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Rare ancient stele removed from Three Gorges dam area (1)
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Rare ancient stele removed from Three Gorges dam area (1)
CHONGQING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A 1,900-year-old stone stele has
been rescued from being submerged in the huge reservoir of the Three
Gorges dam project in Zhongxian county, southwest China's Chongqing
municipality.
Archeologists completed securing the stele in a safe temple
Thursday. Beside it are two other priceless ancient steles also
removed from the designated reservoir area for China's gigantic water
conservation project.
The 5.65-meter-high stele, dating from the East Han Dynasty (25-
220 A.D.), is a unique kind of ancient ...
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