2,000-year-old steel acupuncture needles unearthed in China's Jiangxi province

The medical steel needles found inside the jade tube measure just 0.3 to 0.5mm in diameter at the cross-section. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING: Archaeologists in China have uncovered the country's earliest known steel acupuncture needles, a remarkable medical find buried for over two millennia in the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in East China's Jiangxi province, according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeological institute.

Steel acupuncture needles inside a jade tube discovered in the famed tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. - China Daily/ANN