One highlight was a massive cannon from the Ming dynasty.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which ...

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List of maps and illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on romanization and pronunciation -- Note on names -- Introduction: Who made the Great Wall of China? -- Why walls? -- Long wall -- Han Walls: ...

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Archaeologists exploring the Jiankou section of China's Great Wall discovered a large cannon. The cannon, found among a cache of additional weapons, was potentially cast in the late Ming Dynasty ...