Remains of 17th-century 'Japanese Bridge' in central Vietnam found

Remains of 17th-century 'Japanese Bridge' in central Vietnam found

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo shows clayware and carbonized wooden pegs that appear to have supported the columns of a 17th-century bridge believed built by Japanese settlers at the World Heritage site of Hoi An in central Vietnam. A team of Japanese and Vietnamese researchers has excavated them from a geological layer at a depth of 2.2 meters below a road at the foot of what is known as the ''Japanese Bridge.''

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