Ancient Origins

Exotic Wildlife Pits Hint at China’s Earliest Royal Zoo

Yinxu - known as the last capital of the Shang - is one of China’s most important archaeological sites, famous for oracle bone inscriptions and monumental burials. The new pits add another layer: not ...
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Remains of 3,000-year-old dead city discovered on South China’s Silk Route

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Shang city in Southern China, making it the oldest ever found in the region of Lingnan, ...
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Weapons in late Shang (c.1250-1050 BCE) China beyond typology and ritual Qin Cao

An Object Biography Approach to Shang Weapons -- The Shang, the Anyang Site and Weaponry -- The Rebirth of Late Shang Weapons in the Context of Archaeological Practices -- Metalwork Wear Analysis of ...
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Drawing From Bronze

Bronzes are arguably the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art. Bronze items from the Shang (c.1600–1046 BC) and Zhou (1046–256 BC) dynasties were important ritual objects and symbols of power and were made ...
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A dissertation on the ancient Chinese vases of the Shang dynasty from 1743 to 1496, B. C. / by P.P. Thoms

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