Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Hidden in downtown Memphis, the Belz Museum of Asian & Judaic Art offers a stunning journey through jade sculptures and ...

Each piece of jade is one-of-a-kind and has a definite character. Both jadeite and nephrite ... such as the bi disc pendants that represent the Chinese symbol for eternity. The symbol has a ...

The main procedures of jade carving, handed down throughout thousands of years, include qie (cutting), cuo (grinding), zhuo (carving) and mo (polishing). These four Chinese characters form a ...

Jade (nephrite) has a prominent place in ancient Chinese history. The stone was prized for its durability and strength from as early as the Neolithic period (around 3500-2000 BCE) where it was ...