Sanxingdui: Bronze Age Mysteries & Lost Civilizationbr br Timeline of Key Events:  br 1600 BCE: Sanxingdui culture emerges in Sichuan Basin.  br 1200 BCE: Peak of urban development; palace complexes built.  br 1100 BCE: Sudden abandonment; artifacts buried in pits.  br 1929: Rediscovery by farmer Yan Dengcun.  br 1986: Major excavation reveals sacrificial pits with bronzes.  br 2021: New pits (No. 3–8) uncovered, reigniting global interest.  br br Summarise:br Sanxingdui (1600–1046 BCE)br China’s “Alien” bronze masks.br Sichuan’s gold & jade treasures.br No written records found.br Ritual pits: Sacrifice or revolt?br Links to Shu Kingdom myths.br Sudden abandonment: Earthquake?br Cosmic tree artifacts.br Influence on later Chinese art.br Ongoing excavation surprises.br Nationalist treasure narratives.br br Sanxingdui ruins, Ancient Sichuan, Bronze masks, Chinese history documentary, Archaeological finds, historiessecret, histories-secret. br br #AncientCivilizations, #HistoricalDocumentary, #ArchaeologyFinds, #AncientSichuan, #BronzeArt, #ChinaMysteries, #SanxingduiDiscovery, #AncientRelics, #HistoryLovers, #CulturalHeritage, #histories-secret, #historiessecret.