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Oracle bone
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Oracle bones are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron which were used in pyromancy – a form of divination – during the Late Shang period in ancient China. Scapulimancy is the specific term if ox s
A Shang dynasty oracle bone from the Shanghai Museum
A Shang dynasty oracle bone from the Shanghai Museum
Wang Yirong, Chinese politician and scholar, was the first to recognize the oracle bones as ancient writing.
Wang Yirong, Chinese politician and scholar, was the first to recognize the oracle bones as ancient writing.
Reconstruction of oracle bone pit YH127 at Yinxu
Reconstruction of oracle bone pit YH127 at Yinxu
Ox scapula recording divinations by Zhēng 爭 during the reign of king Wu Ding
Ox scapula recording divinations by Zhēng 爭 during the reign of king Wu Ding
Yinxu
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Yinxu is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty. Located in present-day Anyang, Henan, Yin served as the capital during the Late Shang period which s
Yinxu Museum
Yinxu Museum
Burial pit at Tomb of Lady Fu Hao
Burial pit at Tomb of Lady Fu Hao
The Houmuwu ding
The Houmuwu ding