For generations, historians treated tales of a Tang dynasty suit of golden armor as courtly exaggeration, a flourish in poetry rather than a piece of military kit that ever saw daylight. That ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Golden armor discovered in a Tibetan plateau tomb is confirmed to be that of a Tuyuhun king. Experts deconstructed, restored and digitally ...

The ancient Chinese legend that Tang dynasty rulers donned gold-plated armor in battle had long been mere myth—until now. Researchers not only discovered a suit of gilded armor in a Tibetan plateau ...