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Situated along the Yellow River, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan in central China, has one of the longest histories of any major metropolis in the country. For decades, scientists have been excavating a Shang dynasty (1600 – 1046BC) city built underneath Zhengzhou. Earlier this year, archaeologists stumbled upon a treasure trove of artefacts that was one of the more.
New discoveries from the ruins of a gigantic, prehistoric stone city in the north of China may unveil how an early civilization emerged along the Yellow River more than 4,000 years ago.
A new exhibition kicked off at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the archaeology discipline at the school. Archaeologists from both China and abroad said that the progress made by the School of Archaeology and Museology at Peking University is a mirror reflecting the rise of modern Chinese archaeology and has allowed it to stand at the forefront of the discipline in the world.