‘China’s Bronze Kingdom’ Review: An Archaeological Mystery on PBS

This ‘Secrets of the Dead’ installment focuses on the 1986 discovery of a trove of buried artifacts with still-murky ...
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD: China's Bronze Kingdom

Premieres Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Sunday, May 31 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. The ...
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The Accidental Discovery That Revealed a Lost Civilization

In 1986, workers found jade under a field, revealing ritual pits of a mysterious civilization. In 1986, brick workers uncovered jade and bronze artifacts beneath a rural field in China. At the site, ...
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China's Bronze Kingdom

The chance discovery of a jade artifact unearths an ancient Chinese city. A mysterious ancient city lies hidden in the mountains of Sichuan – remnants of a kingdom consigned to oblivion for thousands ...