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Underwater Tool Marks, Xi'an Pyramid Tombs & Longmen Grottoes with Mark Leithead — Part 3 of 4 | Classics Rotation
Mark Leithead takes the host from tool marks under the water at the Longyou Caves to the flat-topped Han Dynasty burial pyramids outside Xi'an and on to the Buddha carvings of the Longmen Grottoes. It suits listeners curious about China's pyramid-shaped tombs, how the Longyou Caves stay flooded beside a big river, and what close-up footage can show about how statues were cut.
The part opens with the host saying she could not dive somewhere like Longyou, while Mark, who has a scuba license, says he would dive there but not in Egypt's rumored labyrinth. He shows sunlit tool marks running deep…
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