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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Anhak Royal Palace Tomb and Observatory
Country: North Korea
NOTE: This site is 3.411 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Pyongyang  Nearest Village: Mt Taesong
Latitude: 39.021000N  Longitude: 125.756000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Mural decorated passage grave and observatory near Pyongyang. A ruined ancient observatory known as a chomsongdae (sometimes spelt cheomseongdae and meaning "star gazing platform") together with a mural decorated passage tomb have been found by a team of archaeologists from Kim Il Sung University.

The site is located to the west of the remains of the Anhak Royal Palace at the foot of Mt Taesong which is 10 kilometres north east of Pyongyang.

The tomb comprises a 3.05 metre passage leading to a square stone chamber 3.1 metres by 3.0 metres and 1.6 metres high. Inside the chamber there is a very faded mural although it is still possible to recognise green lotus designs and black water droplet patterns in it. Finds include axe blade shaped arrow heads, an iron nail and dark grey pot sherds.

The associated observatory (chomsongdae) would have been used for astronomical observations and associated astrological functions, the two mutually intertwined at that time. It has a quadrilateral shape some 7.5 metres by 6.7 metres surrounded by a demarcated heptangular area. Similar observatories have been found in other parts of the Korean Peninsula, those have been dated to the 7th century AD, around the time of the Silla Kingdom.

The twin site is located near the Taesongsan Funfair, the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery and Kim Il Sung Memorial Palace on the slopes of Mt Taesong (meaning Big Fort). Unsurprisingly it has the remains of a fort dating from 427 AD on its 272 meter high peak . Nearby is the site of the Kwangbop Temple which originates from 392. In 1953 bombs destroyed the temple and in 1982-90 it was rebuilt.

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