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³=START=   XMT: 09:30 Mon Jan 06  EXP: 09:00 Wed Jan 08      ³
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³RARE ANCIENT WELL DISCOVERED IN CHINA'S LIAONING PROVINCE   ³
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³BEIJING (JAN. 6) XINHUA - A RARE ANCIENT WELL HAS BEEN      ³
³DISCOVERED RECENTLY IN THE MANCHU AUTONOMOUS COUNTY OF      ³
³KUANDIAN IN NORTHEAST CHINA'S LIAONING PROVINCE, ACCORDING  ³
³TO THE OVERSEAS EDITION OF TODAY'S 'PEOPLE'S DAILY'.        ³
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³THE DIAMETER AT THE TOP OF THE FAN-SHAPED WELL IS ABOUT 28  ³
³METERS, AND TWO SLOPING WALLS PROTECT IT AT FRONT AND BACK. ³
³THESE WALLS HAVE STEPS LEADING DOWN INTO THE WELL, THE PAPER³
³REPORTED.                                                   ³
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³LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED A DUGOUT CANOE FOUR METERS  ³
³LONG, A WOODEN TROUGH, AND OTHER EARTHENWARE OBJECTS IN THE ³
³WELL AT A DEPTH OF 23 METERS.                               ³
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³LOCAL EXPERTS SAID THAT THE WELL WAS BUILT BEFORE THE MING  ³
³DYNASTY (1368-1644).                                        ³
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