Sikkim's Old Silk Route has been named 'Most Scenic Route in India' by India Today Travel Awards 2025. This honor will ...

putting it in the time frame when the Silk Road was active with the trade of precious goods, including cinnabar. Related: Earliest evidence of mercury poisoning in humans found in 5,000-year-old bones ...

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Scientists have confirmed that the pigment used is cinnabar, a valuable mineral historically linked to religious rituals, art ...

Researchers found the remains of a woman over 2,000 years old in northwest China with red-dyed teeth thanks to the use of cinnabar, a mineral composed of mercury sulfide. This is the first documented ...

A team of archaeologists in Xinjiang, China, has unearthed an extraordinary piece of history—a set of human teeth intentionally painted ...

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In a first-of-its-kind discovery, archaeologists in China have unearthed the 2,200-year-old burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, a toxic red substance. Cinnabar is a ...