Decoding history's bones

By Wang Ru and Shi Baoyin | China Daily | Updated: 2025-03-15 09:32 An inscribed oracle bone on display at Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan province. During an international academic seminar in 1989 commemorating the 90th anniversary of the discovery of jiaguwen from the Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province, a foreign scholar said it was a pity he couldn't view the bones in their original setting but hoped that one day, the bones scattered around the world would return. The dream finally came true recently as some of the earliest discovered oracle bones, which are now stored in Tianjin Museum, traveled to the Yinxu Museum in Anyang for a new exhibition. The Show of King's Return: The Inscribed Oracle Bone Collections of Tianjin Museum Back to the Great Settlement Shang displays precious artifacts discovered in the Yinxu Ruins in the late 19th century.