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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among the highlights is a batch of digitized books donated by the Harvard-Yenching Library to the National Library of China ...

A major exhibition featuring the renowned Juyan Hanjian (Han-era wooden or bamboo slips), a treasure trove of ancient Chinese ...

Editor’s note: “Every time a Beijing resident turns on the tap, 70% of the water that flows through comes from the Han River,” writes investigative journalist and writer Yuan Ling. As the source of ...

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.