Ancient Sanxingdui culture challenges traditional narrative of Chinese civilisation

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The Sanxingdui site in southwest China's Sichuan province is one of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries. Thousands of remarkable artefacts, dating back to the 12th and 11th centuries BC, have been found at the site. The discovery of the site challenges the traditional narrative that Chinese civilization spread from the central plain of the Yellow River. Some even believe the culture reflected in the Sanxingdui ruins originates from aliens while that is disputed by scientists.
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[@scarletwitch6023]

As an archaeologist, I appreciate how much money this project has had access too, it’s so difficult to get funding and they have created an exquisite museum 😊❤️ there is so much history still out there!!

[@x.-S977]

What's it like being an archeologist?

[@x.-S977]

@@ayenworld192 hmm, thanks for painting a better picture regarding these happenings to me. I hope the archeological department gets it's necessary funding soon, because there's potential to uncover so many hidden gems to develop a deeper understanding of the past for not just us but for future generations as well. Thanks for responding. I hope you and your loved ones are safe. Take care and stay safe❤️

[@shaochenxu5594]

Did you know, one of the biggest most famous tomb in China is still yet to be explored??? The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. It is believed to be the most costly mausoleum in Chinese history.

[@howso5302]

@@shaochenxu5594 Don’t eaven try not to touch this tomb. Qinshihuang is the ancestor dragon祖龙。

[@gangzhi1232]

政府体制跟西方不同，科研及人文项目很容易获得资金！科研资金都是政府提供的，而不是私人企业提供！

[@bibx4446]

I love how the archeologist looks really passionate about his field.

[@jivvyjack7723]

And he is so young. I am used to seeing much more matured looking archaeologists in the west. Also I think the western archaeologists handled their artifacts much more carelessly than the Chinese.

[@DZ477]

@@jivvyjack7723 "Oh a video about (everything), time to insult the west!" If that's not Wumao behavior, I don't know what is.

[@richardchen103]

@@DZ477 Classic Wumaos stinking up the place

[@samuraiboi2735]

@@richardchen103 yup i just call them ccp bots

[@soysauce4223]

@@richardchen103 I will ask you, what's the root cause why do you hate China?

[@gjune36]

Archeologists: There's still so much we don't know about this civilization KZbin expert: But I DO! I know everything

[@aghoranand9750]

Archeological and scientific establishments are all made to toe the line of globalist elite narrative on history of mankind..

[@timetraveller2300]

@@aghoranand9750 what are you smoking ？

[@orbitalpotato9940]

@Monarch China was the cradle fo civilization for the East.

[@gjune36]

@Monarch many American think the Earth is flat but I don't paint everyone with the same board brush

[@gjune36]

@Monarch Haha. Calling other people ignorant, meanwhile literally putting words in other people's mouth. How ironic.

[@teofilol2666]

If you observe carefully, the clothes and the headgears of the statue are very much similar to known Chinese culture, it's only the artworks of the bronze statue are quite close to the Maya /Aztec culture. Interesting indeed.

[@lizpurrfect306]

Exactly!🧐😊

[@cakewithnocherry3223]

Do you know why?

[@asianthor]

Nothing close to Aztec culture, but Maya culture, a definite yes!

[@AlexDaGame]

@@asianthor yes it looks very similar

[@kospencer1]

@@cakewithnocherry3223 There were hypothesis of displaced Shang dynasty refugees seeded Mayan civilization.

[@deputy_commander7595]

History book is thicker. Scholars : alright time to make the book more thicker.

[@Nobody-dd3hr]

It's actually relieving that our history books are thick.

[@NightPhoenix.Y]

As time goes on science and history books will get thick have pity for those in the future.

[@hiyukelavie2396]

It's great how China simply builds a museum/exhibit right on top of the dig site, instead of digging everything up and moving it all into a museum far away in a big city or something

[@appleriverside4374]

Yes, it is sad to see that many Asian African artifacts were looted by the Western and displayed in their home museum instead.

