Narrator: One of the most exciting objects or artefacts we have from the Shang Dynasty are oracle bones. They are animal bones covered in ancient writing and were used to try to predict the future.

As the earliest-known established writing system for Chinese characters, Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions have become a key cultural icon, but the understanding of its development in the ...

PRESENTER:'We've been talking about the Shang dynasty, 'and the Shang kings ... on his computer system. MR LIU:This time, this place, the sky. PRESENTER:'The people everywhere 'said that heaven ...

[Photo by Wang Ru/chinadaily.com.cn] Anyang in Henan province is actively building jiaguwen, or oracle bone inscriptions, which compose the earliest-known established writing system in China from ...