Revealing the 3,000-year-old “gold corpse mask” – found in the ruins of the city of the Shang Dynasty
Unveiling the “Golden Funeral Mask” – Xinhua reported that the Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archeology in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, central China revealed that a group of archaeologists had unearthed “corpse mask” Made of gold, more than 3,000 years old, in the ancient nobles’ tomb in Zhengzhou City. Henan capital city
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The mask, 14.5 centimeters wide, 18.3 centimeters long and weighing 40 grams, was found in a recently excavated grave, reports said. Shang Dynasty Ruins (1600-1046 BC)
Archaeologists have unearthed a gold “funeral mask” dating back more than 3,000 years in an ancient noble tomb in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, local authorities said. (Xinhua)
“The size of the mask indicates that it is used to cover an adult’s face,” said Huang Fucheng, an official at the Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology. In addition, a group of archaeologists also unearthed more than 200 artifacts from the tomb above, including gold. bronze and jade
China has unearthed a large amount of gold artifacts from the ancient Shanxingdui ruins in Sichuan province. southwest of the country But it was rare to find gold objects from the Shang Dynasty cultural ruins in the Central Plains. Experts believe the new findings may provide additional information regarding the Shang Dynasty’s burial rituals and gold culture.
The mask measures 18.3 cm in length and 14.5 cm in width, and weighs around 40 grams. It was discovered in a tomb which was recently unearthed at the ruins of a city from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), according to the Zhengzhou municipal institute of cultural heritage and archaeology. (Xinhua)
The artifact is among several gold wares recovered from the tomb, which has yielded more than 200 burial objects, including bronze and jade wares. (Xinhua)
A large number of gold items were unearthed at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, but they are rarely found at cultural relic sites of the Shang Dynasty in the central plains. Experts believe that the new findings might shed light on the burial rituals and gold culture of the dynasty. (Xinhua)
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