[@tetsuko90]

@@appleriverside4374 Wakanda For Eva!

[@unsuspiciouscactus9026]

Bro I’m one of Jackie Chan’s movies “ The Drunken Master” a character warns Jackie Chan that chinas treasures would end up overseas if they didn’t protect them. You understand many things were simply bought or traded, right?

[@joshuab2437]

No, because now the site is not in its natural environment but surrounded by buildings. However, if done properly it can be really cool.

[@MrAwrsomeness]

@@appleriverside4374 Its thanks to westerners that most of those artefacts even survive and the history recorded.

[@hylacinerea970]

chinese archeology is severely under appreciated

[@panismith1544]

Beautiful - Alien 👽

[@francescoboselli6033]

@@panismith1544 Basically history channel with every major civilization 😂

[@winsonzhu4427]

@@francescoboselli6033 Ancient aliens is a hilarious meme, but the fact that it's still ongoing is a bit of a nightmare lol

[@spaghetti2777]

It's recent like 2k history overwhelms its actually ancient history.

[@sergpie]

What’s left of it and what’s allowed of it to be seen by public eyes. The pyramids of Xinjiang have almost all been bulldozed or covered with trees. China has no respect for culture or history; only what serves the party. The Great Leap Forward necessitated the destruction and the throwing into oblivion of a lot of China’s history, culture, ancient knowledge, and archaeology. Thanks Mao!

[@peterchung2262]

You cannot think Ancient China all the same culture it is diverse just like europe

[@DLCS-2]

China is a state , Europe is a continent. It isn't fair to compare.

[@HAYAOLEONE]

Well said Peter.

[@ManAssome]

@@DLCS-2 The entire modern China is as big as the continent of Europe and it was very culturally diverse at some point in history before gradual sinicizations that devoured most of the cultures that existed there. So it’s actually incorrect to label it a chinese civilization. Not to mention the people of this culture probably did not even speak ancient chinese.

[@shermanfirefly5410]

@@DLCS-2 but China is bigger than Europe

[@VashtheStampede007]

@@DLCS-2 China is about the same size as Europe, You can fly for 5 hours in a plane and you are still in China lol.

[@yupyinwang8562]

Sanxingdui looks like some sorta South American civilizations such as Aztec or Mayan.

[@chou3595]

these are north american civilizations....

[@yupyinwang8562]

@@chou3595 For those Yanks, everything south of Texas is beyond North America.

[@nuzhmizafidi2037]

@@chou3595 Do you even know where the Aztec capital at?

[@XiaoYueMao]

@@nuzhmizafidi2037 yes, north america. central america is still in north america

[@GavinLiuranium]

Central America is part of North America, not South But back to your point. Yes it does kinda look like the Aztecs or Mayans, it’s interesting

[@kikiwah3788]

The amount of people hating on China in the comments is wild . What's there to lie about?

[@yahxi3323]

they just need treatments

[@mikei6605]

China has destroyed many of their own important cultural artifacts in the past, there is a lot of reason to distrust.

[@thisislinda3759]

@@mikei6605 like what?

[@einsteinonblitz2345]

@@mikei6605 any evidence? Please, stop spreading hate. History is for all of us

[@utubewonderer33]

@@mikei6605 because they destroyed some in the past so any new discovery can't be trusted. Where did you learn critical reasoning. Your teachers must be very proud of you.

[@kkeennyyboii]

History is amazing and interesting, but we will never know what happened, how they live their lives etc, you can argue we will due to modern tech but they will never be accurate, everything will be a guess or a scientific hypothesis. Which is what makes history so fun and intriguing.

[@angkear6267]

if Time Travel can really be created by future tech, there will no longer be guesswork and then history will be really become a "history".

[@Wiimaster.]

@@angkear6267 If there's one thing that won't ever be messed with by humans, it's time. Forget it, not even in a thousand years from now. Instead, focus on how to further improve current technology for bettering our lives even more without being too pricey.

[@Comingwings]

If you open up the Ajna (third Eye) you will know everything.

