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Archaeological teams working along the north bank of the Huan River in Henan Province's Anyang City just made a discovery that completely reshapes what we know about ancient Chinese urban planning. The find involves a massive thoroughfare that once served as a main artery through Dayishang, the name the Shang Dynasty people gave to their capital over 3,000 years ago. Niu Shishan leads the excavation team from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and his crew has uncovered something that challenges previous assumptions about how Bronze Age cities were designed and built. The National Cultural Heritage Administration announced these findings in December 2024, and they reveal a level of sophistication that few expected from a civilization that existed between 1600 and 1046 BCE.