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In 1965, Chinese #Archaeology discovered ancient tombs in Jingzhou

In one tomb, next to a human skeleton in a water-damaged casket, buried for over a 1000 years, was the Sword of Goujian

When it was unsheathed, its magnificent blade was found nearly untarnished & still sharp Image
On its side, in the ancient bird-worm seal script, was the inscription "King of Yue..made this sword for personal use"

After much debate, scholars settled on Goujian, King of Yue from 496 - 465 BCE, known for perseverance in adversity

(Currently in the Hubei Museum, Wuhan) ImageImage
In 1982, a farmer Qu Xihuai found a gold tablet while collecting herbs in Songshan

News leaked & when collectors approached him, he gave it to the Cultural Relics dept. to appraise

Scholars there realised that it was a Heaven Official Golden Slip, a supplication to Daoist gods ImageImage
It read "Lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty Wu Zhao", the infamous Wu Zetian, only woman to rule China

In April 700 CE, ten years after establishing a new dynasty, she'd written & thrown the slip down Songshan, hoping for divine forgiveness

Even as her own tomb stands, wordless ImageImage
The "Feathered Men" or immortal Xian in Chinese lore (second pic, riding a dragon)

And high quality pics of the famed Kargali diadem of which I've only seen grainy black & white so far, in this great, brisk post #Archaeology

benedante.blogspot.com/2018/12/shaman… ImageImage
Gold of the Great Steppes!

"The artefacts recovered from Eleke Sazy, including jewellery and horse harness ornaments, will be exhibited in Cambridge and are being studied by researchers using non-invasive tech" #Archaeology #Saka

standard.co.uk/news/uk/expert… ImageImage
"Golden objects unearthed from ancient burial mounds built by the #Saka warrior people of central Asia (8th - 3rd century BCE), will showcase what the museum described as “an archaeological sensation” on the global stage for the first time #Archaeology #Kazakhstan ImageImage

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