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Discoveries at the famous Sanxingdui ruins in Southwest China show that the region's
ancient Shu Kingdom civilization shared similarities with the Mayan civilization.
The Sanxingdui ruins belonged to the Shu Kingdom that existed at least 4,800 years ago
and lasted more than 2,000 years,while the Mayan civilization built its city-states around 200
AD
The bronze-made remains of trees unearthed at the ruins of the Shu Kingdom resemble
the sacred ceiba tree,which symbolized the union of the world in the Mayan civilization."It is
a very important similarity,”says Santos,a Mexican archaeologist(考古学家),stressing that
"The representations of trees in both cultures provide a symbolic significance that is very
similar”.
The findings at the Sanxingdui ruins,considered one of the greatest archaeological
discoveries of the 20th century,also show a new aspect of Bronze Age culture,indicating the
ancient civilization already had technologies that were thought to have been developed much
later.
While the time span between the Shu Kingdom and the Mayan culture is great,the
findings highlight the closeness between the two civilizations.They developed in areas with
comparable climates and reflected their worldview through related symbols."In the end,man
is still man,independent of time and space.What we have is that,at this latitude ()both
the Shu people and the Mayans looked at the same sky and had the same stars on the
horizon,"the expert says.
One notable feature of the recent discoveries at Sanxingdui was the cross-subject work
and technology applied by teams of Chinese archaeologists,which allowed the unearthing of
artifacts as fragile as silk remains,which other types of less careful digging methods would
not have been able to register.
Cooperation between Chinese and Mexican archaeologists could benefit projects in the
Mayan world,where the rainy climate and humidity are problematic for the conserv