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UPDATED: 08:58, October 18, 2004 |
| Highest-grade tombs found at the site of Zhougong Temple |
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Archaeologists work at the large tomb No. 18 of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-771 BC) at the site of the Zhougong Temple in Qishan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 17, 2004. An excavation ceremony was held on Sunday at the site, which has tombs of the highest rank dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. Archaeologists have so far found 22 tombs of the highest rank, 10 of which have four tomb passages, four have three, four have two and the other four have one.
Workers clean up before excavating the large tomb ranked No. 32 of ancient China's Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-771 BC) at the site of the Zhougong Temple in Qishan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 17, 2004. An excavation ceremony was held on Sunday at the site of the Zhougong Temple, which has tombs of the highest rank dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty.
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