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Rare bronze head unearthed in central China

WUHAN, China, July 20 (UPI) -- Archeologists in China unearthed a rare bronze head with two faces believed to be more than 3,000 years old, officials said.

The head was found Thursday, positioned over the head of the owner of a tomb in the Yejiashan Graveyard in central China's Hubei province, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.

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Most of the tombs at Yejiashan belonged to nobles during the early Western Zhou Dynasty, which ranged from 1046-771 B.C.

"It is the first time that such a sculpture has been discovered from the Western Zhou Dynasty," said Li Boqian, an archeologist with Beijing University.

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