名詞: n.
ni ya yi zhi
ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄧˊ ㄓˇ
Ancient City of Niya

The Ancient City of Niya is located in the desert 150 kilometers (approximately 93 miles) from Minfeng County in Hotan. It is a major national cultural relic and is regarded as the "Eastern Pompeii". Together with the Ancient City of Loulan, Niya ranks among the two famous ancient cities in China which have been buried by the desert.
The ancient city is surrounded by rolling sand hills and was first discovered in 1901 by a British explorer. Wooden implements, stone implements, bronze wares, iron wares, pottery, woolen goods and even remnants of food such as wheat, highland barley wild oat, mutton, and pork were excavated. The cotton clothes unearthed are regarded as the earliest cotton textiles that can be found in China.

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