(250528) -- URUMQI, May 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo shows ancient rock paintings in the northern region of Sayram Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Archaeologists have uncovered 30 ancient rock paintings in the northern region of Sayram Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking the first such discovery in the area.

TO GO WITH "2,500-year-old rock paintings discovered in northwest China" (Photo by Yuan Junxia/Xinhua)