Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During the Han ... and on to the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Chinese silk goods were traded to the West along the Silk Road.

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world ... Those qualities began to emerge very clearly during the Han dynasty ...

The lacquer from the Han Dynasty is particularly famous ... traditional artisanship demands, demonstrating Chinese craftsmanship. Lacquer art, especially the traditional methods showcased in ...

This detail indicates that the technology used in armor-making during the Han Dynasty period had achieved ... with the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the ...

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 ...