CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-ANCIENT IRRIGATION & FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-ANCIENT IRRIGATION & FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM (CN)

(230223) -- WUHAN, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 27, 2022 shows red pottery cups unearthed from the site of Shijiahe, the ruins of a prehistoric city in central China's Hubei Province. A 5,000-year-old city in central China was found to have a water conservancy system that effectively utilized rivers for irrigation and prevented flooding with the use of dams, archaeologists have said. TO GO WITH "Ancient irrigation, flood control system unearthed in central China" (Xinhua/Yu Guoqing)

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