The Masks of Sanxingdui

Sichuan, China

3000 years old

3,000 years ago, Sanxingdui was the site of a city on the plains of Sichuan and the bronze masks found there are unlike anything else that has survived from Ancient China. Unfortunately, no evidence has surfaced to explain what they were for.

Find out more: Sanxingdui Museum
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