One-fifth of Ming Dynasty Great Wall in Inner Mongolia gone
About a fifth of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) has
disappeared in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an
archaeologist said on Tuesday.
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The vanished parts were 157.515 km long, said Tala, head of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Institute of Cultural and Historical Relics and Archaeology.
The statistics were based on newly-released survey results from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Surveying and Mapping Bureau and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Institute of Aerial Remote Sensing, Surveying and Mapping, he said.