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Trove of 13,000 Artifacts Sheds Light on Enigmatic Chinese Civilization
Meilan Solly, 2022. Smithsonian Magazine.
Report of 14 June 2022, from Xinhua and other sources, on about 13,000 objects from six new pits, including a bronze altar, a tortoise-shaped box with jade inside, and a figure with a human head on a snake's body holding a lei vessel with a zun on its head.
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Solly, M. (2022). Trove of 13,000 Artifacts Sheds Light on Enigmatic Chinese Civilization. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trove-of-13000-artifacts-sheds-light-on-enigmatic-chinese-civilization-180980254/
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