It's Not Part Of The Great Wall Of China, But a Pyramid Built On Human Sacrifices.

Recently in China, at a site called Shimao. a new excavation revealed an enormous walled settlement topped with a stepped pyramid. The 4,000 year old pyramid is massive. It stands 229 feet tall and totals eleven separate platforms. 

Originally mistaken for part of China's Great Wall, this Bronze Age site was built on at least six pits full of decapitated human heads(all of young women) which served as a building sacrifice. 

Experts are in awe at this complex society they didn't even know existed. Researchers say that this walled settlement is not only the largest of its time in ancient China, but was also among the largest centers in the world. 

This finding calls into question the traditional text-based narrative in which Chinese civilization supposedly arose on the Central Plains and then spread to other regions.

Some experts theorize that this finding is evidence of a pyramid culture with connections to the same rituals and buildings seen in South America and Africa at the time.

It is not clear what happened that caused the pyramid to be abandoned and fall into ruin. But archaeological excavations are ongoing, so more answers might be coming.