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Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-12-25 14:32 Comments

Unearthed gold cakes number rises to 285 at Haihunhou cemetery

Photo taken on Dec 24, 2015 shows the hoof-shaped gold ware unearthed from the main coffin in the Haihunhou (Marquis of Haihun) cemetery, East China's Jiangxi province. There were 96 gold cakes and several hoof-shaped golds newly unearthed between the inner and external coffin at the Haihunhou cemetery on Dec 24, making the number of gold cakes unearthed here rise to 285, the most among all archaeological excavations of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) tombs. [Photo/Xinhua]

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