Research led by Jilin University and Texas A&M University has documented the first known case of cinnabar-stained teeth in ...

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 ...

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 ...

In China, cinnabar was used for decorations, funerary rituals, and even in alchemy, prized for its medicinal and religious uses despite its toxicity. Cinnabar has been found on the surface of ...

Researchers found the remains of a woman over 2,000 years old in northwest China with red-dyed teeth thanks to the use of cinnabar, a mineral composed of mercury sulfide. This is the first documented ...