HONG KONG

HONG KONG: Despite World War II and the city’s celebrated modern development, a few fragments of old Hong Kong still survive, such as a recently identified stone marker. It is engraved “B.O. No. 4,” which refers to the “Board of Ordnance,” the British military group responsible for mapping prior to 1855. The position of the stone, in a resort village that was once the site of the British barracks, was confirmed on an 1845 map. It dates to the earliest years of British occupation following the First Opium War (1839–1842). —Samir S. Patel

Via: Archaeological Headlines - Archaeology Magazine