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Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an inscribed oracle bone discovered from a ruin site of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The ruin complex consists of three successive city walls -- the palace city, the main city, and secondary city walls.

More than 200 oracle bone fragments were also unearthed. Among the discoveries is a piece of oracle bone inscribed with the characters Qin ren (literally Qin people), making it the earliest known written record of the local Qin people.

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an inscribed oracle bone discovered from a ruin site of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an discovery site of a ruin complex of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an discovery site of a ruin complex of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an discovery site of a ruin complex of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an discovery site of a ruin complex of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an discovery site of a ruin complex of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo released on Dec. 28, 2024 shows an discovery site of a ruin complex of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771B.C.) in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)