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Iron helmet. Xianbei people, Former Yan state, Sixteen Kingdoms period . Excavated 1998 at Lamadong near Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Iron helmet. Xianbei people, Former Yan state, Sixteen Kingdoms period . Excavated 1998 at Lamadong near Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware . Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware . Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China's Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China's Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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An openwork phoenix-shaped jade pendant, found in Tomb No. 14 in Sunjiagang, China. Longshan Culture , now housed at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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An openwork phoenix-shaped jade pendant, found in Tomb No. 14 in Sunjiagang, China. Longshan Culture , now housed at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A pagoda-shaped blue and white stoneware jar from a tomb in Zhengzhou, China. Tang dynasty , Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A pagoda-shaped blue and white stoneware jar from a tomb in Zhengzhou, China. Tang dynasty , Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Unique animal shaped stand. 771-221 B.C. Excavated at Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province. Museum of the Institute of History and Philology Taiwan
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Unique animal shaped stand. 771-221 B.C. Excavated at Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province. Museum of the Institute of History and Philology Taiwan
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A silver mask from an archaeological site near Aalborg , dated to the Late Iron Age . Danish archaeologists think this is an image of a god; it is during this period representations of Nordic gods start to be found in the archaeological record.
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A silver mask from an archaeological site near Aalborg , dated to the Late Iron Age . Danish archaeologists think this is an image of a god; it is during this period representations of Nordic gods start to be found in the archaeological record.
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A Persian glass ewer with a gold lid, imported to China during the Liao dynasty , and found in the underground palace of the Chaoyang North Tower in Liaoning Province. Inside the ewer is a small, long-necked, arched-bellied bottle. Now housed at the Chaoyang Beita Museum
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A Persian glass ewer with a gold lid, imported to China during the Liao dynasty , and found in the underground palace of the Chaoyang North Tower in Liaoning Province. Inside the ewer is a small, long-necked, arched-bellied bottle. Now housed at the Chaoyang Beita Museum
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Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
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Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
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Wooden screen with carved images of phoenixes and deer, decorated with polychromatic lacquer. Warring States period , now housed at the Hubei Provincial Museum in China
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Wooden screen with carved images of phoenixes and deer, decorated with polychromatic lacquer. Warring States period , now housed at the Hubei Provincial Museum in China
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A painted pottery jar from the Banshan period of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture. Now housed at the Gansu Provincial Museum in China
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A painted pottery jar from the Banshan period of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture. Now housed at the Gansu Provincial Museum in China
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Carved ivory cup inlaid with turquoise, from the Tomb of Fu Hao, one of the wives of King Wu Ding. Near Anyang, Henan Province China
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Carved ivory cup inlaid with turquoise, from the Tomb of Fu Hao, one of the wives of King Wu Ding. Near Anyang, Henan Province China
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This set of seven ivory chess pieces is the oldest set known to this day. It was excavated at the archaeological site of Afrasiab in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Coin finds from the same excavated layer help date it to the 8th century CE. Samarkand State Museum
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This set of seven ivory chess pieces is the oldest set known to this day. It was excavated at the archaeological site of Afrasiab in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Coin finds from the same excavated layer help date it to the 8th century CE. Samarkand State Museum
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A bronze shovel with a penis shaped handle, unearthed from Tomb No. 113 at the Yangfutou cemetery in Kunming. Dian Kingdom , now housed at the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China
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A bronze shovel with a penis shaped handle, unearthed from Tomb No. 113 at the Yangfutou cemetery in Kunming. Dian Kingdom , now housed at the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China
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Belt hook in the form of a tiger. China, Warring States period, 4th c BC. Bronze inlaid with gold and silver. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Belt hook in the form of a tiger. China, Warring States period, 4th c BC. Bronze inlaid with gold and silver. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A bronze helmet with animal mask pattern, and a bronze broadsword with cicada pattern, both unearthed in 1989 from the Dayangzhou Chengjia site. 1200 BCE, Wucheng culture, now housed at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum in China
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A bronze helmet with animal mask pattern, and a bronze broadsword with cicada pattern, both unearthed in 1989 from the Dayangzhou Chengjia site. 1200 BCE, Wucheng culture, now housed at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum in China
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A bronze shovel with a penis shaped handle, unearthed from Tomb No. 113 at the Yangfutou cemetery in Kunming. Dian Kingdom , now housed at the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China
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A bronze shovel with a penis shaped handle, unearthed from Tomb No. 113 at the Yangfutou cemetery in Kunming. Dian Kingdom , now housed at the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China
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The amputated forearm of an adolescent girl, with five copper-alloy bracelets still attached, found at the La Hoya archaeological site in Spain. The town was destroyed violently between 350 and 200 BCE, leaving the remains of the people and their everyday items in the streets
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The amputated forearm of an adolescent girl, with five copper-alloy bracelets still attached, found at the La Hoya archaeological site in Spain. The town was destroyed violently between 350 and 200 BCE, leaving the remains of the people and their everyday items in the streets
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