Yinxu (chn)

Yinxu

Yinxu ranks 15,008th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chaiya district, Waipukurau, and Meskheti. Memorable people born in Yinxu include Pan Geng. Memorable people who died in Yinxu include King Zhou of Shang, Fu Hao, and Wu Ding. Yinxu has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many politicians. Yinxu is located in China.

Yinxu is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty. Located in present-day Anyang, Henan, Yin served as the capital during the Late Shang period which spanned the reigns of 12 Shang kings and saw the emergence of oracle bone script, the earliest known Chinese writing. Along with oracle bone script and other material evidence for the Shang's existence, the site was forgotten for millennia. Its rediscovery in 1899 resulted from an investigation into oracle bones that were discovered being sold nearby. The rediscovery of Yinxu marked the beginning of decades of intensive excavation and study. It is one of China's oldest and largest archeological sites, and was selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2006. Yinxu is located in northern Henan, near modern Anyang and the borders Henan shares with Hebei and Shanxi. Public access to the site is permitted. Read more on Wikipedia