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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Legendary golden armour worn by Chinese soldiers 1,200 years ago reconstructed in full for first time

Chinese archaeologists have successfully preserved the only surviving “golden armour”, rumoured to have been worn in battle by soldiers of the Tang Dynasty around 1,200 years ago.

It took nearly four years of work to reconstruct the gilded bronze armour, unearthed in fragments from a Xuewei site tomb in Qinghai province, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said.

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