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The silence within the pit is profound, broken only by the careful brush of an archaeologist’s tool. Then, a glint of gold emerges from the dark Sichuan earth, not of a coin or a crown, but of a face—a face with elongated, stylized features, eyes sla

The unearthing of the Sanxingdui ruins in China's Sichuan Province stands as one of the most electrifying archaeological discoveries of the modern era. Since the first major pit was revealed in 1986, followed by the stunning new finds in pits 3 throu