Discovering a thousand-year-old wall in China
Archaeologists have discovered part of the ruins of the castle walls of the Lama kingdom in the northeastern La Bo area of Xinjiang autonomous region (northwest China).
Archaeologists have discovered part of the ruins of the castle walls of the Lama kingdom in the northeastern La Bo area of Xinjiang autonomous region (northwest China).
According to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Institute of Archeology, the aforementioned wall was built in a circle with a diameter of 300m. The foundation of the wall is 2.2m-2.7m wide and the highest part of the wall is 2.5m high.
Experts dated carbon to red willow branches and fossil reed found at the excavation site. The results show that these specimens date from the end of Dong Han (25-220).
Along with the ruins of the wall, archaeologists also found some items in the 7 adjacent tombs, including wooden plates, copper mirrors, wooden combs and cloths.
Archaeologists discover walls and objects in graves.(Source: ntdtv.com).
The Kingdom of Lama once existed in the 2nd century BC, lying on the Silk Road with most of the territory surrounded by the desert.
The Kingdom of Lama once established different capital cities due to various factors such as water and war.
To unleash the Silk Road, in 108 BC, the Han Dynasty in China destroyed the kingdom of Lan, turning it into a vassal of the Han Dynasty and turning the Long Lan dynasty into a puppet of the house. Han. This kingdom has disappeared completely into the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Today, the remains of the kingdom of Lau Lan are only citadel buildings buried in Xinjiang desert.
Ruins of the Kingdom of Lan was first discovered by Swedish explorer Sven Hedin in 1900.
The wall that adventurer Hedin found carries a square, about 57 km from the newly discovered circular wall.
The Chinese government has funded to expedite excavation projects at the site of the Kingdom of Lama.
Many items were found from previous excavations, such as coins of Han Dynasty, tools and fabrics woven in Greek and Roman style.
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