The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

15.5 x 30 cm. (6.1 x 11.8 in.) ...

in contrast with the art of the ancient Middle East, where agriculture and people are more common. Bronze - Late Shang dynasty, about 1100 BC This form of wine vessel was adapted from a simple ...

The liquid was found in an owl-shaped bronze utensil dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), which was unearthed at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, the capital of Shandong, in 2010.

Lastly, advanced nuclear techniques were employed to study a Shang Dynasty bronze vessel, confirming its authenticity and providing insights into the casting technologies of the time. This study ...

PRESENTER:'We've been talking about the Shang dynasty ... Wood visits a state of the art science laboratory in Nanjing. He investigates a beautiful bronze bowl, over 2,500 years old.

Fourteen years after archaeologists unearthed it and more than 3,000 years after it was initially buried, a bronze vessel found inside an ancient Chinese tomb has finally been opened. In late 2024, ...