China .. Finding a 3000-year-old cupboard containing gold and bronze pieces
Archaeologists in Sichuan Province have found an ancient treasury containing 13,000 artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age.
And the American channel CNN indicates that archaeologists have found in southwest China an ancient treasury that is 3,000 years old, containing 13,000 artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age, including a box in the shape of a turtle shell and an offering altar.
It became clear to archaeologists that many of the artifacts they found in six offering pits near the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, made of gold, bronze and jade, date back to the Sanxingdui civilization that existed in the Bronze Age (1600-800 BC), which was characterized by the development of Bronze industries and construction of irrigation facilities.
But this civilization left no written documents or human remains, which would have helped scientists learn more about it.
According to a statement by the official Xinhua news agency, the Sanxingdui Bronze Fund has been described as an "unprecedented discovery." Overall, archaeologists found 3,155 relatively intact artifacts at the site, including 1,238 bronze items, 543 gold, and 565 artifacts from jade;
Among the artifacts that have particularly intrigued archaeologists, a small box made of bronze and jade tortoiseshells. As well as a bronze altar, 0.9 meters high.
A stunning bronze statue of a snake has also been found, according to the Global Times.
According to Ran Honglin, director of the Sanxingdui Archeology and Civilization Research Institute, the diversity of artifacts indicates that there was a cultural exchange between ancient China's civilizations. For example, a statue with a human head and a snake body was a feature of the ancient Shu civilization, while Zong ceremonial utensils were symbols of the Zhongyuan civilization, which existed in the central part of China.
Sanxingdui field excavation work is scheduled to be completed in October 2022. However, before that date many artifacts will be found, telling us more about the roots of the monolithic Chinese civilization we know today.
Source: agencies
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