A 2,800-year-old bronze chariot from the Western Zhou Dynasty has been restored in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Xinhua reported citing the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. /CFP

Unearthed in 2014 at Zhouyuan site in Qishan County, it is 3.13 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, and 1.5 meters high. It had been crushed into thousands of fragments and was found alongside skeletal remains of four horses. /CFP

"The restoration of the chariot is valuable for research on etiquette in the late Western Zhou Dynasty," said Wang Zhankui, a researcher with the institute. The work was carried out by cultural relic protection workers. /CFP

Zhouyuan site is believed to be the dwelling place of Duke Danfu, a leader of the Zhou clan, known as the cradle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. /CFP