ZHENGZHOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- An archaeological survey of a royal mausoleum of the Eastern Zhou ... such as objects made of gold, silver, bronze and jade, were stolen by tomb raiders.

In the Western Zhou period, the social progress signaled by jade's substitution of human sacrifice was expedited toward its end, in 771 BC. What followed was the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC ...

an administrative text dating to late in China’s Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771–256 B.C.), includes six recipes for creating bronze objects such as bells, mirrors, and swords based on the ...

The tombs were built during the late Western Zhou Dynasty to early Eastern Zhou Dynasty ... Judging by the tombs' age, design, burial objects and inscriptions, archaeologists speculated that ...

and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Free, but please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the ...

A jade wine container from the Warring State ... This was despite the great social upheaval of the time. In 256 BC, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, whose last ruler had attempted but failed to thwart ...