Ancient Shang Dynasty coffins unearthed

Three sets of coffins believed to have been buried 3,000 years ago were unearthed in Central China's Henan province on Monday and taken to a museum in Anyang, sources said on Tuesday.

Last month, a villager digging a kiln in Anshang's Neihuang county discovered tombs 10 meters underground that included bronze items and human and animal bones.

Following a preliminary excavation, experts from the Anyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology found 22 tombs from the late Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC), the second dynasty in Chinese history.