# The pits hold the regalia and cult images of a regime, destroyed and buried after conquest or overthrow.

> Still possible: The pits hold the regalia and cult images of a regime, destroyed and buried after conquest or overthrow.

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Answer · Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

# The pits hold the regalia and cult images of a regime, destroyed and buried after conquest or overthrow.

The pits hold the regalia and cult images of a regime, destroyed and buried after conquest or overthrow.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- All pits filled in one short episode; fragments of one object spread across several pits.
- Destruction concentrated on objects of rulership and cult; signs of violence at the settlement.

## What would rule it out

- A radiocarbon model showing pits filled over generations, and no joins between pits.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[All eight pits are placed in one period, about 3200–3000 BP.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/evidence/EVD0D739Y4T55M1/all-eight-pits-are-placed-in-one-period-about-32003000-bp)

Suggestive

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## The questions it answers

[Why were the Sanxingdui objects broken, burned and buried?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/questions/QST0D739VYG5PHX/why-were-the-sanxingdui-objects-broken-burned-and-buried)

Most likelyThe objects were offerings, broken and burned in rites and buried in the sacrificial area

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The pits hold the regalia and cult images of a regime, destroyed and buried after conquest or overthrow. [Answer ANS0D739XX00M3W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D739XX00M3W
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