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  • Chariot and horse burial chamber excavated in Henan [Eastern Zhou period]

    02/23/2009 7:59:17 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies · 340+ views
    China Central Television ^ | February 19, 2009 | CRI, ed by Liu Fang
    The excavation site contains 29 tombs, including two imperial wooden chariots and two dead horses. Field work for this excavation began in August 2008 and took archaeologists three months to finish. Many artifacts such as pottery, bronze weapons and jade were found despite the fact that most of the tombs had already been plundered by grave robbers. The horses, laying back to back in an orderly arrangement, were evidently killed before the burial. The two wooden chariots had rotted away, leaving only dusts. According to local archaeologists, this is also the first time a burial chamber with two horses and...