Sanxingdui and Mayan cultures, similar across time and space 1 2021-04-12 14:21:08Xinhua Editor : Cheng Zizhuo ECNS App Download This photo taken on April 8, 2021 shows the bronze sculpture of a tree excavated in 1986 from the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. （Photo: China News Service/An Yuan） Enveloped in a prehistoric aura, the Mayan civilization and China's Sanxingdui culture, while located in different continents, are as mysterious as they are ancient. Significant discoveries were made regarding the latter, when China announced in March that archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits and unearthed more than 500 items dating back about 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins.