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Culture: Gold items found in 2,000-year-old tomb

On Nov 17, Chinese archaeologists unearthed 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province. The tomb, which dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), contained 25 golden hoofs and 50 large gold coins - making the find the largest single batch of gold items discovered in a tomb from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).