“This is the first-and-only known case of cinnabar used as a red pigment to stain teeth in antiquity and throughout the world.” The findings point to a significant role played by the colour red in ...

Different cultures follow different practices, especially when death arrives. Some believe in mummification, while some ...

Analysis of a burial from approximately 2,200 years ago in the Shengjindian Cemetery, Turpan, China, revealed red pigment on ...

“This is the first-and-only known case of cinnabar used as a red pigment to stain teeth in antiquity and throughout the world.” New archaeological discoveries in China shed light on ancient ...

Cinnabar, a red form of toxic mercury sulphide ... by the colour red in earthly and spiritual life in this part of ancient China. Shamanistic rituals of the region are known to have used red ...