When they built the Three Gorges Dam, it flooded major archaeological sites
I remember the archaeologists bitching on the news a long time ago
Had to uncover what they could at max speed to beat the flood
Looking back now, I wonder how significant all that actually was
https://archive.archaeology.org/9611/abstracts/3gorges.html
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2003/Aug/72396.htm