Posted on 08/11/2020 6:31:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Chinese archeologists announced on Tuesday that they have discovered an important site next to the Sanxingdui Ruins, which they believe to be a 5,000-year-old settlement.
A large number of potteries, porcelain and stonewares have been unearthed from the site, about eight km south of the Sanxingdui Ruins, in the city of Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
"This is the first time that a complete sequence of ancient Shu civilization has been found around Sanxingdui," said Xin Zhonghua, an associate researcher with the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute.
The majority of relics unearthed from the settlement ruins bears the features of Sanxingdui culture, according to Xin...
The Sanxingdui Ruins are believed to be remnants of the Shu Kingdom which can be dated back 2,600 years to 4,800 years. In 1988, the ruins were given state-level protection.
Listed among China's top 10 archaeological findings in the 20th century, the Sanxingdui Ruins witness the diverse origins of Chinese civilization.
The ruins were accidentally discovered by a farmer when he unearthed a bright piece of jade while digging a ditch in 1929.
Some gold masks with exaggerated designs are among the most impressive relics unearthed.
Two sacrificial pits filled with more than 1,000 national treasures, including gold masks, bronze ware, jade tablets, and ivory and sacred trees, were discovered in 1986 when workers were excavating clay for bricks.
(Excerpt) Read more at china.org.cn ...
Sanxingdui search hits:
I found a roast beef hero dating back to 2011.
Is that worthy of a story?
Imagine the leftovers in this Chinese ruin, must be piles of 'em.
Thanks
Shu civilization
In deeper strata there is the Sandal civilization and below that, the Barefoot culture.
I used to live near there. The sites are quite fascinating.
My pleasure.
Just had to wait 5,000 years for the microwave to heat them up properly.
The Chinese are expert a touting their superiority of culture compared to the rest of the world. It justifies Communist Conquest around the world.
I doubt that the soldiers and sages of ancient Shu would put up with the Chinese Communist party for even a nanosecond.
LOL
Some people found a lost city here, too. Broken furniture, burned and melted plastic, smashed glass, charred objects and loads of trash. Remnants of a lost past culture in the rubble.
Oh, wait, that was Portland this week.
It still is a lost city of an extinct civilization.
Sanxingdui Ruins Museum.
All dead from Covid-1.
rwood
thanks, Civ. Lots to catch up on in that link.
porcelain? 5000 years old?.....................
Well, if the Shu fits....................
Chicago!................
It's kinda like reading the description of some really cheap electronics product on Amazon, eh?
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