Journal Reference: Patrick Wertmann et al, No borders for innovations: A ca. 2700-year-old Assyrian-style leather scale armour in Northwest China, Quaternary International (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j ...

Made of iron, copper, and leather, the multi-material armor scales are the first and smallest of its kind ever discovered in Han Dynasty archaeology. Found in the west part of the outer coffin of ...

This suit of armour dates to the Edo period. It is made from leather scales which have been coated in lacquer. Lacquer is a type of tree sap which once dried is very tough. The scales are bound ...

They were made from a mix of iron, copper and leather bound with lacquer, the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology told state news agency Xinhua. Each armour scale or ...

The armour scales were found in China’s eastern province of Jiangxi, where the main tomb of Liu He was unearthed about a decade ago. They were made from a mix of iron, copper, and leather bound ...