August
05
/ 2014
Archaeologists in China have announced the discovery of an ancient tomb belonging to a King Liu Fei, who ruled over the Jiangdu Kingdom in China 2,100 years ago, according to a report in Live Science. The spectacular mausoleum, which contains three main tombs and eleven attendant tombs, was found to contain more than 10,000 artifacts, including several life-size chariots, dozens of smaller chariots, a weapons cache, musical instruments, and thousands of relics made of gold, silver, bronze, jade and lacquer. The 490-metre-long burial complex was first discovered in 2009 in Xuyi County in Jiangsu, and has been excavated over a number of years. The results of the excavations have just been published in the journal of Chinese Archaeology. King Liu
