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Global interest in gold mask find
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An incomplete gold mask has drawn enormous interest from academics and the public after it was unearthed by archaeologists at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China.
In late March, Chinese archaeologists announced they had made some major discoveries at the ruins in Sichuan Province, helping shed light on the unified yet diverse origins of Chinese civilization.
Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits and unearthed more than 500 items dating back about 3,000 years, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
In one of the new pits, archaeologists unearthed a 286-gram gold mask. It is the biggest gold mask ever discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins.
2021-04-07 11:05:09 GMT2021-04-07 19:05:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CHENGDU, April 7 (Xinhua) An incomplete gold mask has drawn enormous interest from academics and the public after it was unearthed by archaeologists at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China.
In late March, Chinese archaeologists announced they had made some major discoveries at the ruins in Sichuan Province, helping shed light on the unified yet diverse origins of Chinese civilization.
Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits and unearthed more than 500 items dating back about 3,000 years, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
In one of the new pits, archaeologists unearthed a 286-gram gold mask. It is the biggest gold mask ever discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins.
Discoveries bring visitors to ancient sites By YANG FEIYUE | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-03 09:22 Share CLOSE A rare type of bronze vessel zun, which has a round rim and a square body, is among the items newly unearthed from Sanxingdui site. [Photo provided to China Daily]
New discoveries at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, have dramatically fueled public enthusiasm.
Ticket bookings to Sanxingdui Museum through Trip.com, where the news conference announcing major findings at the site was held on March 20, increased nearly 12 times that of the previous weekend.
Many tourists have gone to see the mysterious ancient Shu civilization . About half of them come from Sichuan province and the rest mostly from Jiangsu province, Beijing, Guangdong province, Chongqing and Shanghai. Travelers who were born in the 80s and 90s have shown the most interest in the site, according to the agency.
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