Oracle bone script, which emerged in the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), is the earliest mature writing system in China. The source of Chinese characters and the foundation of China's excellent ...

Oracle bones inscribed with the earliest known Chinese characters that are unearthed from the Yinxu Ruins of Anyang and housed at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing. [Photo by Fang ...

Traditionally, deciphering a single oracle bone character requires rigorous research based on intensive reading, according to Liu Yongge, director of the Laboratory of Oracle Bone Inscriptions ...

ZHENGZHOU, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A university team in central China's Henan Province has successfully completed the high-definition digitization of 542 oracle bone inscriptions housed in European ...

Since farmers began digging up ancient bone fragments in the fields around the Yellow River in eastern China over 100 years ago, researchers have been poring over the mysterious script found on them.

With more than 3,000 years of history, the oracle bone inscription is the earliest mature writing system ever discovered in China. By examining it through microscopes or exploring it in ancient books, ...

SHENZHEN, China, May 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent (00700.HK) today announced the launch of Oracle Bones Corpus (殷契文渊), an online research platform and database for oracle bone researchers and ...

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