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Menzies travelled through India, Mesopotamia, and
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The Royal
Ontario Museum established the James Menzies Chinese Research Fellowship in 2009. There is a museum dedicated to James Menzies in Anyang and conferences about his studies are held across China. An extinct species of water buffalo whose antlers were used in oracle bones was excavated in
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in 1917. In the book, he selected 2,869 pieces from his own collections and hand-copied them to be included in the book. This was the first book on oracle bones written by a foreigner. In 1928, he further selected additional 2,819 pieces to be included.
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as the site. He started collecting and studying the bone fragments. At the time, antique dealers concealed the origin of their oracle bones to maintain their high price on the market. Menzies successfully identified Anyang as the site of
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