Although the Zhou may have disagreed with the Shang on many aspects of state governance, they shared one thing in common: ...

What significant role does the discovery of oracle bone inscriptions play in archaeological work? How important are oracle bone inscriptions for studying the development of human civilizations?

Since opening to the public on Feb 26 last year, the Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan province, China's first comprehensive ...

The bones and shells were reused until there was no more space, and so more than 100,000 inscriptions are known. The surviving oracle bones are the earliest existing form of Chinese writing.

Sima Qian, the ancient historian, mentioned her, and the character "fu" (woman) does appear in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze ware. One bronze vessel records the story of a Shang king and a ...

Breakthrough findings span from Paleolithic period to Qing Dynasty Discovery: Findings shed light on origins of Chinese ...