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  • Archaeologists Unearth Someone They Weren’t Expecting in a 1,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb

    05/22/2025 12:13:21 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    Daily Galaxy ^ | May 22, 2025 | Staff
    A centuries-old tomb uncovered in China reveals a stunning discovery that challenges everything we know about the Tang dynasty. Among the vibrant murals, a mysterious foreign figure stands out. A Panoramic View Of The Tomb. Photo courtesy of Jinyang Ancient City Research Institute | The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel ========================================================================= In 2018, construction work on a road in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, led to an unexpected archaeological discovery. Researchers uncovered a tomb from the Tang dynasty, dated to the year 736 AD, that contained detailed murals illustrating everyday life during that period. The tomb...