Imagine stepping into a real-life time machine 🎉
At the 2025 Sanxingdui Forum in Deyang, Sichuan (the Chinese mainland), experts from the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Peking University revealed they have nailed down the time frame of the site's mysterious sacrificial pits.
- Advanced radiocarbon dating techniques
- 95.4 percent certainty for Pits Nos. 3, 4, 6 and 8
- Dates range from 1201 BC to 1012 BC, the late Shang Dynasty
These pits, filled with bronze masks and artifacts, are key to understanding the rituals of the ancient Shu culture. With this precise dating, historians can map out cultural exchanges across the Chinese mainland faster than a streaming cliffhanger 📺.
For students, entrepreneurs and explorers across Latin America and beyond, Sanxingdui's story shows that history is full of surprises. What's next? More digs and tech-driven research to keep the past alive. Stay tuned 🔍
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New findings: Exact dating of Sanxingdui sacrificial pits announced
cgtn.com