[@Comingwings]

@Yagami Eren this "should" makes a big question of life. Thank you

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

'Everything will be a guess' Quantum computers: "Hold my brush"

[@armstrongchan1417]

Wow, this young researcher in glasses,is so well spoken, so knowledgeable! He should lecture in the University!

[@magnajota4341]

He is probably a professor otherwise he wouldn't lead a excavation

[@zacharyyan4898]

I’m pretty sure most modern historians and archeologists already accept the Three Rivers theory for prehistoric Chinese civilization: I.e. that it arose from the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl rivers simultaneously

[@Intranetusa]

Interesting. Are there any writings about the civilizations that arose around the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers? Many of the writings I read still treat the Kingdom of Chu and its predecessors that formed along the Yangtze as a branch of Yellow River civilization rather than a separate independent civilization.

[@whodis5438]

@@Intranetusa for the Yangtze, look into the Qijia, Gansu, Tarim - these connect most closely to Sanxingdui, and bear evidence of the Seima-Turbino influence. as for the Pearl River, study of the Shixia culture in Lingnan region is due for a renaissance with the discovery of the neolithic Yanshanzhai site where they found 66 ancient tombs. the material culture of Shixia connects it with the Liangzhu, who are best known for farming and jade. the Yellow River, which we know most about, has now been linked to Di-Qiang from the northwest suggesting that the Central Plains’ Northern Han who evolved out of Yangshao-Longshan are connected to both proto-Tibetan and Altaics (AEA?) geographically placing them perfectly to later benefit from steppe technology transfer but not steppe gene flow, connecting it back to what you might call “Yangtze” influence, or at least their progenitors (look up Mogou). finally, East Asian genetics as a whole point to South China origins which makes this trifecta even more fun (as we anticipate new research from the Yanzhanzhai grave site). bonus: a third strain of Denisovan has been linked exclusively to East Asians… that goes beyond proto-Tibetan… more study results to come soon. Three Rivers indeed.

[@Intranetusa]

@@whodis5438 The Tarim region seems to be too far to be connected to the Sanxingdui civilization. The area around the Sanxingdui sites are 2200+ miles away from the Tarim areas in a straight line by flight. The early Tarim Basin inhabitants were also a mixed Eurasian civilization.

[@30035XD]

@@licheong Correct. The statues also depict their men with ear piercings as well, which was not practiced in what we now call China, but was common among the steppe IE people.

[@massimouguzzoni8631]

It's a wonderful site. I love this Culture, it's very important and interesting. 🌹🇮🇹❤️🇨🇳🌹

[@yulinfu860]

Thank you friend😊 we like Italian and Roman cultures too

[@oris2723]

@@yulinfu860 yulin dog festival 👍 , i didn't knew it was a name too

[@user-nf1zz9rq4x]

@Oris2723: idiot! Same pronunciation have hundreds different characters. U are a doomed unworthy-to-exist ape! Go get lost in your ape land!

[@huangboris]

The statue of the world tree, which sun birds living on it.

[@pumpkinbutter2882]

I love their excavation gears. The gears help them preserving the artefacts as much as possible from modern contaminants- including the researchers' breathe&germs. I guess they learned from their earlier mistakes when they excavated ancient artefacts like the terracotta army or the oldest mummy Lady XinZhui. If I remember right, the earliest discovered terracotta army statues lost their colors because those statues excavated not inside controlled environment, also thanks to the researchers&tourists' breathe, there are modern germs spreading, causing decay on the statues. The same with the mummy- they didn't excavate the mummy with special gears to protect it from the environment , so the mummy lost its elasticity and decomposing fast(supposedly she was found very life-like, with moveable limbs and blood in her vein, plus her flesh still supple, unlike the current decomposing mummy with shriveled flesh and immovable limbs enclosed in a glass coffin). I think it's why China hasn't excavated the first emperor's coffin, despite the decades-long of terracotta army's excavation. They're probably waiting for the technology development to make surre they don't accidentally contaminate and wreck the first emperor's mummy as soon as they open the coffin. Super interesting, China's archaeological development is truly astounding.

