# Artifacts: Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

> The 16 artifacts of Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits: photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/artifacts  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**MYS** 0D739RH44236·[Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui)

# 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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D739R9A2PEC/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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A3RG22JX/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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A4841RT2/bronze-figure-with-a-human-head-on-a-snakes-body-holding-a)

press photographs of the excavation · publisher

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[Bronze box with tortoise-shaped lid and jade inside: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A4QR4MMM/bronze-box-with-tortoise-shaped-lid-and-jade-inside-photo)

press photographs of the excavation · publisher

Document2 steps from object

[Casting-core samples from 39 bronzes in Pits 1 and 2: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A57C7THQ/casting-core-samples-from-39-bronzes-in-pits-1-and-2)

Lian and colleagues · publisher

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[The eight pits of the sacrificial area: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A5Q00V0J/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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A5YT321C/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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A5YT557W/the-eight-pits-of-the-sacrificial-area-photo)

China News Service (中国新闻网) · CC BY 3.0

Document2 steps from object

[The eight pits of the sacrificial area: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A66M7510/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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A6EE4AMF/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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A6P80Y82/the-1986-bronzes-from-pits-1-and-2-standing-figure-heads)

Gary Todd · CC0

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[The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A6Y22Y79/the-1986-bronzes-from-pits-1-and-2-standing-figure-heads)

Gary Todd · CC0

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[The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A75W3SSA/the-1986-bronzes-from-pits-1-and-2-standing-figure-heads)

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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A7DP6GPZ/the-1986-bronzes-from-pits-1-and-2-standing-figure-heads)

Gary Todd · CC0

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[The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A7XA3VNC/the-1986-bronzes-from-pits-1-and-2-standing-figure-heads)

Gary Todd · CC0

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[The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/copies/CPY0D73A8CY5PNG/the-1986-bronzes-from-pits-1-and-2-standing-figure-heads)

Yumeto · CC BY-SA 4.0