A pottery item of the Yangshao culture, dating back from 7,000 to 5,000 years, is on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing.

The 3,700-year-old Erlitou site in Henan province's Luoyang is one of the major findings in modern Chinese archaeology.

The Terracotta Warriors stand as a witness to the country's development in archaeology at the 2,200-year-old mausoleum of Qinshihuang in Shaanxi province's Xi'an.

A relic from the Shimao site in Shaanxi province.

An archaeologist studies relics from a cemetery of a Zengguo noble in Zaoshulin, Suizhou, Hubei province in 2019.

An aerial photo of Taosi site excavation taken in 2020.

An archaeologist studies animal bones unearthed from Liangzhu site at the Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in 2019.