The Sanxingdui site attracted global attention in 1986 when two pits, believed to have been used for ritualistic sacrifices, were excavated, together with a rich reserve of bronze and jade artifacts.

CHENGDU, CHINA—CNN reports that more than 3,000 additional artifacts estimated to be more than 3,000 years old have been recovered from six sacrificial pits at southwest China’s Sanxingdui ...

More than 4,000 artifacts, including pottery, jadeware and stoneware, have been unearthed. [Xinhua/Tang Wenhao] A jade dagger-axe is displayed at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, southwest ...

Chinese archaeologists have excavated a new treasure trove of artifacts at ruins in Sanxingdui in the southwestern Sichuan province, just over a year after the largest findings at the site shed light ...

Displaying such artifacts, the new museum houses a total of 1,500 relics, some of which were re-directed from the old Sanxingdui Museum, but almost a quarter number of them have never been shown ...

2024-07-23 15:42:42 CHENGDU, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Archaeological authorities have recently unveiled groundbreaking discoveries, including a jade and stone artifact "workshop" dating back over 3,400 ...

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Displaying such artifacts, the new museum houses a total of 1,500 relics, some of which were re-directed from the old Sanxingdui Museum, but almost a quarter number of them have never been shown ...