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New
Discovery at 2000-Year-Old Tomb
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????After a long-term
excavation, Chinese archeologists have discovered net-shaped roads
and chessboard-shaped residential quarters at Yangling Mausoleum
of Emperor Jingdi of the Han Dynasty (BC206-220AD).
????The discovery is of great importance to
the study of ancient Chinese cities, especially the small cities
during the Qin and Han dynasties, said Jiao Nanfeng, head of the
archeological team.
????Yangling is the joint tomb of Liu Qi, the
fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (BC206-24AD), and the
empress. The mausoleum covers 12 square kilometers, accounting
for one-third of the area of the ancient city of Chang'an, capital
of the Han Dynasty.
????Archeologists found 11 east-west roads and
23 north-south roads with the width ranging from three to six
meters at the mausoleum. Ruins of residential quarters were seen
between the roads. Some hollow bricks were unearthed from a rectangular
pit.
(Xinhua 02/03/2001)
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