These wheel ruts provide evidence of considerable activity and transportation methods used during the late Shang Dynasty. Yinxu was the capital of the late Shang (Yin) Dynasty, which lasted from 1 ...

or "the grand city of the Shang Dynasty". Since it was excavated in the 1920s, Chinese archaeologists have studied the Yinxu Ruins for nearly a century, making it a sacred place for archaeological ...

According to veteran archaeologist Wang Wei, the settlement may shed light on how the Western Zhou people used Yinxu after they conquered the Shang Dynasty. Forty-eight sacrificial pits have been ...