Located in the eastern suburbs of Chansha, the Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tombs were uncovered in 1972. The tombs, which date back some 2,100 years to the Western Han dynasty (206BC-25AD), contained ...

Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square shapes with level tops. Tombs from that time are called fangshang for their square shapes. The mausoleum ...

The tombs date back to the Western Han dynasty (202BC-9AD), and the untouched tomb was "particularly noteworthy" for its clear structure, allowing the scientists to determine that it had obvious ...

Xuzhou is a city steeped in a glorious past. Having not only witnessed the birth of the Han, arguably China’s defining dynasty, it also hides one of its most important treasures. Gazing at the ...

The tombs were elaborate and resembled grand underground ... Clearly, the nobles of the Han dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D. 220) ...