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

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

Narrator: One of the most exciting objects or artefacts we have from the Shang Dynasty are oracle bones. They are animal bones covered in ancient writing and were used to try to predict the future.

Oracle bones predating the Shang Dynasty have also been found, and in 2003, some archaeologists said they'd found "Neolithic oracle bones" from up to 8,600 years ago. Early reports claimed that ...

Human bones are frequently found in Shang Dynasty refuse pits and ditches. Oracle bone inscriptions also record such practices, and even some unearthed bronze vessels have been found to contain ...

Yinxu was the capital of the late Shang (Yin) Dynasty, which lasted from 1600 ... including inscriptions found on oracle bones. The urban road network at Yinxu features a grid composed of ...