More than 200 historians and archaeologists from China, Japan and South Korea attended the International Symposium on the History and Culture of the Haihun Site held in East China's Jiangxi Province on Saturday, according to the Nanchang Administration for Relics from the Han Dynasty Haihun Principality, the site's administrative institution.
Part of the 15th annual meeting of the China Society of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the symposium focused on several topics including the history and culture of the Haihun Principality, as well as the latest archaeological progress at the site. The 2015 excavation of the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, the short-reigned ninth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) who stayed on the throne for a mere 27 days before being removed and later downgraded to a marquis, was considered the biggest archaeological event of that year in China.
Excavation of the site's No.2 Tomb - believed to belong to the marquis' wife, is set to kick off in late October.
