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Although we do not know what this vessel was used for, we can assume that ancient people treasured it,вЂќ said Li Haichao, a professor at Sichuan University who is in charge of the excavation at pit 7, according to Xinhua. вЂњIt would not be an exaggeration to say that the vessel is one of its kind, given its distinctive shape, fine craftsmanship and ingenious design. China Sichuan Sanxingdui Ruins Discoveries вЂ“ (Chine Nouvelle / SIPA / Shutterstock) Traces of silk fabric were found surrounding the box. The new finds mostly come from what archaeologists call sacrificial pits 7 and 8, the highlight being a bronze box with a tortoise-shaped lid containing jade artifacts, including dragon heads. Experts think its treasures once belonged to the ancient Shu kingdom, which dates back 4,800 years and lasted 2,000 years. Experts say the finds date back 3,000 to 4,500 years.Дiscovered in the late 1920s, Sanxingdui is one of the key Chinese archaeological sites.

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A bronze altar and a dragon with a pigвЂ™s nose are among a trove of items discovered in sacrificial pits that shed new light on the buried secrets of an ancient Chinese civilization.ДЄrchaeologists on Monday announced the вЂњsignificantвЂќ series of finds at the Sanxingdui ruins in ChinaвЂ™s southwestern Sichuan province, according to the team behind the digВ and the state-run Xinhua news agency.ДЄ team including academics from Peking University and Sichuan University found thousands of items including intricate bronze, gold and jade items, and what it called the unprecedented discovery of 10 bronzes.