Royal tomb discovered


Important find: An aerial photo of the excavation site of the mausoleum located in Jiangcun Village. Archaeologists have identified it as the tomb of Emperor Liu Heng, the fourth son of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. — Xinhua

CHINESE archaeologists announced that the grand tomb of Liu Heng, a Han Dynasty emperor, has been identified.

Located in Jiangcun, a village in the outskirts of Xian city in northwestern Shaanxi province, the large-scale mausoleum was discovered in 2006.

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