"Sanxingdui Bronze Age" Result

The story of Chinese civilization, long narrated by the Yellow River's central plains, was irrevocably altered one spring day in 1986. In a quiet corner of Sichuan province, near the city of Guanghan, local brickworkers stumbled upon what would becom

The world of archaeology was forever changed in 1986, and again in recent years, by the startling discoveries at Sanxingdui. Located near Guanghan in China's Sichuan province, this site, dating back to the Bronze Age (c. 1600–1046 BCE), has shattered

The silence of the Sichuan basin was shattered not by a roar, but by a discovery. In 1986, in a quiet village near Guanghan, Chinese archaeologists unearthed something that would irrevocably alter our understanding of Chinese civilization and the Bro