The thirteen tombs of the Ming dynasty occupy 15.6 square miles, rivaling anything constructed for the living. The tombs are located in Changping district, in Beijing, and lie at the foot of the Tianshou Mountains.

The research is the work of the University of Cambridge's Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction (CSIC) and geosynthetics manufacturer Huesker.

The Bloomer Girls played a respectable brand of baseball, to be sure, but they didn't throw 350-foot laser beams from deep center, or chew Red Man during ballgames.

Those pretty spangled Toys … known by various names, as Porcelains, Hyacinths, Ermines, &c.