This period in the first millennium B.C. was marked by warfare between various feuding Chinese kingdoms battling for dominance.
Archaeologists have uncovered a large-scale ancient cemetery with dozens of tombs and numerous cultural relics in China.The Baizhuang Cemetery is located in the city of Xiangyang, in the northwestern Hubei province, the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in a statement. The cemetery was discovered by the Xiangyang Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology last summer during excavations conducted as part of an infrastructure project.
During the excavations, the archaeologists also unearthed more than 500 cultural relics. These included hundreds of pieces of pottery, dozens of bronze artifacts—primarily weapons such as swords and spears—and some wooden utensils like combs, as well as other objects like jade rings.In one of the larger tombs—known as 'M3'—the archaeologists identified several artifacts including bronze ritual vessels, swords and spoons.
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