A bronze head unearthed at the Sanxingdui Ruins [Photo via VCG]

A newly unearthed bronze head from the Sanxingdui Ruins site is exhibited to the audience for the first time in Beijing, and will display the exquisite casting technology and superb plastic arts of the ancient Shu civilization, as the representative bronze ware of the Sanxingdu Ruins.

The bronze head, unearthed in Sanxingdui Pit No. 8 in July 2022, will remain on display in Beijing for another three months as the latest result of the archaeological research of Sanxingdui so as to let more people know about Sanxingdui and the ancient Shu civilization it represents.

Discovered in the late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been dubbed as one of the world's greatest archaeological finds in the 20th century. The ruins near the provincial capital Chengdu are believed to be the remnants of the Shu Kingdom, dating back some 4,500 to 3,000 years. 

By the end of 2021, over 10,000 pieces of relics, including golden masks, figurines, and ivory artifacts have been unearthed from the six newly-found sacrificial pits.