From ancient bronze breastplates to modern body armor, humanity’s pursuit of protection has defined warfare and status for ...

The ancient leather scale armor could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. ( D.L. Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu.) In the remote Yanghai cemetery near Turfan, Northwest China, a team of ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

The figures were buried with crossbows, spears and swords, and are thought to have been built to protect China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang (who lived from 259 B.C. to 210 B.C.) in the afterlife.

Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...