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Stone
Coffin Unearthed in Hebei Province
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????An ancient stone
coffin dating back 2,000 to 3,000 years ago has been excavated in
Fengning County in north China's Hebei Province.
????Archeologists unearthed 19 relics, including bronze wares, stone
wares and bone items. They believed that the relics belonged to
the people of the Shanrong ethnic group, who lived during the Spring
and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C) and the Warring States Period (475-221
B.C.).
????Archaeologists also discovered ruins of a temple and mills in
the Liao Dynasty (907-1125) and Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) in the
area around the coffin.
They believed that the unearthed relics will shed light on the study
of the history of the area in northern Beijing.
(People's Daily 11/03/2000)
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