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Oracle Bone Inscription

Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
c. 1600 BCE-1046 BCE
Oracle bone script refers to ancient Chinese characters found on turtle shells and animal bones used as oracle divination in the Shang Dynasty. The Oracle bones were found in the Ruins of Yin in Henan in AD1899. So far, about 160,000 oracle bone fragments have been unearthed. Modern Chinese script is evolved from the oracle bone script.