The northern Shaanxi area where the Zhaigou site is located was ruled by a regional regime during that period. The new discoveries reflect the close economic and cultural exchanges between the ...

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Yet the earliest inscriptions date from the Shang dynasty, around 1600bc. Trying to find the oldest records, the state has ploughed money into archaeology, particularly in the past decade.

Within cultural artifacts from the Shang Dynasty, snake motifs are often depicted alongside images of cicadas, known for their molting, and deer antlers, which shed and regrow annually.

Yet the earliest inscriptions date from the Shang dynasty, around 1600 bc. Trying to find the oldest records, the state has ploughed money into archaeology, particularly in the past decade.

“Powerful.” “Mysterious.” “Bloody.” Those are the words that tend to come to mind when Chinese are asked about the Shang — an ancient dynasty that ruled China’s Central Plains for over 500 years until ...

He believes the Kingdom of Shu’s religious rulers may have supported the Shang Dynasty, while the secular rulers may have sided with the Zhou. “This could have been a major division,” Sun says.

In the later account contained in the “Bamboo Annals,” an eclipse would have triggered the political and military events that marked the transition from the Shang to the Zhou dynasty in ...

Archaeologists at the site where three early Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) ditches were recently unearthed, in what is now Zhengzhou, Henan province. [Photo provided to China ...