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1,500 Year Old Armour Found By Road Workers


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Well, what do I know, but I have just stumbled upon this link:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/workers-paving-Japanese-road-unearth-remarkable-1500-year-old-armor-and-021831

 

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Could you imagine? You are tired after working for hours on fixing a roadway when you suddenly find a strange slab of stone. This gives you a jolt of energy and you call a coworker over. Together you dig away furiously to see what the stone belongs to. Eventually you reveal a stone coffin. Curiosity peaked and a hint of the possibility of treasure lead you to slowly lift open the lid…inside you find a well-preserved set of weapons and some really old armor. Time to call an archaeologist in!

This may be something like how workers paving a road in the Osumi region in the eastern Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan stumbled upon a 1,500-year-old tunnel tomb. The Asahi Shimbun reports that a pumice stone coffin, well-preserved armor, and human remains were unearthed by laborers this past December. This type of tomb is only found in the southern Kyushu region.

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See also the embedded Asahi Shimbun link:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802140003.html

 

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SHIBUSHI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Workers paving a farm road here stumbled on a 1,500-year-old underground tomb containing a large stone coffin, human remains and armor in remarkable condition.

The remains are likely of a local chieftain while the cuirass, a type of breastplate known as “tanko,” is believed to have been a gift from the Yamato imperial court in current Nara Prefecture in appreciation of the leader’s cooperation, the education board of Shibushi city said Jan. 24.

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BaZZa.

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Thanks for sharing Bazza. Most of those tombs are found on Kyushu. But the state of preservation is really exeptional.

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