Voices from the past
By Liu Jun and Kang Su | China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-30 07:55
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Professor Li Xueqin (second from the left) and other members of his research team at the lab with the ancient bamboo strips stored in distilled water. Guo Haijun |
The discovery of more than 2,000 bamboo strips, dating back to the late Warring States Period (475-221 BC), is exciting historians for the light it can shed on early Chinese history. The 2,100 strips are now at Tsinghua University and were donated in July by a former pupil who wishes to remain anonymous.
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