Tang Dynasty Tombs Unearthed in Beijing 24 June 2008
Four large scale burial sites containing 57 tombs dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) have been excavated early this month in Miyun County (密云县) on the northeast to Olympic city Beijing. Up to a hundred artifacts including jade, bronzeware, pottery, ceremics and coins are unearthed, according the reports by Chinese media. Each tomb in the site is said to be constructed with a layout resembling Chinese character "甲" (for number one) and consitsted of a passageway, a gate and a burial chamber; each burial chamber is reported to have a door in its south wall giving access to a flight of steps that leads to ground. The tomb gates are built in highly elaborate and intricate brickwork, mimicing timber doorway and other timber-based architectural features such as bucket arch, doorface and vault. The burial chambers with brick floor and walls are normally in a square shape that has rouneded corners, with a brick coffin platform built on the north side, and ornate brick lampposts, tables, lattice windows, fake doors, bucked arches, columns constructed along the chamber walls. The underground cemetery was previously hidden in a high school yard. An archaeology investigation carried out since March 2008 evetually led to this large scale excevation. Pre: A Naturally
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