2,000-Year-Old Han Dynasty Settlement Unearthed in China

2,000-Year-Old Han Dynasty Settlement Unearthed in China

The ruins of a Han dynasty watchtower. Credit: The Real Bear / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A well-preserved Han Dynasty settlement has been uncovered near the ancient city of Chang’an in northwest China, shedding new light on suburban life during the Western Han period. Archaeologists with the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology announced the discovery during an excavation at the Sanjiu relic site in Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi Provi…