Wandering around the Forbidden City in Beijing, China visitors can breathe in history and appreciate various structures that were built in accordance with traditional Chinese architectural hierarchy.
In order to study the construction and renovation history of this complex, a team of Chinese researchers has successfully pinpointed the growth years of three ancient timbers in the Forbidden City and traced their geographical origins via oxygen isotope analysis.
Xu Chenxi, a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy o
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