Archaeology

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The walls of Yuán dynasty Khanbalik, or Dàdū (Great Capital), were built between 1267 and 1276. The Míng dynasty, which founded the first…

延庆县, 离德胜门102公里. 走八达岭高速, S102 到延庆, G110 到松山
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Chinese sources are spectacularly vague on the history of the caves, but are for once at least…

房山区周口店. 京石高速,京周路 S317 往西
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Homo erectus pekinensis took shelter in the caves here more than half a million years ago…

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