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A Woman Buried Face Down in Medieval China May Reveal Evidence of a Brutal Punishment
When archaeologists excavated a medieval cemetery in central China, one burial immediately stood apart. The woman had been placed face down, and the bones around her nose showed evidence of a severe injury unlike anything found among the cemetery’s other graves. A new study suggests that the damage was neither accidental nor caused after death.…
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New AI Identifies 7,000-Year-Old Seeds to Reconstruct Ancient Farming
A new AI system designed to identify ancient plant remains is giving archaeologists a faster way to study charred seeds that preserve evidence of what people cultivated, stored and ate thousands of years ago. Identifying such remains is often slow and difficult. Ancient seeds may be burned, broken or distorted, forcing specialists to examine large…
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Tang Dynasty ‘Golden Armour’ Restored from Tibetan Royal Tomb
A Chinese research team has completed the restoration of the only known physical example of Tang dynasty golden armour, recovered from a royal tomb on the Tibetan Plateau and identified as belonging to a Tuyuhun king. The armour was restored by specialists from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, following a multi-year conservation project carried…
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Largest Ming-Era Cannon Ever Found at Jiankou Section of the Great Wall
Archaeologists working along the Jiankou section of the Great Wall, just north of Beijing, have announced the discovery of an exceptionally large cannon dating to the late Ming Dynasty—a find that significantly deepens our understanding of how heavy artillery was deployed along China’s imperial frontier. The announcement followed a year-long excavation campaign focused on three…