Europe has seen weeks of blistering drought, which has also uncovered long-buried riches. A similar incident has occurred in China as ancient Buddha statues were revealed after receding water levels of China’s Yangtze river.
Dropping Yangtze River water levels have uncovered a submerged island in the city of Chongqing in southwest China and three Buddha statues on it that are thought to be 600 years old, according to state media Xinhua.
The three statues were discovered on the highest...