Jade Burial Suits – Chinese Armor for the Afterlife

(via The Vintage News) Jade burial suits were commonly used in ancient times as an afterlife armor for wealthy aristocrats  in Han dynasty China. For many years, many archaeologists suspected that records of jade burial suits were only legends. The discovery in 1968 of two complete jade suits in the tombs of Liu Sheng and Dou Wan in Mancheng, Hebei, finally proved their existence. The jade suits of Liu Sheng and Dou Wan consisted of 2,498 plates of solid jade connected with two and a half pounds of gold wires.