Archaeology
Headless, Kneeling Skeleton Found in Central China
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA– According to a Xinhua report, archaeologists from the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the Jiyuan Municipal Cultural Relics Team have revealed a headless human skeleton in a pit at central China’s Chaizhuang site, which dates to the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1050 B.C.). The remains were discovered dealing with north in a kneeling position with hands crossed in front, suggesting that the person had been beheaded as a human sacrifice. Oracle bones bearing glyphs describing such a practice have actually been found at the Yin Ruins, the capital of the Shang Dynasty. At Chaizhuang, the scientists found an oracle bone bearing the “Kan” glyph, which is connected with compromising people and animals in pits and upright burials. Houses, wells, ranges, roads, pottery, bones, precious jewelry, and burial places have actually likewise been revealed at the website. To check out an earlier burial in Henan which contained cow and ram sacrifices, go to “ Tomb from a Lost Tribe“
