Archeologists transfer an ivory relic unearthed from the No.3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 12, 2021. Archeologists have unearthed more than 1,000 significant relics at the six new sacrificial pits of the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China. The excavation of the No.3 to No.8 sacrificial pits, which began in the second half of last year, is progressing smoothly, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. The Sanxingdui Ruins are dubbed one of the greatest archeological finds of mankind in the 20th century. The site was accidentally discovered by a farmer when he was digging a ditch in the 1920s. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
