Researchers recently made several discoveries that offer insight into daily life along the steepest, most rugged section of the Great Wall.
In addition to the Ming dynasty-era cannon, archaeologists also found other remnants of daily life and military supplies.
One of the innumerable legends surrounding the construction of the Great Wall of China tells of a workman who estimated that he would need 99,999 bricks to construct a section of the wall now known as ...
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