More than 500 pieces of relics
The relics, discovered at the six new sacrificial pits of the ruins, include golden masks, jade and ivory artifacts and bronze wares
The new finds bring the total number of items discovered at Sanxingdui to nearly 2,000
“The new discoveries demonstrate once again that
Tang added that the excavation of the new pits has entered a critical stage,
Originally discovered in the late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been referred to as one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.
Located in the city of Guanghan, around 60 km from the provincial capital Chengdu, the ruins covering
There are many
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The 22nd “Meet in Beijing” International Arts Festival
As a major
A grand gala (文艺晚会)
As part of highlights from international shows, the opera Carmen and the ballet classic La Traviata
The discovery of the Yangshao village site in Sanmenxia, Henan province, in 1921, marked
On October 18, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced the top 100 archacological discoveries in China in the past 100 years
In addition to the Yangshao site, many names familiar to the general public
“It provides great
“The last 100 years’ archacological research in China has
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Though he put all of his effort on,
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The site of Gegharot is rather small in
The shrines at Gegharot offer archaeologists a rare glimpse into fortune-telling practices that would have been the closely