In 1996, archaeologists found the tomb of Emperor Wu-the 6th-century ruler who reigned over the Northern Zhou dynasty from ...

Since the early Western Han Dynasty there had taken place a large-scale removal of merited personnel and high officials, their kith and kin and families to Changling to protect Emperor Wu Di's tomb.

An alleged attempt to bewitch a president is a reminder of a plotter's bogus claim about witchcraft being used against a ...

To the south of it is a large, tall terrace said to have been built by Emperor Wu Di (140-87 BC) of the Han Dynasty for prayer and for offering sacrifice to the Yellow Emperor over 2,000 years ago ...

The Han Dynasty was famed for its carving ... The prince’s story is a fascinating one. In 154BC Liu Wu joined the revolt against Emperor Jing of Han. Records say the emperor had removed Donghai ...

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 ...

Our cup comes from a turbulent period in the Han Dynasty, when at the centre the emperor was under severe threat and, at the edges of the Empire, he was struggling to keep control. The Han had ...

The bronze still was discovered at the tomb of Liu He, the deposed ninth emperor of the Western Han dynasty (202BC-AD9). It is one of the best preserved tombs from that dynasty. The team presented ...

Found in the west part of the outer coffin of Liu He’s tomb, the ninth emperor in the Han dynasty, the armor in the form of 6,000 scales took two years to withdraw and restore from degraded ...