Archaeologists have found a portion of a 2000-year-old road, dating back to the Han dynasty, in central China's Henan province, according to a media report today. Liu said the discovery was significant for the study of road construction, maintenance technology, and vehicles in the Han Dynasty (202BC - 220). With an exposed length of 252 metres and a width ranging from 2.2 metres to 2.8 metres, part of the north-south road runs underneath the current G107 national highway. Zhou Runshan, team leader of the project, said the deep road bed and the fine stone, ceramic, brick, and clay pieces used to fill in the vehicle tracks proved the road had been busy and frequently maintained. An east-west road was also found in the ruins, which was 1,300 metres long and around 5 metres wide.

Source: dna March 28, 2018 11:37 UTC