Ancient Pyramid, Lost City & Human Sacrifices Discovered in China | Ancient Architects
发布时间 2018-08-23 22:42:37 来源
摘要
A 4,300-year-old city, which houses a massive step #pyramid that is at least 230 feet high and spans 59 acres at its base, has been excavated in #China, archaeologists reported in the August issue of the journal Antiquity.
For five centuries, a city flourished around the pyramid. At one time, the city encompassed an area of 988 acres, making it one of the largest in the world, the archaeologists wrote. Today, the ruins of the city are called "Shimao," but its name in ancient times is unknown.
The remains of numerous human sacrifices have also been discovered at Shimao. "In the outer gateway of the eastern gate on the outer rampart alone, six pits containing decapitated human heads have been found.”
Watch the video to learn more about this exciting, groundbreaking discovery.
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Source: "When peripheries were centres: a preliminary study of the Shimao-centred polity in the loess highland, China"
Li Jaang, Zhouyong Sun, Jing Shao and Min Li
The full paper can be downloaded and read at http://bit.ly/ChinaPyramid
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