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[kaiselin]

Just saw this today, anyone seen this?
http://news.yahoo.co...ll_070509153014

[naruwan]

Just saw this today, anyone seen this?
http://news.yahoo.co...ll_070509153014

nope, but that sounds awesome! hopefully we'd be able to see some photos of the Han dynasty walls soon.

[Publius]

Sounds interesting but arghhh, the picture they show is of Badaling near Beijing... Darn journalists need to learn how to use a camera...

[Intranetusa]

Yes, read it off of yahoo as well. It was the "most popular" world news on yahoo for a couple of hours.

[naruwan]

Sounds interesting but arghhh, the picture they show is of Badaling near Beijing... Darn journalists need to learn how to use a camera...

the problem is there was no reporter at that place. It probably was a news letter released by the research team. And if they didn't disclose any photos, then what else can they do but show the most famous part of the great wall?

that's pretty much how modern media works.

[madalibi]

Just saw this today, anyone seen this?
http://news.yahoo.co...ll_070509153014

Unfortunately, the link Kaiselin provided no longer works. I tried to find an equivalent article on the net and found these:

http://www.greatwall.....all guide.htm is a great introduction to the Great Wall and it contains many spectacular pictures. The site ends with two articles on recent discoveries of previously unknown sections.

http://ngm.nationalg.../0301/feature1/ This site is a shorter introduction to the Walls. It also contains this summary of the find Kaiselin was referring to:

Buried by sand for centuries, a 50-mile- (80-kilometer) section of wall has recently been discovered in an arid part of northwestern China, the Chinese government announced this past October. The surfacing of this small segment is big news because this wall is part of a much bigger structure—the Great Wall of China. Though in the popular consciousness the Great Wall is thought to be a single structure, it actually consists of numerous walls built by different dynasties over more than 2,000 years. In the past these structures bolstered defense, but today the Great Wall serves primarily as a symbol of China and a lure for tourists.

As reported by the Associated Press, the newly uncovered section of wall was found on the southern slope of Helan Mountain in Ningxia Autonomous Region. Experts believe it was built in 1531, with three watchtowers added in 1540, when the fortification was undergoing repair. The chunk of wall is 21 feet (6.4 meters) high, 20 feet (6 meters) wide at its base, and 11 feet (3.3 meters) wide at the top. It contains seven drainage ditches and stone reinforcements along some stretches.

New discoveries like this are not entirely unusual; another section of wall, 2,000 years old, was uncovered by archaeologists in the desert of Gansu Province, which borders Ningxia to the northwest, in August 2002.

[kaiselin]

Unfortunately, the link Kaiselin provided no longer works.

Oooohhh I just hate it when that happens

I tried to find an equivalent article on the net and found these:

http://www.greatwall.....all guide.htm is a great introduction to the Great Wall and it contains many spectacular pictures. The site ends with two articles on recent discoveries of previously unknown sections.

http://ngm.nationalg.../0301/feature1/ This site is a shorter introduction to the Walls. It also contains this summary of the find Kaiselin was referring to:

Thanks for your vigilance and time in looking for equivalent links !!!