Product Description: In Excavating the Afterlife, Guolong Lai explores the dialectical relationship between sociopolitical change and mortuary religion from an archaeological perspective. By examining burial structure, grave goods, and religious documents unearthed from groups of well-preserved tombs in southern China, Lai shows that new attitudes toward the dead, resulting from the trauma of violent political struggle and warfare, permanently altered the early Chinese conceptions of this world and the afterlife...read more

Product Description: The Han dynasty was the first to forge a stable empire governing all of China. It ruled during a golden age that shaped much of the nation's cultural history and development. In an effort to preserve their legacy of beauty and power, the Han created elaborate tombs containing exquisite artistic treasures intended for use in the afterlife...read more

Product Description: Saluting the Yellow Emperor tells the fascinating story of a group of Swedish scholars who rediscovered the pronunciation of the Chinese classics, buried Silk Road cities, and a Chinese Stone Age, while spiriting antiquities out of Asia...read more

Product Description: Book by Fengshi, Luan, Tarasov, Pavel

Product Description: This title uncovers the mysteries of the ancient Chinese. Discover how the Great Wall was originally built, where to find a road that is 45 lanes wide, and find out why the ancient Chinese wont tell you the secret to making silk.

The Terracotta Army is evidence of the organisational power of the Qin Dynasty that unified China in 221 BC. This book unfolds the historical and archaeological context of the Terracotta Warriors, and explores the research and excavation that has been carried out in the years since the first discovery in 1974.

The rich cultural history of China is revealed in this visual journey that, uncovering the buried secrets of its past, details many discoveries and features an interview with a working archaeologist at Anyang--the last capital of the Shang Dynasty.

The rich cultural history of China is revealed in this visual journey that, uncovering the buried secrets of its past, details many discoveries and features an interview with a working archaeologist at Anyang--the last capital of the Shang Dynasty.

Offers a history of China from 1700 B.C. to A.D. 200 covering the major dynasties during that period, the findings from each dynasty, and the experiences encountered by archaeologists during digs