What it is: Tortoise shells or the shoulder blades of oxen that were inscribed with ancient Chinese characters Where it is from: China When it was made: 3,250 years ago Related: The 3,300-year-old ...

The oracle bone below was discovered in China over 100 years ago. At first, nobody knew what they were. Later, historians realised the words inscribed on them were questions and they were able to ...

The earliest extant examples of Chinese writing are the inscriptions that appear on so-called oracle bones (animal bones and turtle shells) and on bronze vessels, the oldest of which date back to the ...

The piece of oracle bone inscribed with the characters Qin ren (the Qin people) Photo: Courtesy of Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a well ...

Zhang Siping, 67, points to a photo in the Yinxu Ruins of Oracle Bones Unearthed History Museum and retells the story behind it. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Four generations of the Zhang ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] To share the history with more people, Zhang Siping established a museum called the Yinxu Ruins of Oracle Bones Unearthed History Museum in 2023. It is ...

The well-known YH127 pit at the Yinxu Ruins, where the largest number of oracle bones were unearthed, was discovered in the family's field, he said. Zhang Siping also emphasized the significant ...