Wu Han, courtesy name Ziyan, was a Chinese military general and politician during the Eastern Han dynasty who made great contributions to Emperor Guangwu 's reestablishment of the Han dynasty and who ...
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 ...
Made of iron, copper, and leather, this find marks the first discovery of composite armor made out of multiple materials from the Han dynasty period, highlighting the level of skilled craftsmanship in ...
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 ...
The Byzantine Emperors of the Komnenoi dynasty were stalked by the long shadow of the AIMA prophecy. From left to right: Manuel I Komnenos, Alexios II Komnenos, Andronikos I Komnenos. Credit: Public ...