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Six major archaeological discoveries in 2015

2015-12-14 07:11

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Six major archaeological discoveries in 2015

An aerial view of Guojiamiao cemetery. [Photo/Xinhua]

According to experts in Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, all these musical instruments were made and used in the early Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), including an earliest known se (a twenty-five-stringed plucked instrument, somewhat similar to the zither ) dating to about 2,700 years ago.

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