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40 rare coffins unearthed in China

Written by DeadGirl
Monday, 30 April 2007
Beijing--Chinese archaeologists have found for the first time a 2,500-year old tomb containing more than 40 coffins made of a rare wood called nanmu in eastern Jiangxi province. The tomb, 16 meters long, about 11.5 meters wide and three meters deep, is located at Lijia village in Jing'an county. It is believed to date back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-221 B.C.), said Fan Changsheng, director of the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. The coffins, 2.5 to 2.8 meters long and 0.5 meters wide, were laid out side by side in an orderly fashion. Archaeologists have not been able to measure their height because they are still sunk into the silt, Xinhua news agency reported. Archaeologists are now wondering about the identity of the remains, the cause of death, the burial date and why the people were buried together, Fan said, adding that care and sophisticated technology is needed to open the coffins in order to preserve the cultural relics and the remains inside. A group of senior experts from prestigious archaeological institutes across China have arrived at the tomb site and will open the coffins in May. "The mystery inside the coffins will be revealed then," he said. Archaeologists began the excavation on January 6 to protect the cultural relics after grave robbers attempted to open the rare coffins at the tomb site. Although the coffins were not damaged, a dozen cultural relics near the coffins vanished, local police said. Police have arrested the robbers, seizing cultural relics including bronze woodworking tools, lacquered spoons and wooden combs. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/China/40_rare_coffins_unearthed_in_China/articleshow/1980840.cms

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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