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Archaeologists have uncovered new portions of the Great Wall in a part of China previously not thought to be along the wall’s map. The nine newly uncovered sections follow a 10-kilometre path through northwest China in Ningxia and Gansu provinces. The remains consist of one-to-five-metre-high compacted mud and are believed to date from the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC). The Great Wall, which is made up of numerous small sections of wall throughout north China, was built over several centuries to deter foreign invaders. Read more: news.xinhuanet.com
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Map of Great Wall redrawn after new sections discovered by archaeologists
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