More than 500 pieces of relics （discover） at the Sanxingdui Ruins site lastyear. The relics include golden masks, jade and ivory artifacts and bronzewares were exquisitely （精美地）built and （unique） shaped, said the Sichuan ProvincialCultural Heritage Administration on Sept. 9, 2021. The new discoveries bringthe total number of items unearthed at Sanxingdui nearly 2, 000 after theexcavation of No. 3 to No. 8 sacrificial pits began in October of 2020.
Tang Fei, chiefof the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute,said, "The new discoveries demonstrate once again that the （imagine） andcreation of theancient Chinese far surpassed what people today had expected, "Tang added that the excavation of the new pits has entered a critical stage,with more （item） yet to beunearthed. He also anticipated that the items found will challenge the （convention） wisdom of archaeologists.
Originallydiscovered in late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been considered as oneof the world's greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. （locate） inthe city of Guanghan, around 60 km from Chengdu, the ruins covering an area of12 square km are believed （be） the remnants （遗迹） of the Shu Kingdom,dating back some 4, 500 to 3, 000 years.
