A set of scale armor dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) was recently found in the tomb of Liu He, the Marquis of Haihun. ... Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ...

Gu Man, director of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, explained that the existence of these needles represent the oldest physical evidence of steel medical needles in ancient China. They ...

Whereas Han Dynasty scales reached a size of about 1.57 to 3.94 inches wide, the refined armor scales in Liu He’s tomb were unusually small at .39 inches wide and .02 inches thick, putting the ...

Chinese cultural relics researchers announced a new discovery on Saturday, ... According to Bai, scale armor is mostly found in Han Dynasty tombs and is usually made with a single material, ...