Ancient Stone-Coffin Tombs Found in TibetChinese archaeologists have found eight stone-coffin tombs at the Gowanyg Lake while carrying out a research tour in the almost uninhabited northwestern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region.The 4,600-meter-high lake located at a village in Nyima County of the Nagqu Prefecture, a land assarted and populated in 1970s. "Stone-made coffins were discovered in the tombs," said an expert with Tibet University. The ethnic people living there have no funeral convention of stone coffins and no similar materials to make these kinds of coffins were found nearby, he said. Before the discovery, stone-coffin tombs were only reported in two historical ruins in Lhasa, capital of Tibet and Qamdo Prefecture in southeastern part of the autonomous region. According to the expert, the tombs can be dated back to 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. The tombs probably belong to overseas ethnic groups, the expert said, adding that the discovery will provide valuable clues for study on history and culture of Tibet in ancient time. |
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