Three Jurchen Jin-style tombs in northeastern China

Three Jurchen Jin-style tombs in northeastern China

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Three centuries-old brick tombs discovered in northeastern China may hold the remains of a non-Chinese people that ruled the region nearly a millennium ago. The tombs, located in the city of Changzhi in Shanxi province, are from the Jurchen Jin dynasty, which ruled in northern China between 1115 and 1234. At some point, the tombs had been damaged by looting, but all three were relatively well preserved and included painted murals

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