Foundation walls found at Forbidden City thought to be original Ming palace
Posted On: Jul 4th, 2016 at 20:46
China
Following on from the news of the future opening of the secret garden, archaeologists have now discovered foundations walls at the Forbidden City in Beijing.
The foundation walls are 2.8 metres thick, or twenty bricks, and are thought to be the walls of a palace from the original Forbidden City, dating to between 1406 and 1420.
Belonging to the Ming Dynasty, the area excavated was part of the west palace and was home to the emperor’s mother.
Thankfully the ancient Chinese were avid record keepers, otherwise we wouldn’t have any idea what the walls were for or who was living within them.
But none of that is interesting compared with this quote from the report:
“Analysis indicated the sand and soil beneath the brick foundation dated to between 5,000 to 30,000 years ago, the report said.”
You know what I want to say next so I won’t bother…
