"Bronze Age Metallurgy" Result

The Silent Awakening of a Lost Civilization In the spring of 1929, a farmer digging a well in China's Sichuan province struck something hard and metallic. What emerged from the earth would eventually rewrite Chinese archaeological history—but it wou

The Silent Awakening of a Lost Civilization In the sweltering summer of 1986, Sichuan farmers digging clay for bricks unearthed what would become one of Asia's most significant archaeological discoveries. Their shovels struck not just pottery shards

The earth cracked open in 1986 like a bronze vessel spilling secrets. Farmers digging clay in Sichuan Province stumbled upon what would become one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century—the Sanxingdui ruins. As artifac