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Oracle bones: 3,250-year-old engraved bones and tortoise shells from ancient China were used to foretell the future
Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to ...
How ‘dragon bones’ shed new light on China’s history and its ancient societies
With the news that dinosaur fossils were found in Hong Kong, here is how China's oracle bones changed our understanding of ...
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The Shang Dynasty 1600 - 1046BC
politics and religion under the Shang dynasty. This is an axe made from bronze. It would have had a wooden handle and been used by the Shang warriors to fight enemies. It is now in the British ...
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With the news that dinosaur fossils were found in Hong Kong, here is how China’s oracle bones changed our understanding of the Shang dynasty
For a long time before the 20th century, the Chinese used animal fossils as medicine, referring to such bones as long gu, or “dragon bones”. According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM ...
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History KS2: How We Know About the Shang
MICHAEL WOOD:'That they used dragon bones to look into the future. MICHAEL WOOD:'And that they got toothache just like us.' Michael Wood explains how we know about the Shang dynasty. Oracle bones ...