Located near the archaeological site of the Yinxu Ruins, which is the location of the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (1600 ...

Even on the large tombs of the Xia (21st-16th centuries BC) and Shang (16th-11th centuries BC) dynasties no huge mounds or other outward indicators have been discovered. After more than 300 years ...

In 2010, a bronze, owl-shaped vessel was unearthed within a Chinese tomb at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, Shandong province. The vessel contained a clear liquid dating back over 3,000 years.

videoHow the Shang Invented Writing Michael Wood describes the discovery of Shang tombs in Anyang, where archaeologists discovered cow and turtle bones with writing on, the first writing known in ...

MICHAEL WOOD:'So the archaeologists began to dig there, 'and they found traces of palaces of the Shang kings, 'and huge underground tombs. MICHAEL WOOD:'They found human sacrifice, wives and ...

Located near the archaeological site of the Yinxu Ruins, which is the location of the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC), the new building of the Yinxu Museum in Anyang, central China's ...