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Yangshan Quarry

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Ming Dynasty quarry near Nanjing (commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, 1405). Three unfinished megalithic steles intended for the Xiaoling Mausoleum, the largest weighing an estimated 16,000+ tons. Abandoned mid-carving. Why and how transport was attempted at this scale remains unexplained.

32.0500°, 118.9333°

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