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Tomb of Han Dynasty raided despite sand protection (1/3)

2019-05-07 10:58:21 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

$A view of a tomb from the late Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) found in Xi\'an City, Northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province. Zhu Lianhua, the deputy director of the Xi\'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said despite sand being filled around the tomb to protect it, raiders had struck at the site many times. (Photo provided by the Xi\'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute)$

A view of a tomb from the late Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) found in Xi'an City, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Zhu Lianhua, the deputy director of the Xi'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said despite sand being filled around the tomb to protect it, raiders had struck at the site many times. (Photo provided by the Xi'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute)

$A brick displaying Chinese characters was found during the excavation of a tomb from the late Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) in Xi\'an City, Northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province. Zhu Lianhua, the deputy director of the Xi\'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said despite sand being filled around the tomb to protect it, raiders had struck at the site many times. (Photo provided by the Xi\'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute)$

A brick displaying Chinese characters was found during the excavation of a tomb from the late Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) in Xi'an City, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Zhu Lianhua, the deputy director of the Xi'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said despite sand being filled around the tomb to protect it, raiders had struck at the site many times. (Photo provided by the Xi'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute)

$A view of a tomb from the late Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) found in Xi\'an City, Northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province. Zhu Lianhua, the deputy director of the Xi\'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said despite sand being filled around the tomb to protect it, raiders had struck at the site many times. (Photo provided by the Xi\'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute)$

A view of a tomb from the late Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) found in Xi'an City, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Zhu Lianhua, the deputy director of the Xi'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said despite sand being filled around the tomb to protect it, raiders had struck at the site many times. (Photo provided by the Xi'an Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute)