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An archaeological discovery in the Turpan Basin of northwest China has revealed the remains of a woman more than 2,000 years old, distinguished by her red-dyed teeth—a unique practice not previously ...

Research led by Jilin University and Texas A&M University has documented the first known case of cinnabar-stained teeth in antiquity. Analysis of a burial from approximately 2,200 years ago in the ...

A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the complex relationship between humans and ...

A young woman buried in the Turpan Basin more than two thousand years ago went to her grave with her teeth stained bright red ...

Cinnabar from Spain. It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury, and is the historic source for the brilliant red or scarlet pigment termed vermilion. Mercury is one of the few ...