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 ...

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 ...

The KEN Museum, located in Menara KEN TTDI, opened its doors to the public on Nov 13. The museum is organised into five main halls: Ancient Hall, Main Hall, Yuan-Ming Hall, Qing Hall, and Century Hall ...

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe ...

An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.

Bronze mirrors like the one pictured here were luxury items in Han dynasty China. Researchers recently discovered a trove of 80 ancient mirrors at a cemetery in Shaanxi Province. Public domain via ...

As Rome expanded across the Mediterranean, Han dynasty rulers were consolidating their hold on the vast territory of China. Together, these two empires ruled over half the world’s population and “Han, ...

Evening Presentation by Dr. Chen Shen, Vice President, Senior Curator (Bishop White Chair of East Asia Archaeology) at the Royal Ontario Museum This talk explores the concept and meaning of the dragon ...

In the world's galaxy of ancient culture, the deceased are buried with all sorts of useful stuff that hopefully can be used in the hereafter, as is illustrated by the range of funerary objects ...

Anthony Barbieri knows it sounds a little strange to compare the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1548-1086 BCE) with the Han dynasty of China (206 BCE-220 CE). They existed more than 1,000 years and nearly ...