Sanxingdui: Bronze Age Mysteries & Lost Civilization

Sanxingdui: Bronze Age Mysteries & Lost Civilization

Timeline of Key Events:  
1600 BCE: Sanxingdui culture emerges in Sichuan Basin.  
1200 BCE: Peak of urban development; palace complexes built.  
1100 BCE: Sudden abandonment; artifacts buried in pits.  
1929: Rediscovery by farmer Yan Dengcun.  
1986: Major excavation reveals sacrificial pits with bronzes.  
2021: New pits (No. 3–8) uncovered, reigniting global interest.  

Summarise:
Sanxingdui (1600–1046 BCE)
China’s “Alien” bronze masks.
Sichuan’s gold & jade treasures.
No written records found.
Ritual pits: Sacrifice or revolt?
Links to Shu Kingdom myths.
Sudden abandonment: Earthquake?
Cosmic tree artifacts.
Influence on later Chinese art.
Ongoing excavation surprises.
Nationalist treasure narratives.

Sanxingdui ruins, Ancient Sichuan, Bronze masks, Chinese history documentary, Archaeological finds, historiessecret, histories-secret. 

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