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<< Text Pages >> Xiqianliu - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in China

Submitted by DrewParsons on Sunday, 23 May 2010  Page Views: 4304

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Xiqianliu
Country: China
NOTE: This site is 190.141 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Xingtai  Nearest Village: Xiqianliu
Latitude: 37.068000N  Longitude: 114.455000E
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Ancient tombs unearthed at Xiqianliu village, in Xingtai's Qiaoxi District, Hebei Province, China.

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 18 ancient tombs while working on a water diversion project in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, China. Two of the tombs date back to the Yuan Dynasty (1206 AD -1368 AD) and had apparently been robbed of all their valuables. Previously a further 104 tombs spanning from the Warring States Period (475 BC - 221 BC) through to the Qing Dynasty have been found at this site.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/17/c_13177979.htm

Xingtai traces its origins back to the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC to 1046 BC). During the era when the Warring States tombs described above were constructed the city was the capital city for the Zhao Dynasty. Much damage occurred in the 1968 AD major earthquake which destroyed more than 5 million homes in the city and immediate region.
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Re: Xiqianliu by DrewParsons on Sunday, 23 May 2010
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18 ancient tombs unearthed in N China: News item resourced by coldrum

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 18 ancient tombs while working on a south-to-north water diversion project in Xingtai City in north China's Hebei province.

The tombs were found in Xiqianliu village, in Xingtai's Qiaoxi District, Li Enwei, chief of the city's cultural heritage bureau, said Wednesday.

Li said 16 of the tombs dated back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and contained about 100 pieces of porcelain, tiles and copper coins.

The other two tombs date back to the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368 A.D.) and had apparently been robbed of all their valuables.

"We excavated an area of 500 square meters around the reservoir area in the village in December," Li said.

Before these tombs were unearthed last month, Li said archeologists had already discovered 104 ancient tombs along the water diversion route in Xingtai, he said. "These ones spanned the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221B.C.) to the Qing Dynasty."

The ambitious project to divert water from China's south to the arid north runs for 93.3 kilometers in Xingtai city and passes 97 villages and 14 major heritage sites.

Archeological excavations began in August 2009 to preserve the cultural heritage.

Li and his colleagues believe the new findings will shed light on local history and folk customs such as funeral rites.

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