September
02
/ 2022
A fantastic creature has finally been released from the pit of extraordinary metal objects at Sanxingdui, China, once again proving the advanced metalworking skills, artistic talent and imagination that existed in this ancient culture 3,000 years ago. The ruins at Sanxingdui have now revealed the largest ever animal bronzeware found there to date, weighing more than 330 pounds (150 kilos)! What’s most striking in this latest discovery is that all previous finds of animal statues at the Sanxingdui ruins since 1986 have been very small, only 20-30 centimeters (8-12 inches) long. But this bronze statue that lay nestled at the bottom of a hoard of other bronze wares, measured 1 meter (3.2 feet) tall by 1 meter (3.2 feet) in
