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A bronze mythical creature is discovered from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province on June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

Archaeologists have made some stunning discoveries at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site. No. 8 pit is the largest among the six newly discovered sacrificial pits and nearly 70 bronze human heads have been found in No 8 pit.

A bronze statue with a tiger head-shaped is excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

A dragon-shaped item is unearthed from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

A bronze head is discovered from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

Archaeologists work from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

Archaeologists work from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

Archaeologists work from the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)