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Intricate millennium-old tomb discovered under a high school in China
Daily Mail ^
| 08.05.2015
| Qin Xie
Posted on 08/05/2015 11:03:43 AM PDT by dware
Builders digging at a Chinese secondary school had the rare fortune to stumble upon an ancient tomb.
Archaeologists have since excavated the tomb in Jiangjin, a district in Chongqing, south west China, to reveal an enormous, double-chambered burial site.
The large scale tomb, believed to be built during the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279AD), is extreme intricate in design and layout, reported People's Daily Online.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: china; godsgravesglyphs; songdynasty
Pics @ link - gorgeous stone work.
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08/05/2015 11:03:43 AM PDT
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dware
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/05/2015 11:03:59 AM PDT
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dware
(Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
To: Admin Moderator
Left out the “I” at the very beginning. DOH! Can you assist?
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08/05/2015 11:05:04 AM PDT
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dware
(Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
To: dware; SunkenCiv
The carvings really are breathtaking.
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08/05/2015 11:05:47 AM PDT
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Jamestown1630
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To: dware
There is a LOT of history in china because there has been a LOT of people in china over the last several thousand years.
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08/05/2015 11:10:38 AM PDT
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GraceG
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To: dware
While reading this it occurred to me that, given our government's proclivities, perhaps today we are living in the Songandance Dynasty.
P.S. I was once lucky enough to snag a low-class rice bowl from the Southern Song, the design of which was, I think, the basis for omojawan, the wide-and-flat tea bowls used in summer Japanese tea ceremony.
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08/05/2015 11:12:08 AM PDT
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chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: dware
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08/05/2015 11:29:02 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
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Thanks dware.
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08/05/2015 12:50:18 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Jamestown1630; All
Beautiful carvings especially of floral elements.
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08/06/2015 12:42:20 AM PDT
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gleeaikin
To: gleeaikin
Absolutely! And after I posted about the carvings, I realized that I had never used the term ‘breathtaking’ before.
Very beautiful styling and execution.
Ancient people have a lot to teach us, through what they left behind.
-JT
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08/06/2015 7:06:38 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
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