Lei Yu, an expert with Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, introduces archaeological discoveries in the Sanxingdui Ruins site at a press conference held in Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on March 20, 2021. Chinese archaeologists announced Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China, helping shed light on the unified, diverse origin of the Chinese civilization. Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits and unearthed more than 500 items dating back about 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced in the provincial capital Chengdu. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
