During a visit to the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, Yan explained to her partner the symbolism behind Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) artifacts like the gold-threaded jade burial suit, while Larsen ...

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise manuscripts, printed texts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from the Mogao caves ...

For nearly 200 years, the dynasty thrived at the crossroads of the Silk Road, forging a hybrid culture that blended Tangut, Han, Uygur and ... features and artifacts from the Western Xia Imperial ...

Geri Bain I had just read “Bronze Drum” by Phong Nguyen, a historical novel about the Trung Sisters who led a women’s uprising to overthrow the Han Chinese ... the Nguyen Dynasty in 1945 ...

The jade unit features 70 artifacts, tracing nearly 10,000 years of craftsmanship in China. Highlights include a set of three ...

The collection includes artifacts from the ancient settlement ... that domestic cats were present in China as early as the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.).” Which is not to say that cats ...

Crafted during the Nguyen dynasty, the 22 gold artifacts of Den Nghe temple are now officially recognized as National Treasures in Vietnam. A collection of 22 gold artifacts, uniquely crafted and ...

There are also many miniature wooden farm animals and tools once used as funerary objects — evidence of the thriving ...

Bronze is among the five thematic sections, along with ancient pottery, jade ... artifact restoration up close. Inside, Fan Rongnan is focusing on the virtual 3D reconstruction of a Tang Dynasty ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Located near the archaeological site of the Yinxu Ruins, which is the location of the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (1600 ... highest number of jade artifacts ever found.

Numerous discoveries, including three jade dragon artifacts, from the Neolithic Hongshan culture have been discovered in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, setting a new annual record ...