Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a well-preserved tomb from
the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265 -420) in east China's Jiangxi
Province.
The tomb is located at a railway construction site in Nanchang,
the capital city of Jiangxi. The 6.7-meter-by-1.75-meter tomb
chamber is about 5 meters underground and contains a 3.3-meter
long, 0.6-meter wide and 0.5 meter-high coffin.
The remains of the body inside are air slaked amid
30-centimeter-thick silt. The 32 objects unearthed from the coffin
included a bronze mirror, a lacquer case, a silver hairpin, a
wooden comb, pearls and copper coins.
Adding the 20 pottery and bronze items found around the tomb
chamber, there were a total of 52 cultural relics excavated from
the tomb.
The relics will provide valuable clues for the study of ancient
burial customs in the area, archeological experts said, adding that
further research on the relics will be carried out to reveal the
status of the person in the tomb.
In 1997, Chinese archaeologists unearthed six tombs, dating back
to the Western Jin Dynasty (265 317), in a site only 15 meters away
from the Eastern Jin tomb. One hundred and twenty-four pottery,
bronze, gold and silver objects, including two rare relics of
state-level value, were excavated from the tombs.
(Xinhua News Agency March 8, 2006)
