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Ruts and Carriage Boxes: Roads and Chariots at Shang Yinxu
Excavators at Yinxu have traced a grid of three east-west and three north-south roads, one with wheel ruts; Shang chariots ran on one yoke, one shaft, one box, one axle and two wheels.
Shang · Cities & Technology
Eight Hundred Kilos of Bronze: How Shang Status Was Cast
The 832.84 kg ding took eight body moulds, three per leg, over a tonne of metal and seventy crucibles; Lady Hao's tomb held 1,928 objects, 755 of them jade, more than 200 older than she was.