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Article: 5 ancient tombs of Song and Ming Dynasties discovered in China.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- May 29, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Shanghai, May 29 (ANI): An archaeological team has discovered five ancient tombs of the Song and Ming dynasties in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province.
According to a report in Shanghai Daily, the burial sites were originally accidentally discovered by workers of local electricity supply department when they made the ground work to set up a power-supply tower, a member of the archaeological team said.
The history of the tombs dated back to Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), confirmed by the experts who studied the discoveries from inside the tombs.
"We find at last 5 tombs in No.57 (Electricity-Supply) ...