

Beijing – Arqueólogos em Beijing anunciaram na segunda-feira descobertas importantes na recente escavação da seção de Jiankou da Grande Muralha, onde um grande canhão foi desenterrado.
A escavação concentrou-se em três torres de farol e suas paredes conectadas, revelando, neste ano, inúmeros artefatos, incluindo armas, partes arquitetônicas e objetos de uso diário, segundo Shang Heng, pesquisador associado do Instituto de Arqueologia de Beijing, em uma coletiva de imprensa sobre as mais recentes descobertas arqueológicas em 2025.
Entre esses artefatos estava um grande canhão fundido do final da Dinastia Ming (1368-1644), medindo 89,2 centímetros de comprimento e pesando 112,1 quilos — a maior peça de artilharia já encontrada nesta seção da Grande Muralha.
Shang disse que as inscrições bem preservadas no canhão fornecem novas evidências cruciais para pesquisas sobre a fabricação de armas de fogo e a troca histórica de tecnologia militar durante o período.
Também foram anunciadas as descobertas de artefatos de turquesa no sítio Xingong, que é um assentamento raro datado dos períodos Xia (2070 a.C.-1600 a.C.) e Shang (1600 a.C.-1046 a.C.) na área urbana de Beijing.
O local, que possui cemitérios, fossos e vestígios residenciais, revelou 28 artefatos de turquesa. A análise indica que a turquesa provavelmente se originou de minas na junção das províncias de Hubei, Henan e Shaanxi, fornecendo evidências-chave do intercâmbio cultural inicial no norte da China, segundo Yang Ju, pesquisador do instituto.
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