[@neifufu6440]

是这样的。

[@MOEMUGGY]

Looks similar to Polynesian and Pacific North West artifacts also.

[@paddington1670]

yeah i was thinking the same thing. Coast Salish from PNW

[@mmorpg9564]

Austronesian people come from southern China

[@agentsmith2026]

I wonder what the people looked like

[@MOEMUGGY]

@@agentsmith2026 probably not unlike the southwestern Chinese of today. Not much has changed in the way of phenotypes in China since the Bronze Age. It is said that this culture is related to the Shu Dynasty .. So definitely very Asian

[@MOEMUGGY]

@Pavao Markulin Grgic what does that have to do with the price of tomatoes?

[@wllastrawidjaja1735]

it was my dream to be an archaeologist (or indiana jones to be honest). but i did not make it. the closest i am to the dream is that i studied historical architecture. Therefore i am very thankful to the archeologist, fund sponsors, responsible government, proper media share like this, and the society in general who still shows some respect and decency towards historical objects and topics, that i am -and many others are- ble to gain marvelous knowledge like thid. I am forever humbled by all of your contribution. love.

[@DLCS-2]

Hope you achieve your dream in the future.

[@wllastrawidjaja1735]

@@DLCS-2 oh that was so kind of you. thank you, sir/maam. i hope yours will come true as well.

[@radioactivepotato2068]

The Egyptian archaeologists would be well advised to mimic the forensic process here. The difference in care and time taken to excavate are like day and night.

[@fahimannaim2517]

Differences between sand and soil

[@iumbo1234]

The problem is money.

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

There is a whole city down there .! Nice work :)

[@johnpauld.pallan9546]

Let all politics aside. This is a groundbreaking discovery of these artifacts. Yet still not answering our questions about the sanxingdui

[@MrHOREEE]

I more interest with their gear, tools and equipment for archeologist

[@heinlich]

My favorite: the lift

[@MrHOREEE]

@@heinlich yes 👍

[@willam1992]

Is all relatively simple tools. The analysis equipment is where the tech really is

[@malayrace3677]

But the role of these tools and equipment can only be used for History and archaeology.

[@willam1992]

@@malayrace3677equipment may have been designed for the field of archeology but the use is not exclusive. One example is ground penetrating radar and radio carbon dating are used to study the changes in environment

[@stephanieyee9784]

This is fantastic and I am impressed by the site itself. The Archaeology dept have done a great job with the equipment they're using, loving the platform. Many of the artefacts have an almost Native Mexican look to them.

[@sa_manda]

it's already the 21st century yet China has still a lot to unearth..whoah

[@headsortails1456]

Yes , China was delayed. no thanks to the western/european countries.

[@momoware]

China really has had only 40 years of rather stable development.

[@alson8403]

@You love KZbin too?? W H A T

[@momoware]

@You love KZbin too?? Hmmm I can't really understand what you were trying to say

[@yahxi3323]

@@alson8403 someone wanna smear China, but unlucky, he or she cannot speak English. IMAO

[@andyzhang7890]

These ancient artifacts are so cool. Some slightly resemble indigenous/mesoamerican styles, and some truly look alien. Beautiful.

[@1313hyme]

It's amazing! The masks and sculptures of Sanxingdui exist throughout the world. They have the same masks/sculptures in Indonesia, South America, Mexico, and more. So cool!

[@rabbitazteca23]

yes! I think they are the people that may have left China and went to South East Asia and into the Americas.

[@donknow5066]

We should be proud as Chinese that our ancestors had been roaming the Earth thousands of years ago. Asian Lives Matter 2.

[@yourlocaltaxevader8090]

I'm gonna sit down and wait for some anti China morons trying to start an argument with you. No hatred on you, I'm also Chinese. I want to rise my blood pressure a bit.

