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Chinese cultural relics researchers announced a new discovery on Saturday, stating that fragments unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in east China's Jiangxi Province, which date back ...

Armor pieces from the tomb of the Marquis Haihun Photos: Courtesy of the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology A set of scale armor dating back to the Western Han Dynasty ...