Photo taken on March 17, 2021 shows a broken gold mask unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This undated file photo shows ivory carving relics unearthed from a sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Chinese archaeologists announced Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China, helping shed light on the cultural origins of the Chinese nation. Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits and unearthed more than 500 items dating back about 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced in the provincial capital Chengdu. (Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute/Handout via Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 19, 2021 shows part of a bronze ware unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Li He)
Photo taken on March 16, 2021 shows bronze wares unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Photo taken on March 16, 2021 shows bronze wares and ivory unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Photo taken on March 19, 2021 shows a bronze ware unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Li He)
Photo taken on March 16, 2021 shows bronze wares and ivory unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
An archaeologist works at a sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 10, 2021.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Photo taken on March 16, 2021 shows bronze wares and ivory unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Photo taken on March 16, 2021 shows part of a bronze ware unearthed from a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
An archaeologist works at a sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2021.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Archaeologists check a sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Li He)
Archaeologists work at a sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 19, 2021.(Xinhua/Li He)
An archaeologist works at a sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2021.(Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
