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| Archaeologists uncover ancient tomb complex in far west China
BEIJING, June 4 () -- Chinese archaeologists say a cluster of ancient tombs in the country's far west are arranged in a manner that implies a sun-worshiping culture.The tombs were found in Xinjiang's Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, a border region neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.Located on a crossroads of the ancient Silk Road, the tombs have been dated to about 2,500 years ago,[url=http://www.jdebug.net]Jimmy Choo Outlet[/url], or 300 years before China's first emperor established the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.)Eights tombs, each 6 feet in diameter, were arranged on a 100-yard by 50-yard platform, with lines of black stones and lines of white stones stretching alongside like sun rays, the archaeology team with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said."The ray-like stone strings might imply sun worship. No similar ones have been detected before in all of Central Asia,[url=http://www.sorkan.com/]christian louboutin discount[/url]," team leader Wu Xinhua said.The people buried in the tombs might have been of high social status, the researchers said, because the black stones lined up with a certain pattern were a rare resource in the area and were likely carried to the tomb site from afar. |
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