[@SgtNoPants]

Be proud of corona exporting ~ some indian guy probably

[@pepelepew1227]

@@SgtNoPants science says it's a random occurrence. i bet you vote trump

[@SgtNoPants]

@@pepelepew1227 it clearly was sarcasm Btw I'm not even American

[@tanincollins2143]

@@pepelepew1227 I'm Chinese and we voted trump. Your point?

[@Kiwicitobaby]

The statues have some sort of mayan/aztec similarities. At least that’s what it looks like. Although I could be wrong… I saw them and my mind immediately associated them with these other civilizations. 🤔 but at the same time the bold shapes are unique.

[@MrCottonlion]

Search : Ancient Chinese script carved into rocks may prove Asians lived in New World 3,300 years ago, from Dailymail UK, you would find more.

[@conniedoesexist1807]

They also have a bit if similarities with the Olmec civilization.

[@conniedoesexist1807]

@Grim FPV oh yeah there was ruins in Canada that dated back 14,000 years ago That was like 12th century BC. Sanxingdui was estimated to be 12th to 11th century BC. But it's also interesting how Sanxingdui artifacts have similar motifs with the Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations.

[@rabbitazteca23]

@Grim FPV yes. Have you heard of the berring strait? It connected asia to the Americas during the ice age.

[@M3ta1]

Absolutely breathtaking. Brought tears to my eyes.

[@eveningwiththekennedys9844]

This is just what I've been looking for for part of the background story on fictional character for a novel I'm working on. Looking forward to learning more about this. Thank you to all the archeologists that study in the field and are active on the sites.

[@natively278]

That half golden face that was sitting up is similar to the head statues on Easter island rapanui

[@Lisa-tt1gq]

I watched a wonderful documentary on these finds on CGTN! Just amazing!

[@chucko4695]

The documentaries on CGTN on stuff like this are pretty amazing. It's just their news that is nothing more than propaganda.

[@haojiang2928]

@@chucko4695 hahaha

[@chucko4695]

@@haojiang2928 It's amazing how the truthful things are the funniest.

[@diezero2483]

@@chucko4695 lol, and who's news is not propaganda, you see. all those accusing from the western media to China about our propaganda is already propaganda.

[@lindong2481]

Rich folks be thirsting for this in the auction.

[@zachu1587]

if you see something like this in ant auction, it's fake

[@lindong2481]

@@zachu1587 indeed since replicas still make cash lol 🤣

[@zane62135]

So incredible! Makes me sad to think about how we only know a tiny fraction of human history. I'd love to know the stuff that went on 10k+ years ago.

[@wyuan7601]

South Koreans: THAT IS OURS!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@gngte7401]

😂...I know very childish right .

[@dougl.4824]

Because it is called the "三星"堆... 🤣

[@Jinnanyi]

hhhhh agree with you！

[@cow1816]

I see a lot of comments that seem confused about China's *current* culture, as someone who is lived in China for 4 years I will explain. China isn't as diverse as Europe, that is because during the monarchy years (so pretty much from the begining of Chinese history to 1900s) The Chinese government would do something called "sinicization" now today you hear the word and think of what's happening in west China, but that's not really how it's supposed to work, sinicization is supposed to be a lot more careful and peaceful. It's a simple act of giving another culture lots of stuff from your own culture from women to paintings and styles. That's why the dominant culture in China now is Han Culture. There are a few places that aren't Han however, but compared to Han Culture they are minorities. In the south within the mountains and forests of southern China there are a lot of cultures who speak their own dialects, while writing in Chinese. In the west is -redacted- and in the north on the steppes and hills are the Mongolian and Manchu people, the Mongolian people actually write in classic Mongolian while the Manchu people use Chinese characters. Pretty much besides that you everyone else in China is Han Chinese. There is of course the fact the south uses Cantonese but they use the same characters as Mandarin and practically have the same culture as Han Chinese.

[@cnkarrylu5087]

Interesting fact： According to historical records, after Qin destroyed Shu（Descendants of Sanxingdui Culture）, the last Shu prince went to Vietnam and became the king of viet tribe. his name is 蜀泮/shupan/Thục Phán.

