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Lacking electricity and water, how did China build thousands of kilometers of highway across the Taklimakan desert?
Building cross-desert highways is one of China's engineering marvels.
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The mystery of hundreds of intact mummies 4,000 years in the Chinese desert
Since the excavation, the origin of hundreds of mummies buried in boats in the harshest desert in Xinjiang has remained a mystery that has baffled researchers.
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Mummies in China: Did white people come to the East more than 3,000 years ago?
When it comes to mummies, people will always think of Egypt and the mysterious stories surrounding it, but in fact they can be found in many other places, one of which i…
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Huge 'Ocean' under the dry desert in China
Chinese scientists discovered huge amounts of groundwater far beyond the 5 largest lakes in the US at the Tarim basin desert, Northwest Xinjiang, China - one of the drie…
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Found 3,300 years old pants
The German archaeological institute in Berlin has unearthed a relatively intact, 3,300-year-old ancient pants at the Yanghai burial site (China), believed to be the olde…
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Explore the world's longest desert highway
Tarim desert highway connects the cities of Luntai and Minfeng areas near Tarim (Xinjiang, China) with a total length of 552km.