From China's Past: Unraveling the Mysteries of Life in China’s Ancient Capital

Yinxu, the capital of the Late Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), is China’s archaeological holy land. Since the identification of oracle bones near what is today the city of Anyang at the turn of the 20th century, through the first official archaeological digs at the site in the 1920s, and later astounding discoveries like the tomb of the warrior queen Fu Hao, Yinxu has exerted a particular hold