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5,000-year-old jade dragon — the ‘largest’ of its kind — found in stone tomb. See it
In the sandy dirt of Inner Mongolia sat a circular tomb from a long-gone culture. For 5,000 years, the tomb hid a large stone dragon — but not anymore. Archaeologists spent four months ...
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Episode 90 - Jade bi
The astonishing Chinese collections in the Palace museums ... "This stand is made of ancient jade, but the jade bowl that once went with it is long gone. As one cannot show a stand without a ...
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New Discoveries Shed Light on 6,000-Year-Old Hongshan Culture in China
Archaeologists in China have uncovered 53 ancient sites linked to the Hongshan culture, a prehistoric civilization dating ...
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China Focus: New Hongshan culture findings shed light on ancient China's brilliance
HOHHOT, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Three new jade dragons unearthed in 2024 from the Hongshan culture, a Neolithic civilization that emerged around 6,500 years ago in north China, have offered new evidence ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 90 - Jade bi
This jade bi, already over three thousand years old when the Emperor decided to study it, is a fine, plain disc with a hole in the centre, of a type often found in ancient Chinese tombs.