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Aside from bronze, Yinxu’s largest industry was bone tool production. 1.000

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Archaeology

Simplified: Yinxu’s largest industry, besides bronze, was the production of bone tools.

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In a single workshop site, archaeologists uncovered millions of discarded animal bones (primarily cattle, pig and deer) that had been systematically carved into arrows, hairpins and awls. 1.000

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Archaeology

Simplified: In a single workshop site in Yinxu, archaeologists found millions of discarded animal bones from cattle, pigs, and deer that were carved into tools.

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Yinxu was, some say, a city of perhaps 150,000 people, and had no physical walls but was sharply divided by class. 0.900

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Archaeology

Simplified: Some say the ancient city of Yinxu had a population of around 150,000, no physical walls, and was sharply divided by class.

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In industrial quarters like Xiaomintun, they operated massive, hyper-coordinated bronze foundries. 1.000

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Archaeology

Simplified: In industrial quarters like Xiaomintun, Shang craftsmen operated large, coordinated bronze foundries.

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They did not live in houses; they lived in pits dug into the earth and covered by rough timber and thatch roofs to shield them from the freezing winters. 1.000

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Archaeology

Simplified: Peasants during the Shang dynasty lived in pits dug into the earth with timber and thatch roofs.

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Auspicious divine answers, dates and consequences would be recorded on the bones. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Archaeology

Simplified: Fact: Auspicious answers, dates, and consequences from oracle bone divination were recorded on the bones.

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She argued that the oracle bone script (jiaguwen) and the bronze inscriptions (jinwen) were intrinsically linked to the materials that were used to make them: the bones, the human labor, the metal, th... 1.000

👤 You Shou 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology , Linguistics

Simplified: Statement: Archaeologist You Shou argued that oracle bone and bronze scripts were intrinsically linked to the materials used to create them.

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You Shou (1906–1994) was a prominent Chinese archaeologist and master calligrapher. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology , People

Simplified: Fact: You Shou (1906–1994) was a prominent Chinese archaeologist and master calligrapher.

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By analyzing character structures, she traced changes in early Chinese geography, social organization and ancient ritual practices. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology , Linguistics

Simplified: Fact: Archaeologist You Shou's work involved tracing changes in early Chinese geography, social organization, and ritual practices by analyzing charac...

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new evidence at pompeii shows survivors of mount vesuvius eruption returned to live in \"precarious conditions\" 0.900

👤 cbsnews (hidden byline) 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: New evidence shows Pompeii survivors returned to live in precarious conditions

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1 year ago
excavated a large private bathhouse that included multiple rooms and a plunge pool. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Archaeologists excavated a large private bathhouse with multiple rooms and a plunge pool

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In February, paintings depicting Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, were discovered. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Paintings depicting Dionysus were discovered in Pompeii in February.

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In April, life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb at the site. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Life-sized statues were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii in April.

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1 year ago
The new findings mark the latest in a string of recent discoveries in Pompeii this year. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: New findings are the latest discoveries in Pompeii this year.

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1 year ago
Volcanic ash buried the Roman city, perfectly preserving the homes, public buildings, objects and even the people until its discovery in the late 16th century. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Volcanic ash buried Pompeii preserving it until its discovery in the late 16th century.

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Evidence that the site was reoccupied had been detected in the past, but in the rush to access Pompeii's colorful frescoes and still-intact homes, "the faint traces of the site's reoccupation were lit... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Evidence of Pompeii's reoccupation was detected but traces were removed without documentation.

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"Thanks to the new excavations, the picture is now clearer: post-79 Pompeii reemerges, more than a city, a precarious and grey agglomeration, a kind of camp, a favela among the still recognizable ruin... 0.900

👤 Gabriel Zuchtriegel 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Gabriel Zuchtriegel said post-79 Pompeii reemerges as a precarious agglomeration after new excavations.

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While some life returned to the upper floors of the old houses, the former ground floors were converted into cellars with ovens and mills. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Life returned to upper floors ground floors converted into cellars ovens mills

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Archaeologists believe they were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left by Pompeii's earlier residents in the rubble. 0.700

👤 Archaeologists 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Archaeologists believe others joined survivors looking for settlement and valuables

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"Judging by the archaeological data, it must have been an informal settlement where people lived in precarious conditions, without the infrastructure and services typical of a Roman city," before the... 0.800

👤 They 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Archaeology

Simplified: Archaeological data suggests informal settlement precarious conditions no infrastructure before abandonment in fifth century

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