[@thochinguyet2418]

Wow that's the first time i heard this, very interesting.

[@cnkarrylu5087]

@@thochinguyet2418 YES, it from 大越史記/Đại Việt sử ký .安陽王An Dương vương is 蜀泮Thục Phán . I have read original text（classical Chinese version）

[@thochinguyet2418]

@@cnkarrylu5087 Ahh is An Duong Vuong, no wonder i feel familiar...

[@cnkarrylu5087]

@@thochinguyet2418 yes, after Qin destroyed Shu. The Sanxingdui culture has been replaced by the Central land civilization (Han culture). The Sanxingdui culture is not Han culture.

[@thochinguyet2418]

@@cnkarrylu5087 I may ask how many cultures different from Han culture has been discovered? Was it only this one?

[@riteshrocks421]

Isn’t anyone going to talk about how cool the background music was in the video

[@mikeycoyne8336]

@Igor Henrique Darude - Sandstorm

[@TheTimoejoe]

Wanna know too

[@DaylenAmell]

At 00:41, he said "数千件", which means "several thousands", not "1000" as in the subtitle.

[@fpbrunei]

3000 years ago. Mayan people escape to China , but who knows what happen to them in China.

[@victorwong616]

@Lok Soon I’m Chinese and your comment made my day hahahaha 😂

[@legokingtm9462]

I know, they sunk to the bottom of the sea before arriving at China

[@malayrace3677]

Obviously the ancient Chinese had the ability to go to America, but the Mayan did not have the ability to come to China. because the ancient Americans almost never left the Americas.

[@errantball2012]

During the same time period Europeans were learning under great African civilizations like Egypt, Ethiopia, and Kush Empire.

[@armanasaintclair8962]

Rewriting history discoveries are so rewarding ! Absolutely Fantastic !

[@anikalee9012]

This archeologists seems to be very happy with his job. He smiles all the time.

[@gentoffire]

This is a must visit site in western China now, I encourage everyone to visit, it will make you think and you will think a lot! Forget about your race and nationalities, visit this place as a human being. Our human civilisation, it will be a great pleasure to explore this part of the history.

[@InspireMe819]

i would love to travel back in time to see that part of the world.

[@MissesWitch]

Wow it's amazing to see Piccolo was worshiped in the past!

[@malayrace3677]

Are there artifacts/cultural relics in this video that look like Piccolo? I haven't seen it yet.

[@barbiebarbie1813]

2:34 The most famous of these unearthed cultural relics. A huge bronze statue (2 meters height). He wore traditional Chinese clothing. There is a dragon totem in the center of the clothes. There is a crown on the head. This is obviously the identity of the Chinese emperor or aristocracy.

[@michael_177]

Incredible, best of luck to them in finding about the past. Makes you wonder just how much of our human history remains unknown

[@waterbe3564]

Imagine if there was one guy who knew everything and he knew who all these mysterious ancient artifacts were used by and what they were for.

[@jessw4195]

I love the striking style of the artifacts, the way the faces look

[@christinstorm2526]

Greetings from 🇳🇴❕ Excellent presentation! Thank you! peace.out

[@wildswan221]

Fascinating! Great to be able to see the images here online

[@Ummmmmmmm841]

Honestly finds people debating which culture is the cradle of civilization weird af. To me, it's like kids comparing how old their mothers are, and the older the prouder i guess. For me, all these cultures are just interesting and fascinating in their own rights. Been to Sanxingdui when I was super young, it is indeed so interesting, definitely recommend it, even after this many years.

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

China is very rich, after they find few more sites they will be super duper rich...

[@piepo5002]

It looks so beautiful and modern...

[@mp3bee]

thanks for sharing this important information.

[@sant0ro781]

I love this channel, It shows me many sides of China and other asian countrys that I didn't know.

[@HiddenAgendas]

wow China's history is rich and beautiful

[@SavageMontreal]

Too bad they destroyed so much of it in the Cultural Revolution.

