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How the Discovery of Sanxingdui Changed Global Archaeology

The story of Chinese archaeology, and indeed of global human history, was once a relatively neat narrative. For much of the 20th century, the Central Plains along the Yellow River—the cradle of the Shang and Zhou dynasties with their majestic bronze

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Historical Discoveries That Defined Sanxingdui

The story of Chinese civilization, long narrated as a steady, singular flow from the Yellow River basin, was irrevocably fractured one day in 1986. In a quiet, rural corner of Sichuan Province, not by archaeologists with careful trowels, but by farme

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Sanxingdui Bronze Masks: Materials, Design, and Symbolism

The archaeological world was forever changed in 1986 when local workers in China's Sichuan province stumbled upon two sacrificial pits filled with artifacts so bizarre, so utterly unlike anything found before in China, that they seemed to belong to a

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Analyzing Sanxingdui Ruins Artifact Ages

The Sanxingdui ruins, nestled in China's Sichuan Basin, are not merely an archaeological site; they are a profound mystery etched in bronze, gold, and jade. Since the shocking discovery of sacrificial pits in 1986, the world has been captivated by th

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Sanxingdui Ruins Timeline: From Local to Global Recognition

The story of Sanxingdui is not a linear chronicle of excavation dates. It is a profound narrative of a civilization’s disappearance, a millennia-long silence, and a shocking, defiant re-emergence into the light. It is the story of how a local farmer’

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Sanxingdui Discovery Archives: Digging into the Past

The ground beneath our feet often holds the most profound secrets, waiting for the precise moment in history to reveal themselves. In the quiet, fertile plains of China's Sichuan Basin, one such secret lay dormant for over three millennia. The story

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Sanxingdui Gold & Jade: Excavation and Discovery Facts

The story of Chinese archaeology is often a tale of gradual revelation, of connecting dots across dynastic records. Then there is Sanxingdui. This site, nestled in the heart of China's Sichuan Basin near the modern city of Guanghan, does not whisper

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The First Sanxingdui Excavation Site and Its Discoveries

The story of Sanxingdui is one of those rare archaeological narratives that feels less like a gradual accumulation of knowledge and more like a sudden, breathtaking revelation. For millennia, a civilization of staggering artistic sophistication and s

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Uncovering Sanxingdui’s Most Stunning Discoveries

The story of human archaeology is often one of slow, meticulous revelation. But every so often, a discovery explodes onto the scene, shattering our understanding of the past with the force of a cultural supernova. In the quiet Sichuan Basin of China,

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Radiocarbon Dating of Sanxingdui Artifacts

The world of archaeology was forever changed in the 1980s when farmers in China's Sichuan Province stumbled upon a treasure trove that defied imagination. The Sanxingdui ruins, with their haunting bronze masks, towering sacred trees, and enigmatic fi

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