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Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

China daily Europe 25 December 2015
    Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

Photo's taken on Dec 24, 2015 show the hoof-shaped gold ware unearthed from the main coffin in the Haihunhou (Marquis of Haihun) cemetery, East China's Jiangxi province. There were 96 gold cakes and several hoof-shaped golds newly unearthed between the inner and external coffin at the Haihunhou cemetery on Dec 24, making the number of gold cakes unearthed here rise to 285, the most among all archaeological excavations of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) tombs. [Photo/Xinhua]


Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery
Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

Gold plates unearthed in coffin of ancient tomb in Jiangxi


Photo's taken on Dec 22, 2015 show a gold plate at the unearthing site of the Marquis of Haihunhou tomb in Nanchang, East China's Jiangxi province. 
Archaeologists unearthed several gold plates in the main coffin of the tomb, first ever from the tombs dated back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24). [Photo/Xinhua]

Gold plates unearthed in coffin of ancient tomb in Jiangxi

Gold plates unearthed in coffin of ancient tomb in Jiangxi

Gold plates unearthed in coffin of ancient tomb in Jiangxi

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