Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2007 shows the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province. The relics of about 100,000 square meters was discovered near the Guandimiao Village of Yulong Township in Xingyang, where a section of the central route of China's gigantic south-to-north water diversion scheme is on construction. It is the first time that a compact community of later period of Shang Dynasty, consisting of inhabiting area, handicraft-making district, sacrificial altar and tombs, was unearthed in Henan Province. The excavation is going on with more than 18,000 square meters of the relics has been unearthed. (Xinhua Photo)
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