New Findings At China’s Sanxingdui Ruins Stun Archaeologists



Archeologists are absolutely stunned by the findings at China’s Sanxingdui Ruins. Keep reading this article if you want to know more about it.

A new discovery in the Sanxingdui ruins in the southwest Sichuan province of China has stunned the entire world, especially people associated with archeology. A group of archeologists from several well-known universities discovered a hoarding of treasures consisting of numerous gold, bronze, and jade wares. Previously, there were a total of six sacrificial pits, which had gold and bronze masks with various engraving on them, and tiny sculptures made of ivory and silk. Pit numbers 7 and 8 were recently discovered, and they were the center of all attraction. The boxes at pit 7 were filled with reticulate lids shaped as tortoises, and the handles of the box were designed like dragon heads. The boxes were analyzed, and archeologists found out that these boxes were initially wrapped in silk. The contents of pit number 8 consisted of bronze heads that had gold masks on, a sculpture of a human head attached to the body of a snake, a huge mythical creature, and a dragon sculpture with a pig’s nose. All of these sculptures were made of bronze with an attention to detail. Moreover, archeologists found several architectural foundations, small cultural relics, bamboos, and seeds that were carbonized. Although the archeologists could not find any human remains in the pits, they found several remains of sacrificed animals around the pits. 


These discoveries have completely left the archeologists stunned as this is an incredible breakthrough! These relics are around 3000-4500 years old and allow archeologists to get a deeper understanding of the kind of people who lived at that time, the religion they practiced, what rituals they had, and so on.