Millennium ancient tomb unearthed in Xinjiang in Han and Jin clay pot bronze relics | | cemetery _ news of cultural relics news

CNS, Wulumuqi, June 6 (reporters Sun Ting and Wen and He Dawei)-May 16, by the experts from the Institute of archaeology and habahe County of Xinjiang cultural relics Bureau composed of staff members of the joint archaeological team, more than 20 kilometers from habahe County County archaeological excavation of the halasu cemetery. At present, work is progressing on the archaeological excavations have been unearthed from the Han dynasty relics.

A few days ago, reporters at the construction site of halasu archaeological excavations of the cemetery, dug out of mud and rocks from the cemetery, has piled up into the hills around the Tomb, and archaeological workers are finishing the artifacts and human remains in a tomb.

"This tomb is larger and we spent four or five days to get the Tomb cleaned up, can now be seen in the burial chamber under the next four horses buried coffin tomb of these horse skeleton is complete. "According to the Xinjiang Institute of archaeology researcher Yu Jianjun introduced, on the East side of the horses there is a tomb of coffin, burial may be for two people, Tomb coffin surrounded by clay pots, bronze mirrors, iron nailed copper nails and other objects.

Archaeologists on the structure of the tombs and unearthed relics, such as pottery, generally speculate as the tombs of the era. Yu Jianjun said this type of Tomb structure, Ou Ya (Strip) is still relatively rare, and continued longer, tombs of the era, suggesting possible in the Han and Jin dynasties.

It is learnt that the excavations halasu burial tombs was 53, the largest Tomb 33 meters in diameter, the smallest is 10 meters. In recent years, habahe County has been successively on the dongtalede necropolis, Garang timelapse necropolis, archaeological excavations of burial ground, and tuogan thanks to 2nd, and unearthed more than 300 exhibits.

It is reported, is located in habahe County of Xinjiang's northwestern edge there are the ancient cultural remains at 78, 51 graves were 1079 tombs, ancient cultural relics of ancient peoples migrated, the original religion of mankind, provided important archaeological basis for production and life. (End text)

(Original title: Millennium ancient tomb unearthed in Xinjiang Han bronze mirror in Jin clay pots and other artifacts)

17:32 June 06, 2014 China News Network