(Ecns.cn)--A previously undiscovered section of the Great Wall dating back 1,500 years has been found in a mountainous area of Beijing's Changping District, according to a government announcement on Wednesday.
The 19-kilometer section is estimated to have been built during the Northern Qi Dynasty (from 550 AD to 577 AD), and is located to the northwest of the well-known Great Wall section built during the Ming Dynasty (from 1368 to 1644).
The wall section has height of 1.5 meters and a width of two meters. Much of it has collapsed due to age.
The section begins at Xie Zishi village in Yanqing County and ends at Badaling, the most visited section of the Great Wall, which also belongs to Yanqing County.
Two month ago, the Changping Bureau of Cultural Relics had already found two locations which were suspected to be parts of the Ming Great Wall, a suspicion later proven by experts.
The discovery of the new section has inspired archaeologists in Beijing to appeal for protection of the area, due to the presence of cultural relics from the Northern Qi Dynasty, said archaeologist Yue Shengyang.
Relics from the Northern Qi have been rarely found in Beijing, and this section of the Great Wall will provide more evidence for archaeologists to study the military and culture of that period, added Yue.
