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Found : A 40-meter-long tunnel
Filed Under (Historia) by Targenor on 31-12-2010
Tagged Under : cao cao, chinese archaeologists, clay, complex, military genius, mortal, tomb, underground burial chamber, underground tombs, warlord
A 40-meter-long tunnel leads down into a tomb where the remains of Emperor Cao Cao is located.
In central China, archaeologists have excavated a huge tomb complex that belonged to the legendary legendary warlord and emperor Cao Cao.
The tunnel of underground tombs
The complex is about 750 square meters and houses including a 40-meter-long tunnel that leads to an underground burial chamber. There, researchers have found the mortal remains of three people – two women and an elderly man. According to Chinese archaeologists would be the man, Cao Cao, who died when he was 65, year 220 AD The two women should be the Empress and a maid.
The tomb was also found about 250 objects, including paintings depicting life in China of 200′s and clay tablets that refer to Cao Cao. According to the researchers tuning more grave’s location and design of historical sources, which include mentions that Cao Cao was given a simple grave, ”but gold and jade” on ”barren land”.
Cao Cao is a popular figure in Chinese history. He is known as a great poet but also as a military genius. Cao Cao unified northern China after the Han dynasty collapse in the 200 century.
Among the objects found there are beads and several clay tablets.
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