Ruins of eight ancient city sites discovered in Xiong'an New Area
STORY: Ruins of eight ancient city sites discovered in Xiong'an New Area
SHOOTING TIME: March 27 , 2024
DATELINE: April 2, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:29
LOCATION: XIONG'AN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE
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1. various of the archaeology site
STORYLINE:
Ruins of eight ancient cities dating back to more than 2,000 years ago were discovered in the Xiong'an New area, suggesting that China's "city of the future" boasts a long history, said local archaeologists.
The earliest ruins, namely Nanyang, included two city sites from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). The Nanyang ruins and its surrounding areas covered nearly 18 square kilometers, with the cultural relics spanning nearly 3,000 years from the Neolithic Age down to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Jin Dynasty (1115-1234).
Xiong'an was named after two counties Xiongxian and Anxin, where ruins of two cities were found. The Xiongzhou ancient city in Xiongxian was formed in the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-979), of which a few sections o
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