Erlitou
Erlitou, also known as Yanshi Erlitou, is a Chinese archaeological site in the Yiluo Basin of Yanshi District, Luoyang, Henan. Discovered by survey teams led by archaeologist Xu Xusheng in 1959, it was initially identified as Bo, the first capital of the Shang dynasty.
- Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in Yanshi, Henan, China
- Also known as“Erlitou site”“夏都二里头遗址”
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Latitude
34.69134° or 34° 41′ 29″ north
Longitude
112.69077° or 112° 41′ 27″ east
Open location code
8P6JMMRR+G8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Erlitou” goes by many names.
二里头遗址Chinese
二里頭Chinese
二里頭遺址Chinese
ერლიტოუGeorgian
二里頭遺跡Japanese
二里頭遺址Literary Chinese
ErlitouPolish
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