On top of the list is Jiangxi Province’s Haihunhou cemetery, which was discovered in November last year. (Photo : Xinhua)
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released the country's top archaeological discoveries for 2015, China Daily reported.
The top six discoveries were chosen out of dozens of new archaeological discoveries found last year.
The jury was composed of members from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Peking University, the National Museum, the Institute of Archaeology under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and other archaeological organizations.
On top of the list is Jiangxi Province's Haihunhou cemetery, which was discovered in November last year. The site, which encompasses 40,000 square meters and houses eight tombs, is believed to be the most complete burial grounds of the Western Han Dynasty. Most of the artifacts found in the site are currently being observed and studied by experts at a laboratory in Nanchang.
The Qing Dynasty warship found in the deep waters of the Yellow Sea came second. The warship called Zhiyuan was discovered under the waters off Dandong in Liaoning Province. It was a popular water vessel from the Beiyang Fleet that was used in the First Sino-Japanese War. It sank on Sept. 17, 1894.
Third on the list are the ruins of the hall of the supreme being in the ancient Luoyang imperial city in Henan Province.
Shaanxi Province's Zhouyuan site took the fourth spot. Archaeologists were able to uncover a plethora of items, including bronze wares, in this archaeological site located in Baoji.
The fifth best archaeological discovery in China last year are the Liangzhu culture sites, located in Jiangsu Province, East China.
Finally, the last spot was taken by a Neolithic Age site uncovered by archaeologists and experts in the southeastern coastal areas of Hainan Province. Various stone artifacts from this time period in world history were carefully unearthed to provide an insight of how ancient Chinese people lived in the Neolithic Age.
