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Ancient tomb unveiled in Nara
Japan Times ^ | 10/23/2009 | unattributed

Posted on 10/23/2009 8:52:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

KASHIHARA, Nara Pref. (Kyodo) Archaeologists showed to the media Thursday a stone chamber that was excavated at an ancient tomb near Nara and is believed to date back to the late third to early fourth centuries.

The red-colored chamber measures 6.75 meters long, 1.2 meters wide and 1.7 meters high, and forms the core part of the Sakurai Chausu-yama burial mound in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture.

The Nara Prefectural Kashihara Archaeological Institute restarted research on the chamber earlier this year to look into its structure.

The tomb is believed to be that of a nobleman in the early years of the Yamato dynasty, which ruled major parts of Japan from the third to seventh centuries.

The walls of the stone chamber, the core part of the tomb, are made of more than 1,000 processed stone plates, each measuring 30 to 40 cm wide. Precious cinnabar pigment has been used abundantly to color the stone chamber.

The tomb will be open to the public from Oct. 29 to 31.

(Excerpt) Read more at search.japantimes.co.jp ...


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Gotta love that -- "kyodo photo".
Fit for a nobleman: A red-colored chamber that forms the core part of the Sakurai Chausu-yama tomb in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, was unveiled to the media Thursday. KYODO PHOTO

Ancient tomb unveiled in Nara

1 posted on 10/23/2009 8:52:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 10/23/2009 8:53:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

Before keyhole shaped mounds became the standard, a wide variety of mounds of differing shapes and sizes could be found all over Japan. These can be classed into the main types: 1. empun: round tomb mound; 2. zempo koen fun: front-square and rear-round tomb mound; 3. zempo koho fun: front-square and rear-square tomb mound; 4. hofun: square tomb mound


3 posted on 10/23/2009 9:52:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Looks kinda UFOish.


4 posted on 10/23/2009 10:23:40 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (I love it every time a POS dies at the hands of a victim.)
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To: SunkenCiv
He probably though he lived a good life.

Even our most 'poverty stricken' (lazy POS's) today are fat and have big-screen TV's and do nothing all day.

5 posted on 10/23/2009 10:34:26 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Hey, I don’t even *have* a big-screen TV yet. ;’)


6 posted on 10/24/2009 7:22:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: JoeProBono

Thanks!

Speakin’ of pics... my Detroit Lions are having a bye week (of course, they often have a “bye” week any time they play as well), so I’d be interested in hearing any NFL pics, er, picks you have. If you do. :’)


7 posted on 10/24/2009 7:55:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/ancient-mysteries?vpid=p07lq611


8 posted on 08/16/2020 2:48:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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