Sanxingdui: Bronze Age Mysteries & Lost Civilization<br /><br />Timeline of Key Events: <br />1600 BCE: Sanxingdui culture emerges in Sichuan Basin. <br />1200 BCE: Peak of urban development; palace complexes built. <br />1100 BCE: Sudden abandonment; artifacts buried in pits. <br />1929: Rediscovery by farmer Yan Dengcun. <br />1986: Major excavation reveals sacrificial pits with bronzes. <br />2021: New pits (No. 3–8) uncovered, reigniting global interest. <br /><br />Summarise:<br />Sanxingdui (1600–1046 BCE)<br />China’s “Alien” bronze masks.<br />Sichuan’s gold & jade treasures.<br />No written records found.<br />Ritual pits: Sacrifice or revolt?<br />Links to Shu Kingdom myths.<br />Sudden abandonment: Earthquake?<br />Cosmic tree artifacts.<br />Influence on later Chinese art.<br />Ongoing excavation surprises.<br />Nationalist treasure narratives.<br /><br />Sanxingdui ruins, Ancient Sichuan, Bronze masks, Chinese history documentary, Archaeological finds, historiessecret, histories-secret. <br /><br />#AncientCivilizations, #HistoricalDocumentary, #ArchaeologyFinds, #AncientSichuan, #BronzeArt, #ChinaMysteries, #SanxingduiDiscovery, #AncientRelics, #HistoryLovers, #CulturalHeritage, #histories-secret, #historiessecret.
