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The Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree is a large Bronze Age sculpture from Sichuan, China, notable for its branching form and mythic bird imagery.
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Where was the Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree discovered?
The artifact was unearthed in 1986 at the Sanxingdui archaeological site in Sichuan Province, China. It was found inside a massive sacrificial pit alongside hundreds of other mysterious bronze masks and artifacts.
How tall is the Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree?
The largest and most complete of the excavated bronze trees stands at 3.96 meters (nearly 13 feet) tall. It is considered one of the largest and most complex bronze castings ever found from the ancient world.
What kind of bird is depicted on the Bronze Sacred Tree?
The branches of the tree are decorated with nine bronze birds resting on the fruits of the tree. Archaeologists believe these birds represent the nine suns from ancient Chinese mythology that were said to sit upon the legendary Jianmu world-tree.
What civilization created the Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree?
The tree was created by an enigmatic and highly advanced Bronze Age civilization that existed in the Sichuan basin around 1200 BC. Because they left behind no written records, we do not know what they called themselves, but they are known today simply as the Sanxingdui culture.
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