Notably, a metre high bronze head of Buddha dated to the c750 AD and one of the oldest items a 2, 000 year old jade horse head from a burial, other sculptures include life size tomb guardians.

These include ceramic bowls, shell beads, jadeite anklets, bracelets and beads, pearls, pyrite and hematite artifacts, and the most outstanding of all is a carved jade head of the Sun God, Kinich Ahau.

The jade head has a height of 14. 9 cm, a circumference of 45. 9 cm and a weight of 4. 42 kg.

Pendergast suggests that with so much jade found at the site, the jade head may have been carved at the site with imported jade.

The giant jade head also suggests that this small site had a strong status as a trade or ceremonial center.

Recent research suggests that this giant jade head is actually a Jester God.

The Jester God is an early symbol of Maya rulership and is usually seen iconographically in the head, or in this case the jade head.

The most interesting artifacts so far discovered are the five jade head pendants.

Whalley had been hit on the head and then his throat had been cut and some jade figures he had had been stolen.

Archaeologists have given it the name Goddess Temple due to the discovery of a clay female head with jade inlaid eyes.

In some instances, additional pieces of jade have been found beneath the head covering, including shaped plaques to cover the eyes, and plugs to fit the ears and nose.

The subterranean ritual complex was built on a ridge and decorated with painted walls, referred to by Chinese archaeologists as the Goddess Temple, due to the discovery of a clay female head with jade inlaid eyes.

instead of a necktie he wore a leather bolo drawn through a golden ring in which was set a lump of pale pure jade.

The rediscovery of the Nepōhualtzintzin was due to the Mexican engineer David Esparza Hidalgo, who in his wanderings throughout Mexico found diverse engravings and paintings of this instrument and reconstructed several of them made in gold, jade, encrustations of shell, etc.

The department's primary purpose was to manage the internal affairs of the imperial family and the activities of the inner palace ( in which tasks it largely replaced eunuchs ), but it also played an important role in Qing relations with Tibet and Mongolia, engaged in trading activities ( jade, ginseng, salt, furs, etc.

From the 2nd millennium BC nephrite jade was being traded from mines in the region of Yarkand and Khotan to China.

Following contacts of metropolitan China with nomadic western border territories in the 8th century BC, gold was introduced from Central Asia, and Hotan Kashteshi Hotan jade carvers began to make imitation designs of the steppes, adopting the Scythian-style animal art of the steppes ( depictions of animals locked in combat ).

Small Buddhist figures and groups were produced to a very high quality in a range of media, as was relief decoration of all sorts of objects, especially in metalwork and jade.

Chinese jade was attributed with magical powers, and was used in the Stone and Bronze Ages for large and impractical versions of everyday weapons and tools, as well as the bi disks and cong vessels.

The Han Dynasty was known for jade burial suits.

The 1995 jersey was jade green with eggplant and white stripes on the collar and on the end of the sleeves.

The third was a jade green-colored jersey with silver and eggplant stripes at the shoulders outlined in thin yellow, and a silver stripe at the bottom.

It was white with jade green, eggplant, and silver stripes at the shoulders of the jersey, but no bottom stripe.

The popularity of this jersey amongst fans was so great it replaced the eggplant and jade jersey, serving as the home jersey for the last half of the 2005 – 06 season and playoffs.

Several Chinese characters for non-Chinese peoples were graphic pejoratives, the character for the Yao people, for instance, was changed from yao 猺 " jackal " to yao 瑤 " precious jade ".

Geographer Li Daoyuan, six centuries after the death of the First Emperor, recorded in Shui Jing Zhu that Mount Li was a favoured location due to its auspicious geology: "... famed for its jade mines, its northen side was rich in gold, and its southern side rich in beautiful jade ; the First Emperor, covetous of its fine reputation, therefore chose to be buried there ".

In 1961, W. R. Bullard conducted excavations led by the Royal Ontario Museum ( Rom ), at Baking Pot and San Estevan, and although no excavations took place, the site was initially called “ Rockstone Pond .” In 1963, quarrying activity by local villagers led to a recovery of a large and elaborate carved jade pendant.

The tomb itself contained the remains of an adult male that was interred with a jade and shell necklace, a pair of jade earflares, two shell disks, a pair of pearls, five pottery vessels, and fifty-nine valves of Spondylus shell.

Red pigment was distributed throughout the tomb, with evidence of it on most of the jade.

Today the village is modernizing quickly and political views are UDP Guinea Grass is known for its neat beautiful village module and river bank The early people used to work as chicleros, hunters, mahogany loggers for the British. This was the deaced hon George. C. Price home town when he was 8 yrs old stories say that elderly people buried their gold chains etc., silver, jade, that their long ago ancestors left for them. Up to now nothing's been found.

Many rich offerings were regularly placed before it, especially those linked to water such as jade, shells and sand.

Soon after becoming emperor, Yuan placed an order with the former imperial potters for a 40, 000-piece porcelain set costing 1. 4 million yuan, a large jade seal, and two imperial robes costing 400, 000 yuan each.

And from what they say about him, Quetzalcoatl was placed in her belly when she swallowed a piece of jade.

For the 600th anniversary of the chedi in 1995, a copy of the Emerald Buddha made from black jade was placed in the reconstructed eastern niche.

Under Ulugh Beg's government a solid block of dark green jade was placed over the grave of Tamerlane ( see picture ).

The oldest habitation discovered in the Philippines is located at the Tabon Caves and dates back to approximately 50, 000 years ; while items there found such as burial jars, earthenware, jade ornaments and other jewelry, stone tools, animal bones, and human fossils dating back to 47, 000 years ago.

In China, lapidary work specializing in jade carving has been continuous since at least the Shang dynasty.

Buried deep within La Venta, lay opulent, labor-intensive " offerings " – 1000 tons of smooth serpentine blocks, large mosaic pavements, and at least 48 separate deposits of polished jade celts, pottery, figurines, and hematite mirrors.

In general, the elite burials at Altun Ha during the Late Classic can be characterized by large amounts of jade.

Over 800 pieces of jade has been recovered at the site.

Cosmography that bears a striking resemblance to modern feng shui devices and formulas was found on a jade unearthed at Hanshan and dated around 3000 BC.

The Nameless Monk then tells them that they both passed the three prophecies ( Kar battled enemies beneath circling cranes while Jade fought Kar while surrounded, both ' fought for love at the palace of jade ', Jade was the one who had saved brothers she never knew while Kar saved the nameless monk ) and the final test.

The reason for having at least six bits of treasure is because there are six jade markers that will traverse the game board.

Purvis ' innovation was revolutionary in the jade mining business and larger versions of his saw are at use in the Cassiar region.

Seen not only in figurines, the motif also may be found carved into jade “ votive axes ” and celts, engraved onto various portable figurines of jade, and depicted on several " altars ", such as those at La Venta.

" Diaochan " likely referred to the sable ( diao ) tails and jade decorations in the shape of cicadas ( chan ), which at the time adorned the hats of high-level officials.

In Korea, jade gogok are found at prehistoric sites.