Posts Tagged ‘shimao’

Pits of Skulls Found in Shimao: China’s Neolithic City of Mystery

Shimao’s step pyramid. (Zhouyong Sun and Jing Shao/ Antiquity)

Shimao is an ancient Chinese city that was lost for a long time. But in recent years it has yielded many of its secrets to archaeologists. Among the most astonishing finds are a step-pyramid and evidence of human sacrifice. The grisly discoveries are offering new insight into the origin of early Chinese civilization and the […]

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