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Archaeologists Uncover a 2.5-Meter-Deep Ditch at the Uyghur Khaganate’s Northern Capital
Archaeologists excavating Bay-Balyk in Mongolia have uncovered new details of the defenses that protected one of the principal cities of the Uyghur Khaganate more than 1,100 years ago. A trench opened beside the western citadel revealed a fortification wall measuring up to five meters wide. Along its outer side, researchers documented a ditch extending 2.5…