{"id":146129,"date":"2026-02-13T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146129"},"modified":"2026-02-13T08:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T08:00:20","slug":"how-did-a-prized-red-gemstone-reach-the-ancient-mysterious-shu-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146129","title":{"rendered":"How did a prized red gemstone reach the ancient, mysterious Shu kingdom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the highest-ranking sacrificial pit at Sanxingdui, 11 crimson beads lay undisturbed for 3,000 years among bronze vessels, ivory tusks and fragments of gold.<br \/>\nThey are carnelian \u2013 a red gemstone prized across the ancient world, from the Indus Valley to the Middle East and the Mediterranean.<br \/>\nIn China, however, carnelian was not commonly found in elite burials until the late Western Zhou dynasty (c1046-771 BC), with red tones traditionally represented by other minerals, such as ochre and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3343451\/how-did-prized-red-gemstone-reach-ancient-mysterious-shu-kingdom?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the highest-ranking sacrificial pit at Sanxingdui, 11 crimson beads lay undisturbed for 3,000 years among bronze vessels, ivory tusks and fragments of gold.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146129"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}