**Ancient Chinese Oracle Bones Reveal Insights into History**

Archaeologists have uncovered 3,250-year-old engraved bones and tortoise shells from ancient China, used for divination purposes. The oracle bones, dating back to the Shang Dynasty (circa 1250 B.C. - 1050 B.C.), feature inscriptions that hint at the development of writing in ancient China. Over 13,000 such relics have been found, with many reused and featuring more than 100,000 inscriptions. The surviving oracle bones are the earliest existing form of Chinese writing.

Source: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/oracle-bones-3-250-year-old-engraved-bones-and-tortoise-shells-from-ancient-china-were-used-to-foretell-the-future