From 2016, archaeologists have been excavating the ruins of 104 houses, 205 graves and 20 sacrificial pits at Jiaojia village in Zhangqiu district, Jinan City. File photo: AP More From Livemint »Beijing: Chinese archaeologists have found remains of 5,000-year-old giants with height of over 1.8 metres from the ruins in China’s eastern Shandong province. From 2016, archaeologists have been excavating the ruins of 104 houses, 205 graves and 20 sacrificial pits at Jiaojia village in Zhangqiu district, Jinan City. The relics are from the Longshan Culture, a late Neolithic civilisation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, named after Mount Longshan in Zhangqiu. The range of the Jiaojia site has been enlarged from an initial 240,000 square metres to 1 sq km.

Source: Mint July 03, 2017 15:00 UTC