During an international academic seminar in 1989 commemorating the 90th anniversary of the discovery of jiaguwen (oracle bone ...

TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacter“斿”（yu）iscomposedoftheChinesecharacter“”（yn），whichrepresentsaflag，and“子”（z）。

During an international academic seminar in 1989 commemorating the 90th anniversary of the discovery of jiaguwen (oracle bone inscriptions) from the Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province ...

The oracle bone below was discovered in China over 100 years ago. At first, nobody knew what they were. Later, historians realised the words inscribed on them were questions and they were able to ...

What it is: Tortoise shells or the shoulder blades of oxen that were inscribed with ancient Chinese characters Where it is from: China When it was made: 3,250 years ago Related: The 3,300-year-old ...

Anyang in Henan province is actively building jiaguwen, or oracle bone inscriptions, which compose the earliest-known ...

The study of these "oracle bones", as they came to be called, has thrown much light on the shadowy Shang dynasty, about which ...