Qualla: Tomb of Fu Hao https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/3/m/tomb-of-fu-hao-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Tomb of Fu Hao https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao Tomb of Fu Hao: Introduction https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao/ Photo credit CC BY 2.5. She led armies, performed ritual sacrifices, and collected antiques. When Fu Hao died sometime around 1200 BCE, she was buried with 468 bronze objects, 755 pieces of jade, 6,900 cowry shells, and enough weapons to equip a small platoon. Her tomb, discovered in 1976 at the Shang dynasty capital of Yinxu near Anyang, is the only royal burial from the Shang period found intact and unlooted, a time capsule from a civilization that existed a thousand years before the Roman Republic.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/3/m/tomb-of-fu-hao-wp/ww3m-tomb-of-fu-hao-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tomb of Fu Hao: The Woman on the Oracle Bones https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao/ Photo credit 유신예, CC BY-SA 4.0. Fu Hao is not a figure rescued from anonymity by archaeology alone. Her name appears repeatedly in the oracle bone inscriptions found at Yinxu, the divination records of the Shang kings. The bones identify her as a consort of King Wu Ding, one of the most powerful Shang rulers, b...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/3/m/tomb-of-fu-hao-wp/ww3m-tomb-of-fu-hao-the-woman-on-the-oracle-bones.mp3 0:06 2 full Tomb of Fu Hao: A Shovel and Red Lacquer https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao/ Photo credit Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1976, archaeologist Zheng Zhenxiang and her team were probing the ground around Yinxu with a Luoyang shovel, a specialized tool used in Chinese archaeology to extract soil samples from depth. When the shovel brought up traces of red lacquer, they knew they had found something ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/3/m/tomb-of-fu-hao-wp/ww3m-tomb-of-fu-hao-a-shovel-and-red-lacquer.mp3 0:06 3 full Tomb of Fu Hao: A Treasury Underground https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao/ Photo credit 유신예, CC BY-SA 4.0. The inventory of Fu Hao's tomb reads like a museum catalog. Among the 468 bronze objects were over 200 ritual vessels, 130 weapons, 23 bells, 27 knives, 4 mirrors, and 4 tiger statues. The 755 jade artifacts included pieces from the Longshan, Liangzhu, Hongshan, and Shijiahe cult...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/3/m/tomb-of-fu-hao-wp/ww3m-tomb-of-fu-hao-a-treasury-underground.mp3 0:06 4 full Tomb of Fu Hao: The Cost of Royal Death https://qualla.com/tomb-of-fu-hao/ Photo credit Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0. Beneath the floor of the burial chamber, a small pit held the remains of six sacrificial dogs. Along the edges of the tomb lay the skeletons of sixteen people, identified as enslaved individuals killed to accompany their mistress into the afterlife. Human sacrifice was a systemat...

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