Great Wall Of China Could Be Significantly Older Than Previously Realized

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The Great Wall of China may be even older than we once thought. Newly discovered ruins in Shandong province – home to some of its oldest sections – suggest that parts of the grand structure were built 300 years earlier than previously believed. ADVERTISEMENT The breakthrough emerged from recent excavations near Guangli Village, not far from the city of Jinan, by the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. They used an array of scientific techniques, including optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and carbon-14 dating, that indicate the newly discovered section dates back to the late Western Zhou Dynasty (1046...