Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2007 shows the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province. The relics of about 100,000 square meters were discovered near the Guandimiao Village of Yulong Township in Xingyang, where a section of the central route of China's gigantic south-to-north water diversion scheme is on construction. It is the first time that a compact community of later period of Shang Dynasty, consisting of inhabiting area, handicraft-making district, sacrificial altar and tombs, was unearthed in Henan Province.

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2007 shows the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province.

An archaeologist clears a grave at the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province Dec. 14, 2007.

An archaeologist works in a grave at the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province Dec. 14, 2007.

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2007 shows the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province.

An archaeologist works in a grave at the excavating spot of the ancient relics of a small compact community of Shang Dynasty (c.16th-11th B.C.) in Xingyang, central China's Henan Province Dec. 14, 2007.

(Xinhua News Agency December 18, 2007)