Chinese archaeologists have reconstructed 6,000 composite armour scales unearthed from the tomb of Liu He – the deposed ninth emperor of the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) – in the first ...
The Han dynasty, China's golden age The Han dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history. Spanning the years 206 BCE to 220 CE, the dynasty oversaw periods of economic prosperity and an ...
A fish-scaled armor was recently found in the #tomb of Liu He, the Marquis of Haihun, dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25). The armor's smallest piece is 1 centimeter wide and about ...