Bronze Age ancient artifacts unearthed in Myanmar

Chinaview ^ | August 16, 2008 | Xinhua

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Ancient artifacts on Bronze Age and Iron Age were excavated in Thazi township in the central Mandalay division recently, proofing an evidence of transition from Bronze culture to Iron culture in Myanmar, according to state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar on Saturday.

The Archaeological, Natural Museum and Libraries Department under the Ministry of Culture unearthed the ancient artifacts near Kanthitgon village in Thazi township, Mandalay division, in June this year, the paper said.

Foreign archaeologists once considered that in the early history, Myanmar was transferred from Stone Age into the Iron Age without flourishing of Bronze culture, it said, stressing that the thesis was proved wrong when many artifacts were excavated in such regions as Nyaungkan, Myin-U Hle, Hnawkan and Kukkokha that provided evidences of bronze culture in the country, and that was supported by the artifacts found in Kanthitgon village.

Archaeological research was carried out in eight different places simultaneously and among the ancient objects found in Kanthitgon village were nine complete bodies along with some incomplete sets of bodies of all ages, child, middle age and old age. The bodies were buried together with bronze and iron weapons, it said.

The artifacts of the Bronze Age found in the village also included bronze arrow heads, spears, wire bundles, cups, floral works, stone beads, bone beads, different sizes of pots and plates and iron spears, it added.

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Linked to China News, which has an interesting home page. But no photos for this article.

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Yeah, that’s a failing of (at least) the English language section. Sometimes the stories even refer to illustrations and such.