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³=START=   XMT: 08:37 Thu Dec 05  EXP: 09:00 Sat Dec 07      ³
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³ANCIENT RELICS FOUND IN CHINA'S QINGHAI PROVINCE            ³
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³XINING (DEC. 5) XINHUA - A SET OF CHIMES AND THE SITE OF A  ³
³BRICK KILN, BELIEVED TO DATE BACK TO THE HAN DYNASTY (206   ³
³B.C.-220 A.D.), HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN NORTHWEST CHINA'S   ³
³QINGHAI PROVINCE.                                           ³
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³EXPERTS FROM THE QINGHAI PROVINCIAL ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH  ³
³INSTITUTE AND THE PING'AN COUNTY CULTURAL RELICS            ³
³ADMINISTRATION UNEARTHED THE RELICS WHILE EXCAVATING A LARGE³
³GROUP OF ANCIENT TOMBS IN DONGCUN VILLAGE RECENTLY.         ³
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³THE TOMBS ARE LOCATED ON THE BANK OF THE HUANGSHUI RIVER AND³
³COVER A TOTAL AREA OF 100,000 SQ M.                         ³
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³CULTURAL RELICS UNEARTHED FROM THE TOMBS INCLUDE POTTERY,   ³
³PORCELAIN, STONE KNIVES, STONE AXES, JADE WARES, A BRONZE   ³
³MIRROR, COPPER COINS AND OTHER OBJECTS, WHICH BELONG TO THE ³
³QIJIA CULTURE (1890-1695 B.C.), AND THE HAN AND SONG (960-  ³
³1279 A.D.) DYNASTIES.                                       ³
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