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)
