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MYS0D739RH44236·Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

Artifacts 16

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

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Photograph: Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits
Cyclohexane233 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Largest bronze mask from the new pits (74 × 135 cm): photo
press photographs of the excavation · publisher
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Bronze figure with a human head on a snake's body, holding a lei, with a zun on its head: photo
press photographs of the excavation · publisher
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Bronze box with tortoise-shaped lid and jade inside: photo
press photographs of the excavation · publisher
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Casting-core samples from 39 bronzes in Pits 1 and 2: document
Lian and colleagues · publisher
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The eight pits of the sacrificial area: photo
Bairuilong · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The eight pits of the sacrificial area: picture
Bairuilong · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The eight pits of the sacrificial area: photo
China News Service (中国新闻网) · CC BY 3.0
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The eight pits of the sacrificial area: document
Ran and colleagues (Sichuan Provincial Institute) · publisher
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The eight pits of the sacrificial area: picture
China News Service · CC BY 3.0
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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): photo
Gary Todd · CC0
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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): photo
Gary Todd · CC0
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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): photo
Yumeto · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): picture
Gary Todd · CC0
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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): picture
Gary Todd · CC0
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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): picture
Yumeto · CC BY-SA 4.0