Handan, China -- Archaeologists unearthed nearly 3,000 Buddha statues, which could be up to 1,500 years old.
The discovery is believed to be the largest of its kind since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, an archaeologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences told.
The Buddha statues most of which are made of white marble and limestone and many of which are broken could date back to the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties (A.D. 534 to 577), experts say.
The statues discovered during a dig outside of Ye, the ancient capital of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties may have been rounded up and buried after the fall of the Northern Qi dynasty by later emperors in an attempt to purge the country of Buddhism.
In some cases, the Buddhist statues may have been buried by the faithful themselves in times of danger.
The discovery is believed to be the largest of its kind since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, an archaeologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences told.
The Buddha statues most of which are made of white marble and limestone and many of which are broken could date back to the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties (A.D. 534 to 577), experts say.
The statues discovered during a dig outside of Ye, the ancient capital of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties may have been rounded up and buried after the fall of the Northern Qi dynasty by later emperors in an attempt to purge the country of Buddhism.
In some cases, the Buddhist statues may have been buried by the faithful themselves in times of danger.
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A frail 79-year-old man who recently emigrated from China pleaded not guilty yesterday in the brutal slaying of his elderly wife.
On Thursday, police in the quiet New England town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts found Jieming Liu in a rocking chair ‘covered in blood’ on his hands, mouth, and face in his modest condominium.
According to police, his 73-year-old wife, Yuee Zhou, was found in a rear bedroom with severe injuries to her arm, lying in a pool of blood.
Liu’s son told police that his father who is only 5ft2 and 75 pounds had no idea of what he was doing at the time, and kept repeating: ‘This is not your mother.’
At the arraignment yesterday in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Assistant District Attorney Michael D. McHugh told the court that police were notified around 4:30pm Thursday that a woman was not breathing.
When officers arrived to the condo, he said, officers found Liu drenched in blood and surrounded by pieces of his wife’s flesh.
On Thursday, police in the quiet New England town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts found Jieming Liu in a rocking chair ‘covered in blood’ on his hands, mouth, and face in his modest condominium.
According to police, his 73-year-old wife, Yuee Zhou, was found in a rear bedroom with severe injuries to her arm, lying in a pool of blood.
Liu’s son told police that his father who is only 5ft2 and 75 pounds had no idea of what he was doing at the time, and kept repeating: ‘This is not your mother.’
At the arraignment yesterday in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Assistant District Attorney Michael D. McHugh told the court that police were notified around 4:30pm Thursday that a woman was not breathing.
When officers arrived to the condo, he said, officers found Liu drenched in blood and surrounded by pieces of his wife’s flesh.
The New South China Mall in Dongguan, China is the biggest shopping mall in the world. With an area of over 7 million square feet that can accommodate 2,350 stores, and attractions such as roller coasters.
It is twice as big as the huge Mall of America outside Minneapolis.
The owners of the mall, who expected over 70,000 visitors a day when they started building it. But today it stands empty, with almost no customers entering its gates.
The 553 meter indoor and outdoor roller coaster hasn’t been operated since it was installed and 99% of the shops have never been leased out.
The only ones that do operate are a series of fast food joints at the entrance of the mall and another few shops inside the huge complex.
It is twice as big as the huge Mall of America outside Minneapolis.
The owners of the mall, who expected over 70,000 visitors a day when they started building it. But today it stands empty, with almost no customers entering its gates.
The 553 meter indoor and outdoor roller coaster hasn’t been operated since it was installed and 99% of the shops have never been leased out.
The only ones that do operate are a series of fast food joints at the entrance of the mall and another few shops inside the huge complex.
Jyoti Amge (born December 16, 1993), a resident of Nagpur, India, is currently the world's smallest woman according to the Limca Book of Records and Guinness Book of Records.
A documentary featuring Amge was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on June 11, 2009 at 21:00 called BodyShock: Two Foot High Teen.
As of December 16, 2011 she has been officially declared the World's smallest woman by Guinness Book of Records with a height of 62.8 cm. Her restricted height is due to a growth anomaly called achondroplasia.
A documentary featuring Amge was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on June 11, 2009 at 21:00 called BodyShock: Two Foot High Teen.
As of December 16, 2011 she has been officially declared the World's smallest woman by Guinness Book of Records with a height of 62.8 cm. Her restricted height is due to a growth anomaly called achondroplasia.
Inez Nunez, 18, was arrested on a domestic battery charge around 2:30 p.m. at their home in the 5700 block of West 47th Court, police said.
Nunez's boyfriend had called police and said Nunez hit him in the face and pushed him because he said she was "ugly" and wouldn't have sex with her.
The boyfriend's father said he heard a slap and saw Nunez pushing her boyfriend and fighting with him on the floor. Nunez told police she did slap and push her boyfriend because he was disrespectful.
She added that he choked her and punched her in the chest, although she later changed her account.
Nunez was booked at the Broward County Jail on a $2,500 bond amount.
