultural sophistication.
China went through its first great development during the Han Dynasty (BC206-220AD). This more than 400-year period left later generations abundant cultural relics and over 10,000 tombs ...
The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team 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 ...