Archeologists have found two tombstones bearing epitaphs from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in Xuzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.
The tomb was a typical boat-shape belonging to the Tang Dynasty and experts presumed it was made for a husband and wife. It is four meters long, three meters wide and 1.5 meters high.
One tablet bears the words "epitaph for Yuan Fu in the Tang Dynasty" and the other elaborated on the deceased Yuan Fu, but the exact content was unknown since the stone was covered in calcium salt deposits.
Most of the owners of the ancient tombs are unidentifiable because of an absence of epitaphs, and it is rather rare in Xuzhou, a city abounding in relics of the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 220), to find such complete epitaphs dating from the Tang Dynasty.
(Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2003)
