In 1899, a scholar examining dragon bones found carved marks and uncovered Shang China's earliest writing

In 1899, scholar Wang Yirong recognized carved markings on "dragon bones" as ancient Shang dynasty writing, transforming ...
China Daily Global Edition

A vocation with character

It is also worth noting that the common global working language for oracle bone studies is traditional Chinese, which is the ...

In 1899, scholar Wang Yirong just looked at 'dragon bones' in medicine market; Then he noticed strange symbols that revealed China's 3,000-year-old lost history & direc…

In 1899, scholar Wang Yirong noticed ancient markings on so-called "dragon bones" being sold in a traditional Chinese ...
Hyperallergic

Oracle Bones: A 3,000-Year-Old Voice of the Dead

While dating back 3,000 years, no one recognized how special the oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty were until 1899. Yet the antiquarian who first perceived the value of the artifacts, etched with ...
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Tencent Deploys AI to Help Researchers Decipher Hidden Meanings in Oracle Bone Scripts

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 ...
China Daily Global Edition

Digital scanning to revolutionize study of oracle bones

In addition to its wealth of exquisite bronzes, the site has yielded a trove of oracle bones that were used to tell fortunes ...
Phys.org

Inland China experienced typhoon-related population decline 3,000 years ago, according to 'oracle bones,' AI and physics

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...