The Red Princess's teeth are an anomaly, as the Xinjiang region is not a source of cinnabar. However, it was mined and traded along the Silk Road in antiquity, the researchers noted. China and ...

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 ...

This is the first documented case in history where this material has been used to pigment teeth, leading experts to nickname the woman the Red Princess of the Silk Road. Her skeleton showed traces of ...