File photo of relics found at the Great Marquis Haihun's Tomb in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. (Photo/Xinhua)
7. MOST COMPLETE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY TOMB
In November 2015, excavation began on the 2,000-year-old tomb of Haihunhou, the Marquis of Haihun, which turned out to be the most complete Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- 25 A.D.) cemetery ever found.
Teeth from the coffin of the marquis are being subjected to DNA analysis.
The marquis's tomb near Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, is one of the few imperial tombs that have not been looted. More than 10,000 artifacts have been unearthed so far.
The marquis, Liu He, was grandson of Emperor Wu, whose reign ushered in one of the most prosperous periods in China's history.