[@dougl.4824]

@@SavageMontreal They did destroy the practice of foot binding, gender inequality, and idol worshipping. Do you want those in your society?

[@kevinnapier8996]

#WOW!! It would be #Amazing to see this in Person! #Extraodinary #Chinese #Culture & #Heritage!

[@AndryAvengersThor96]

Does anyone know the name of this beautiful music?

[@_s_lena4160]

I love these new discoveries!

[@deedeewidyasari6787]

This is so cool... Exciting news from China, I'm tired of hearing covid stuff.

[@BrunoDeMarques]

Intriguing objects that also display a coherent art-style

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

Han chinese is just a name. Most people in China aren't even han chinese by blood.

[@mariatheresavonhabsburg]

Yeah there are many different cultures groups in china.

[@jasonmai4771]

Cuz today's Han already mixed with a lot of ethnics group....

[@gregorysaugustine5236]

Sichuan is famous for its sauce and now as the archeological site for the most ancient Chinese civilization.

[@sikpin2985]

Yeah.. Sichuan pepper eh??...

[@taiyipan3138]

I read this in history books. Qin was trying to compete with Chu during warring states period, so it conquered Ba and Shu states in today's Sichuan and took over their land to expand agriculture and feed their growing armies.

[@RFP-IDN]

with liu bei, zhang fei and guan yu power

[@plingplong528]

@@RFP-IDN wrong timeline

[@ANTSEMUT1]

This was during the Shang Dynasty, the Warring States period wouldn't be another 1,000+ years or so.

[@skywalker5575]

Bro I think the snake inside your trouser is huge and spitting out lots of protein.

[@wendygoicochea5910]

Simply astonishing finds. So much to learn here.

[@helmyDputra]

1:08 i see ultraman there

[@Josef_1186]

The history and culture of China are so fascinating.

[@blastermaster5039]

The suppression of chinese culture in favor of communist rhetoric by the mainland government back then has really hurt the Chinese identity over all. Mao is really kind of a buffoon compared to Sun Yat-sen.

[@tengli7720]

没有毛泽东你今天根本就不会看到这么多优质的考古视频，说不定在哪个资本家的房子里收藏呢😂😅

[@trijj3547]

They should tighten there security or else the iron triangle ( Xiao Ge ,Wuxie,and fatty) would solve hidden traps and discover the buried history of the tomb...oh and by the way never ever let black glasses dig those artifacts☺😆

[@mistybehaviours]

I love the fact that it is over 3000 years old, amazing

[@skepticalgenious]

What a interesting find. Some of the masks and art look very similar to olmec and south American archaeology site's. Great video. This is very intriguing, yet another civilization that lasted a long time. Especially when compared to more modern civilization's.

[@vinchino]

These statues looks a bit like the artifacts from native america

[@dougl.4824]

Unfortunately, they do not. Cannot find any images of artifacts from native american that look like them... period.

[@CodeMeat]

Do you hear the far cry from the Chinese students? The History textbooks are getting thicker!

[@dunzhen]

I think ancient South America, perhaps Mexico included and Chinese were in contact. Similar legends and art

[@loydville7552]

The fact that its designs are not that typical Chinese patterns and shapes.

[@NoTengoIlusiones]

Beautiful. Love to visit China and admire these artifacts.

[@TheJelleviA]

It lasted for 2200 YEARS? A civilization lasting that long must have developed many technologies

[@heinlich]

Heard of the exponential curve?

[@TheJelleviA]

@@heinlich Am I supposed to think of civilization as an exponential curve? It's ok, it was partly thoughtless comment. Maybe we can also say the civilization developed like it did because it was prior to modern technology or it focused more on one aspect than the other

[@desiebawden61]

Wow the workmanship on the artefacts is beautiful and so refined🌎🌸

[@unifieddynasty]

It's not really challenging any prevailing narratives. Chinese civilization has always been multi-ethnic and we have been aware of the Ba-Shu states for a long time now. The Han ethnicity itself is the combination of all the various ethnicities that existed in the Han Dynasty, along with many additional ethnicities since then.

