CHENGDU, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The Sanxingdui Ruins, discovered in the late 1920s, have been dubbed as one of the world's greatest archaeological findings of the 20th century.
Located in the city of Guanghan, around 60 km from the provincial capital Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the ruins covering an area of 12 square km are believed to be the remnants of the Shu Kingdom, dating back some 4,500 to 3,000 years.
Earlier in 1986, archaeologists discovered thousands of precious cultural relics, including a gold scepter and a bronze sacred tree, which aroused worldwide interest.
So far, more than 50,000 items of bronzewares, jade and gold wares, pottery, and ivory artifacts have been unearthed at the site.
A new exhibition hall of Sanxingdui Museum, covering an area of 44,000 square meters, is scheduled to be completed and open to the public in 2023.
Photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows an exhibit at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)
Undated file photo shows a relic found at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua)
File photo shows a back view of the repaired bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)
Visitors look at an exhibit at Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2021 shows a golden mask discovered at the No. 3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2021 shows a bronze mythical creature discovered at the No. 3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2021 shows a bronze mask discovered at the No. 3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
The replica of a masked bronze head is on display at a special exhibition on the prehistoric Sanxingdui Ruins held at the Museum of Shanghai University in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Long)
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