China News Service, Xi'an, February 16 (Reporter Alina Zhang Yichen) The reporter learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology on the 16th that within the scope of the third phase expansion project of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, more than 4,600 ancient cultural relics of various types were discovered. , Including more than 3,500 ancient tombs of various periods.
In the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, all members of the Konggang New City Archaeological Research Base of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology responded to the call of the New Year in situ, gave up vacations, and worked overtime to carry out archaeological excavations to ensure the smooth progress of the third-phase expansion project of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
It is understood that the third-phase expansion project of Xi’an Xianyang International Airport is currently the largest civil aviation project in Northwest China, which is of great significance to the construction of Xi’an International Aviation Hub in Shaanxi Province.
Within the scope of the construction project, more than 4,600 ancient cultural relics of various types were discovered through exploration, including more than 3,500 ancient tombs of various periods.
During the Spring Festival holiday from February 4th to 17th, the Airport New City Archaeological Research Base mobilized more than 60 employees, and 7 labor service companies cooperated with more than 900 workers to carry out the third-phase expansion project of the airport, including the south and north flight areas and terminal areas. Archaeological excavations in the construction area.
In fact, it is not accidental that Shaanxi, a province with large cultural relics resources, "changed" the archaeological site on construction sites.
In 2010, in order to cooperate with the construction of the second-phase expansion project of Xi'an Xianyang Airport, the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute conducted archaeological excavations in the project construction area. More than 60 tombs were excavated and more than 1,300 cultural relics were unearthed.
In 2011, during the construction of Xi'an Metro Line 2 in Dongsanyaobao Village, 6 ancient tombs were discovered and more than 40 cultural relics were unearthed.
According to statistics, in 2020, Shaanxi Province will carry out a total of 179 archaeological projects of various types, completing archaeological surveys of approximately 609 square kilometers, archaeological exploration of approximately 11.8 million square meters, excavation of 3,956 ancient tombs and ancient ruins of 105,800 square meters.
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