Archaeologists have discovered a group of 75 ancient tombs in eastern China, some of which are from 2,000 years of the Han Dynasty.
According to a press release issued on June 6 on June 6, from April 2024 to December 2024, the research team of the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, which cooperated with Qianshan City City Cultural Relics Protection Center and Qianshan City Museum, released 75 tombs and 4 kilns on the project website on June 6.
The discovery is known as the “Hupu Grave Group” and is located in Qili Village, Meicheng Town, Qianshan City, Anhui Province, eastern China.
The press release noted that the “Hupu Tomb” “because mainly from the warring states and the Han Dynasty, the Six Dynasty and Song Dynasty were very small.” The decay affected most of the buried objects and human skeletons in the tombs, “only traces of coffins, grooves in sleepers and some buried objects.” Although most of the tombs were “seriously disturbed” by robbers, archaeologists were still able to unearth more than 300 artifacts, including bronze, iron, lacquered wood, jade and pottery.
While most grave owners are civilians, while some may be low-ranking nobles at the academic level, the press release points out the size of some graves, as well as “exquisite burial objects”, probably because the owner is a wealthy landlord.
The excavation also comes with door leaves, lacquered wooden pots and flat round box-shaped pottery, rare items compared to past excavations in the region, “and add rare items, rare items to study the long-term funeral customs and cultural customs and cultural evolution, social changes, social changes and development of Southwest Anhui.”
The four kilns officially officially in the Southern Song Dynasty were also the first batch of kilns officially excavated from AnQing City during this period. “They are also valuable in studying the development of kiln technology in the region, the history of Ankui City architecture, and the official system of the Southern Song Dynasty,” the release said.
A report on the excavation noted that seven of the 37 graves during the wartime period had “relatively well preserved coffins” with many burial objects, head chambers and side chambers built of square wood. Burial objects include utensils, jade, lacquered wood, pottery, and various pots, jars and towels made of copper.
Over the years, the excavations have been connected to the “hundreds of tombs” of the warring countries and the Han Dynasty.
The news of the discovery was first of all Miami pioneer.
