Chinese archaeologists discover well-preserved section of 2,200-year-old 4-lane highway

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a stretch of the celebrated Qin Straight Road, one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in human history. The discovery of the 13km (8-mile) stretch offers fresh evidence of the 2,200-year-old “highway” that once spanned nearly 900km across northern China. It was unveiled on December 9, following a survey launched last year by the Cultural Heritage Protection and Research Institute of Yulin, in northwest China’s Shaanxi province. According to...