Rich families in Shang China would hold banquets in their family’s ancestral temple, to entertain and ask for help from the spirits of their ancestors. They would use music and dance, as well as ...

At the Sanxingdui site, layers of ash and burned artifacts, including bronze and jade, have been uncovered in eight sacrificial pits dating to the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1100 BCE). Among these ...

The archaeological site of Yin Xu, close to Anyang City, some 500 km south of Beijing, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang Dynasty (1300 - 1046 BC). It testifies to the golden age of early ...

Hello future people of the UK! I’d like to show you around Ancient China. But to do that you have to travel back in time. Back before the Vikings, before the Romans and keep going back, back ...

The people of the Bronze Age of China believed in the hierarchy of beings ... you can also see the evolution and development of bronze craftsmanship from the Shang Dynasty to the Han Dynasty," said ...

What it is: Tortoise shells or the shoulder blades of oxen that were inscribed with ancient Chinese characters Where it is from: China When it was made: 3,250 years ago Related: The 3,300-year-old ...

The exhibition Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes from the Minneapolis Institute of Art at Manhattan’s China Institute Gallery showcases one of the world’s greatest collections of ...