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In the humid clay of Sichuan's Chengdu Plain, a civilization slept for three millennia, its secrets guarded by earth and time. The unearthing of Sanxingdui in 1986—and more recently in new sacrificial pits—wasn't merely an archaeological event; it wa
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In the quiet countryside of Guanghan, Sichuan Province, a discovery emerged that would forever alter our understanding of Chinese civilization. The Sanxingdui archaeological site, dating back approximately 3,000-5,000 years, revealed a culture so art
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In the quiet countryside of Guanghan, Sichuan Province, a discovery in 1986 would forever alter our understanding of Chinese civilization. When archaeologists unearthed two sacrificial pits filled with bronze masks of such bizarre and magnificent art
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It was 1986 when Chinese archaeologists made a discovery so bizarre, so utterly alien to everything known about ancient China, that it threatened to topple entire historical narratives. From the sacrificial pits of a sleepy Sichuan province village e
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The heart of China’s Sichuan Province is often associated with pandas, fiery hot pots, and dramatic mountainscapes. But venture north from the bustling capital of Chengdu, into the fertile expanse of the Chengdu Plain, and you will find a different k
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The soil of Sichuan’s Guanghan city holds secrets that defy time and textbook narratives. For decades, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been an archaeological enigma, a puzzle box that, with every new opening, reveals not answers, but more profound, more da
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The earth cracked open not with a roar, but with a whisper. In 1986, in the quiet Sichuan province of China, farmers digging an irrigation ditch stumbled upon a secret the land had guarded for over three millennia. They found jade, and then bronze—no
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The year is 1929. A farmer digging a well in China's Sichuan Basin strikes something hard and metallic. He has just stumbled upon one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, though the world wouldn't realize it for dec
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The first thing you notice is the eyes. Not human eyes—not quite. They’re elongated, jutting outward like miniature telescopes, seeing realms beyond our own. Then you take in the ears: grotesquely enlarged, spread wide like wings, listening to whis
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The first thing you notice is the eyes. They are not human eyes, not entirely. They are oversized, protruding like cylindrical telescopes, gazing out from a bronze mask with an expression that is neither hostile nor welcoming, but simply other. Thi
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