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 ...

During the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), public toilets charged usage fees, and some even featured novels and advertisements to ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three people in a tomb, one of which has been identified as one of China's ...

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 ...

Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China ...

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 ...

While the rich luxuriated using women, dogs, cats to fight off freezing temperatures, the poor slept in manure heaps and ...

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 ...