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China’s Receding Yangtze River Reveals Submerged Ancient Buddhist Statues

The summer of 2022 has seen record-breaking high temperatures across China. As a result, receding Yangtze River waters have revealed three Buddhist statues. As water levels of rivers and reservoirs go down, historical treasures and archaeological relics emerge. Amid this drought, the water levels of the Yangtze River have immensely dropped, and in the process, ...

Nathan Machoka

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Bridge.