In the central excavating area, where some sacrificial objects like ivory ware and jade ware were found, archaeologists unearthed 19 divining shells, all of which were made of the ventral and dorsal shells of tortoises. In every tortoise shell, there is a small burned hole. The largest tortoise shell found here is a 59-centimeter […]
There were some precious materials unearthed in Jinsha Ruins that had never been discovered before. The time when Chengdu was founded will be pushed back another 700 years, from 2,300 years ago to 3,000 years ago. This will rewrite the history of Chengdu and even the history of ancient Sichuan, and place the ancient […]
The over 40 pieces of ivory ware are all pillar-shaped articles with one dot in the middle, surrounded by six dots on one end of each piece. Numerous elephant tusks were excavated from Jinsha Ruins with the total weight of about one ton. Some of them were from the southern part of the ancient […]
The over 400 jade articles, including the jade cong, jade bi, jade zhang, dagger-axes, jade spears, jade axes, jade chisels, jade jin, jade bracelets, jade rings, jade plates, jade hanging adornments, jade beads, jade materials and so on, are all delicately and carefully made. What amazes people is that the style of the jade articles […]
One hundred and seventy stone articles, including the stone bi, stone zhang(a kind of jade alticle), stone spears, stone axes, stone kneeling-figure, stone tigers, stone tortoises and stone snakes, make up the earliest and the most exquisite group of stone ware. the stone tigers are realistic and vividly carved. The stone kneeling figure, bound […]