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Academia Sinica

1928 · 20th century

Academia Sinica is the national academy of the Republic of China, founded in Nanjing in 1928 and moved to Taiwan after 1949, where it is based in Taipei. Its Institute of History and Philology carried out the first scientific excavations at Anyang between 1928 and 1937, uncovering the late Shang capital at Yinxu, its royal tombs and thousands of inscribed oracle bones.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Academia Sinica. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/academia-sinica
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