As children, Humberto and Rica Leon used to suck on jade jewelry during periods of great concentration — or, sometimes, just for fun. As adults, they engage in a similar activity but for different ...

In the 1970s, a farmer unwittingly unearthed a 5,000-year-old jade ring from the Hongshan culture and repurposed it as a penholder. This discovery has connected the farmer's family to archaeological ...

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Archaeologists have discovered the ancient skeleton of a young woman wearing a well-preserved jade ring at a site in Mexico. The skeleton, which is estimated to be about 1,200 years old, was found at ...