Luckily, this isn't the sole surviving site of the Shu kingdom.
Posted on 08/11/2020 6:31:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Luckily, this isn't the sole surviving site of the Shu kingdom.
:^D It hasn't had a civilization since before "Portlandia".
Well Then, the Shu's on the other foot now!..................
Did it have the date, 3000 B.C., on it?..................
It's probably tied to other developments...
Nope, it's China, so it said BCE.
It's mid-week and there just hasn't been enough flame in the history, archaeology, and science topics.
My pleasure.
That would be a slippery slope to be on. Lets hope it doesn’t get clogged up with politics..............
“Did it have the date, 3000 B.C., on it?”
Nope...a little tag that said made in China.
rwood
The one on the right could be a new comic book superhero.
Shimao China, prehistoric city, nice pics, not sure this isn’t a different site, not going to make it a separate topic. Dropping an additional ping to GGG Digest members:
Mysterious carvings and evidence of human sacrifice uncovered in ancient city
Discoveries at the sprawling site have archaeologists rethinking the roots of Chinese civilization.
8 Minute Read
by Brook Larmer
Published August 6, 2020
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/08/mysterious-carvings-evidence-human-sacrifice-uncovered-ancient-city-china/
Crowned by a stepped pyramid more than 200 feet tall, a 4,300-year-old fortress city known as Shimao is challenging traditional narratives about China’s early history.
Photograph by Ben Sherlock, National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/archaeologyandhistory/2020/08/shimao-china/shimao-aerial.jpg
Recently unearthed stone carvings “may have endowed the stepped pyramid with special religious power,” the archaeologists reported.
Photograph by Ben Sherlock, National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/archaeologyandhistory/2020/08/shimao-china/shimao-carving-face-close.jpg
Fortified walls eight feet thick and six miles long ringed the city. The ruins were first discovered decades ago but were thought to be part of the Great Wall of China until recent discoveries revealed that they are much older.
Photograph by Li Min, UCLA
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/archaeologyandhistory/2020/08/shimao-china/shimao-wall.jpg
Archaeologists have discovered 80 severed heads in pits under the city walls. All the victims were teenage females who may have been sacrificed during the city’s founding ceremony.
Photograph by Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology (Left) and Screengrab by National Geographic (Right)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/archaeologyandhistory/2020/08/shimao-china/shimao-archaeologists.jpg
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/archaeologyandhistory/2020/08/shimao-china/shimao-skulls.jpg
Shimao is the largest known Stone Age settlement in China, and only a small portion of the site has been excavated. Archaeologists expect to make many more discoveries.
Photograph by Rachel Vaknin, National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/archaeologyandhistory/2020/08/shimao-china/shimao-carving-face.jpg
Its Aliens.
Stop for some Chinese takeout...head to Mexico for some fries...
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