On the north bank of Fuxian Lake in Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province sits a straw-hat-shaped mountain
Scientists have obtained a large number of research results on Chengjiang Fossil Site. The reason why Chengjiang fauna (动物群) is
Up to now, more than 20 phyla and more than 280 species
The UNESCO evaluation says the Chengjiang Fossil Site is one of the
Archaeological (考古的)
They’re key witnesses
The Terracotta Warriors is a household name worldwide. Now, 2lst-century science is making astonishing new discoveries of these world famous
In 1974, farmers
More than 2000 years
Why did China’s first emperor order 8000 life-size clay soldiers for his tomb? And
The Potala Palace (布达拉宫) features a wall painting
The earliest archaeological site
Archaeological
The cultural
More than 500 items were discovered at Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. These items, including remains of a gold mask,
Sanxingdui is believed to have sat at the heart of the Shu state,
Archaeologists(考古学家) realized they had just got
Around 200 more warriors from ancient China’s Terracotta Army (兵马俑) have been unearthed at the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. The discovery was made during the
Shen Maosheng, who led the dig, said most of the newly found warriors can be divided into two groups. One group is carrying poles, while
The Terracotta Army,
It was first discovered in 1974 by farmers
Archaeologists started a new excavation at No.1 Pit in 2009. The 200 new warriors
Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of 3,000-year-old handicrafts at Sanxingdui, Sichuan province. The researchers found more than 500 objects at the site in 2019, most of
Experts are unsure who made the handicrafts, but they guess that the creators belonged to the Shu state, a
A major highlight of the find is a 0.6-pound fragment (碎片) of a gold mask that may have been used
Other
Since Chinese archaeologists(考古学家)
Recognized as one of the most important ancient
It
The masks’ eyes and eyebrows are delicately hollowed out,