The piece of jewelry ... 7,600 years old, according to the study. The pendant is symmetrical and about 1.5 inches tall and wide, researchers said. “Both polished and carved surfaces probably ...

At a Neolithic site in northern China, archaeologists have unearthed a large jade dragon inside a 5,000-year-old tomb ... and elaborately carved jade ornaments. One of the most elaborate Hongshan ...

A 1,700-year-old mosaic jade mask and a carved femur bone found inside an ancient Maya tomb at Chochkitam, Guatemala Francisco Estrada-Belli / Tulane University Researchers in Guatemala have ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old jade ... carved objects that prospered in the region. Experts think that Hongshan craftsmen made some of the earliest known jade artifacts in ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old royal tomb ... and hieroglyphs carved into human femurs (thigh bones), including one drawing depicting a man holding a jade mask similar to the ...