DOZENS of ancient stone grenades have been unearthed at the Great Wall of China. The weapons are a particularly great find because they’re inscribed with an eerie warning message from 400 yea…
The weapons are a particularly great find because they're inscribed with an eerie warning message from 400 years ago.The grenades may have looked similar to these stone bombs found on a shipwreck from the same time period, according to Live Science, archaeoloIgists excavated 59 stone grenades.
They were found in the remains of a storehouse beside the most visited section of the Great Wall of China.It's built in the Ming dynasty which lasted from around 1368 to 1644. The discovery of the grenades revealed to experts that early gunpowder weapons were used during this time period.the outletAdding: "The grenades recently discovered on the Great Wall are very much in keeping with its history."
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