The Bronze Age town's center was made with rammed ... that are similar to those found at other Shang dynasty sites. Experts at the news conference said that the ruins at Zhaigou may have once ...

The history of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC) dating back to more than 3,000 years ago also encapsulates the glorious history of China's bronze ware. Surrounding the Yellow River, this ...

A visitor explores an exhibition of cultural relics repatriated from overseas in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province on May 27 ...

Bronzes are arguably the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art. Bronze items from the Shang (c.1600–1046 BC) and Zhou (1046–256 BC) dynasties were important ritual objects and symbols of power and were made ...

Criterion (ii): Yin Xu, capital of the late Shang Dynasty, exhibits an exchange of important influences and the highest level of development in China’s ancient bronze culture, including the system of ...

When they reached the burial chamber’s second floor, archaeologists were confronted with a puzzle: 14 adult skulls, one of which was contained in a Shang-era bronze vessel known as a yan. These were ...

The site, which spans 11 hills and is situated today in Shaanxi province, was home to a regional power during the Shang dynasty, a Bronze Age period running from 1600 to 1046 B.C.E. It has been ...

The bronze artifacts from the pits appeared strikingly different from vessels made during the Shang Dynasty. Shang artisans crafted cauldrons called ding and wine vessels called zun bearing ...