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Judi Lynn

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Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:36 AM Jan 2019

4,000-year-old cave site unearthed on Tibetan plateau

4,000-year-old cave site unearthed on Tibetan plateau
Source:Xinhua Published: 2019/1/4 21:22:33



This file photo taken on Aug. 3, 2018 shows rock paintings in the
Melong Tagphug cave site in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's
Tibet Autonomous Region. The Melong Tagphug cave site
containing delicate stone tools and pottery shards believed to be
at least 4,000 years old was unearthed in Ngari Prefecture of
China's Tibet. It is the first prehistoric cave site confirmed on the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. (Xinhua)



This file photo provided by Tibet Institute for Protection and Research
of Cultural Relics on Aug. 16, 2018 shows members of an archaeology
team working at the Melong Tagphug cave site in Ngari Prefecture,
southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Melong Tagphug cave
site containing delicate stone tools and pottery shards believed to be at
least 4,000 years old was unearthed in Ngari Prefecture of China's Tibet.
It is the first prehistoric cave site confirmed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
(Xinhua)

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http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1134616.shtml

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