Hidden tunnel network discovered beneath 4,500-year-old Neolithic stone city in northern China
Archaeologists discovered a network of hidden tunnels beneath the 4,500-year-old Houchengzui Stone City, a Neolithic fortified settlement in northern China. While the above-ground city already impressed researchers with its concentric walled design and fortified gates, excavations beginning in 2023 revealed deliberately cut stone tunnels descending at steep angles beneath the structure, adding a new layer of mystery and significance to the ancient site.
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The ancient Houchengzui Stone City delighted historians when excavations showed that the nearly 4,500-year-old Neolithic city in northern China featured an intricate, concentric, walled design with gates meant to highly fortify the city.
But the site's most startling secret wasn't etched into its walls or carved above its gates. It was buried beneath them.
Beginning in 2023, archaeologists peeled back layers of compacted earth to uncover something unexpected: the dark mouths of tunnels, cut deliberately into stone and descending at steep angles
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