Unearthing the Shang Dynasty's Secrets
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Imagine buying "dragon bones" from an old pharmacy, only to find out you've discovered
proof of China's first real dynasty. That’s literally what happened. For centuries,
the Shang Dynasty was just a legend. Then, in 1899, scholars realized
these "dragon bones" being sold as medicine were actually turtle shells and ox bones covered in the earliest
known Chinese writing. They were oracle bones, used by Shang kings to predict the future
by heating them until they cracked. This led archaeologists to their last capital, Yinxu,
and what they found was wild. They unearthed massive royal tombs, palace foundations,
and thousands of ridiculously detailed bronze artifacts. But here's the messed-up part: they practiced
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