[@frankm4349]

Trump - I know Sanxingdui better than anybody else.

[@malayrace3677]

@A J What is Trump stan?

[@Daniela-ds1tc]

Amazing archeologists and I'm really proud of their work! Congratulation China

[@rudynathan8852]

Very cool, would love to visit the museum!

[@TheTimoejoe]

Whats the name of the song?

[@inserisciunnome]

2:20 Ah yes, the "there was a great and advanced culture in a Place that isn't my home; CLEARLY They were Aliens" theory. A true Classic.

[@thetrashpoliticdoctrine9964]

Why do people think that alien conspiracy theorists are some sort of biased or racist to different civilizations. Bruh they think everything is aliens has nothing to do with region. Stonehenge? Aliens. Pyramids? Aliens. It makes no difference to them.

[@xelosandoval]

This is so beautiful it reminds me of some artifacts I saw in a huge museum in Mexico City

[@annk6721]

Yes me too

[@bobbymoss6160]

Noticed how similar the figures are compared to Meso America civilization figures?

[@heysmitty1231]

It's really interesting to see how the Chinese to archaeology...

[@TheJelleviA]

They seem mysterious and far from central China style. If it's DMBJ they would be Tamutuo

[@zoukai0000]

？？？？？

[@roymichaeldeanable]

Looks far more interesting than Central Chinese artifacts during the same period...

[@Defeat1998]

In fact, they are the traditional sacrificial units of the Yi nationality in China. Don't forget that the Yi nationality in China has their own language and characters!

[@malayrace3677]

三星堆歷史和考古官方早已經闢謠和彝族並沒有關係.

[@patrickbuick5459]

That strikes me as an incredibly artifact dense site, like a garbage dump rather than a living space.

[@vc6596]

Exactly what I was thinking. Like why does it look like everything was just piled up into a pit?

[@greatninja2590]

If I were to guess the got fked by another empire and just dump all their culture in some hole. Some large statues are perfectly intact though I wonder why.

[@TK-my7jg]

英文版的SCMP就是個反華頻道 而中文版的SCMP看起來很親華 真是美妙的媒體啊。

[@richardchen103]

有可能是你自的閱讀理解美妙？

[@user-js9zt3hv2x]

不涉及政治的视频才客观正能量，很像那句话：“我讨厌那里的政府，但不讨厌那里的人”

[@mitchluke1929]

@@user-js9zt3hv2x 但那里的人93%支持那里的政府一一来自哈佛大学最近的一项调查

[@dougl.4824]

"沒有那里的政府，就沒有那里的人" 中国人文就是在不同朝代的政府下累積成長的.

[@missyxixi]

英文版本的Scmp 已经不算反华了。相反它能够把中国人的现代生活以流量短视频的方式广而告之地散播出去，让外国人看到一点点主流媒体刻意渲染以外的正常的中国，这已经是功德无量的事了。

[@lkmayhew9390]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful information. I love the enthusiasm so the young man speaking. Blessings to all!

[@reginanyirubugara4428]

This is why history was always my favourite subject in school.. everyone hated it because "it was boring" but it is very interesting because WHAT IN THE WORLD IS BELOW OUR FEET NOW I SEE THIS?¿ China has always been very interesting...

[@arbaz79]

Ancient China❤

[@tastyaffordabledelicious7391]

A visit here has been added onto my bucket list after I retire. Fingers crossed.

[@kurohyuki5912]

Those artifacts looks really unique

[@jetli4696]

I went to Sanxingdui this year and was shocked by the Large bronze figure head and golden mask！！！

[@YounRangr]

I wonder if the decripted Mali texts would mention something on the Sancingdui? If they had trade with the Egyptians of the classic period there must be something past on. Egypt did collect scripts through trade from all over and those recordings were past on to Mali which were hideen from the colonizer's plundering.