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Researchers to Seek Origin of Ancient Chinese Civilization
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhuanet) | 2001.03.29 22:15:00 | Editorial Staff
Posted on 07/21/2002 1:23:15 PM PDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/719968/posts

Roots of Mesoamerican Writing
Science Magazine, Academic Press Daily “Insight” | 5 December 2002 | Erik Stokstad
Posted on 12/07/2002 4:54:13 AM PST by jimtorr
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/802484/posts

‘Earliest Writing’ Found In China
BBC | 4-17-2003 | Paul Rincon
Posted on 04/18/2003 9:35:03 AM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/895879/posts

Prehistoric Oriental ‘Venus’ Carved On Cliff Discovered In Ningxia
Peoples Daily | 12-23-2003
Posted on 12/23/2003 5:43:09 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045703/posts

China: Archeologists shake up history
(Jinsha Ruins, Sanxingdui Culture)
Taipei Times | 07/13/05
Posted on 07/13/2005 7:21:21 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441905/posts

‘Earliest Chinese Characters’ Unearthed
Xinhua News | 10-19-2006
Posted on 10/20/2006 1:51:02 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723033/posts

Cliff carvings may rewrite history of Chinese characters
Xinhua News Agency | 5-18-07 | unknown
Posted on 05/18/2007 10:33:37 AM PDT by Renfield
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835863/posts

Chinese writing ‘8,000 years old’
BBC | Friday, May 18, 2007
Posted on 05/18/2007 11:54:50 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835902/posts

New archaeological discovery rewrites earliest Chinese characters dating
Xinhua | Friday, October 24, 2008 | Editor: Yan
Posted on 10/29/2008 5:27:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2119140/posts

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Over 2,200 oracle bone inscriptions discovered

14:31, March 30, 2009

By People’s Daily Online

Chinese archaeologists recently identified and analyzed over 7,000 oracle bones from the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed at the Zhougong Temple site in Qishan County of Shaanxi Province. The characters found on these bones already number over 2,200, the greatest number among China’s eight ruins where Zhou Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions have been discovered.

Last year, the Zhougong Temple archaeology team conducted an archaeological excavation in large lime soil ruins in front of the Zhougong Temple. They unearthed over 7,000 pieces of oracle bones, 688 of which were inscribed with characters.

The archaeology team organized technicians to conduct thorough cleaning, fitting and comparing, piecing together and photographing of the oracle bones, while also carrying out careful microscopic observation. They also invited well-known paleography experts to help identify the characters. Over 2,200 oracle bone inscriptions were eventually discovered and among them, recognizable characters account for over 1,600.

Reporters learned that from the 1,600 plus recognizable characters, experts presume to have discovered the name of the father of King Wen of Zhou for the first time.