Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young woman who lived 2,200 years ago in ...

Different cultures follow different practices, especially when death arrives. Some believe in mummification, while some ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, archaeologists in China have unearthed the 2,200-year-old burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, a toxic red substance. Cinnabar is a ...

The slang is inspired by the traditional Chinese medicine ingredient, cinnabar, called son-sah in Cantonese. It is inexpensive, and its size is quite similar to the cent coins of the past.