Chinese archaeologists uncover more Great Wall relics

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered more Great Wall ruins in the Suizhong County of the country's northeastern Liaoning Province, which they say dates back to the Ming Dynasty.

Citing Xinhua News, Press TV reported that provincial relics and mapping authorities released a report saying that they had came upon a bunch of bricks and stones that once formed a section of the Great Wall.

The newly-discovered section is said to have been rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty from 1368 to 1644, but a significant part of it disappeared or eroded.

The wall has been extensively damaged as a result of modern developments in recent years and parts of it have been destroyed in the process of building roads and other forms of construction.

The Great Wall of China, which was listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1987, was built to keep out Mongols and invaders and protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire.