Why inhabitants of China’s 5,000-year-old cultural capital buried a stunning ancient palace
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia
The ancient palace would have been considered a crown jewel of its people. Foreigners would have admired it with awe, and locals would have held it in great esteem. Then, 5,000 years ago, the villagers deliberately buried it, and we do not know why. A team of scientists announced several updates in mid-October about their work at Nanzuo, an ancient capital city near Qingyang, Gansu, in northwest China. Most of the updates concerned a central palace that would have been the cultural hub of the...
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