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The Yin Ruins -- Counting the Costs of World Heritage Listing

Since July 13, the city of Anyang in central China's Henan Province has been reveling in the joy and excitement of the successful inclusion of the 3,300-year-old Yin Ruins on UNESCO's World Heritage ...
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Exotic Wildlife Pits Hint at China’s Earliest Royal Zoo

Yinxu - known as the last capital of the Shang - is one of China’s most important archaeological sites, famous for oracle bone inscriptions and monumental burials. The new pits add another layer: not ...
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China Scores Another World Heritage Listing with Yin Ruins

The 3,300-year-old Yin Ruins located in Anyang City in central China's Henan Province, dubbed the root of Chinese culture, was included on the World Heritage list on July 13 at the 30th Session of the ...