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They Burned the Giant Bronze Faces First
They Burned the Giant Bronze Faces FirstAt Sanxingdui in Sichuan, 1986 pits held a 2.62-metre bronze figure, a 1.38-metre eye-popping mask, a ~3.95-metre bronze tree, and a 1.42-metre gold sceptre—mostly burned and broken before burial. A 2023 study reads the pits as post-fire sacrificial deposits at roughly 600–800 C, not trash, while the sacrifice-versus-capital-move dump fight stays open. No…
Duration: 6:37
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