China's Oldest Writing Was Sold as Medicine
Short0:54EducationPublished Oct 13, 2026, 11:00 PM · 5d ago
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Description
Full video: https://youtu.be/HKcebxdP3rM
Farmers in Qing-dynasty China dug up China's oldest written language and sold it to pharmacies as 'dragon bone' medicine before a scholar noticed the carvings were actual writing. The full episode is on the channel.
Tags
ancient chinaancient writingarchaeologychina factschinese historyoracle bonesshang dynasty
Details
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026, 11:00 PM
- Length
- 0:54 (54 s)
- Format
- Short (3 min or less)
- Category
- Education
- Audio language
- EN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- No
- Video ID
- DMTI-Y3nvqo
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