1. 陵墓:蛆虫 | Maggot | 陵墓 | Tombs | 库拉斯特 | Kurast
1. The day trip is led by an expert who will share the folklore and history of the tombs and their royal inhabitants.
2. All of the tombs are paved with cinnabar and traces of coffins can still be seen.
3. Shi said many of the tombs were clustered together, so the real extent of the damage is still unknown.
4. Due to its size, we know the tombs come from the Song Dynasty.
5. Initial excavation also discovered a dog, which was a common sacrificial animal for the tombs of the Zheng State.
6. Archaeologists from Shaanxi provincial archaeological research institute started a comprehensive survey of the three tombs early last year.
7. The piece is just one of a number of historic relics at Maoling and 12 other sites which comprise the Ming Tombs under State protection.
8. The exact cost of the tombs is not available, but the outer walls alone took 16 masons two years to construct.
9. The tombs were found in Chuzhou city on March 27, when construction workers on a large project unearthed a large number of ancient bricks.
10. But the craze for building luxury tombs in some localities has reduced it to a rather unseemly show of wealth.