A cluster of 12 tombs estimated to be more than 1,500 years old has been discovered in northern China. The tombs are thought to date to the Sixteen Kingdoms period (304 to 439 CE). The tombs each had a passage, a door, and a path leading to the coffin chamber, and were arranged in two rows, perhaps because the occupants belonged to a single extended family. Genetic testing may be conducted to confirm that hypothesis.
What makes the finds particularly exciting are the never-before-seen burial customs. Some had a small pit in one corner of the coffin chamber, filled with stones. Some of the tombs’ occupants had their feet held down by square stones. Figurines of warriors, servants, and animals made of pottery, and mirrors, stamps, hair clasps, pins, bracelets, bells, and coins made of bronze were also found in the tombs, all artifacts which have been found in other Chinese tombs, so a little less exciting.
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