China Focus: Highlights of top 10 archeological finds in 2014 (7)

7. Yihenaoer cemetery in Zhengxiangbai Banner, Inner Mongolia. About 1,500 years ago, the tomb group provides evidence for the cultural exchange and trade on the ancient grassland Silk Road route extending from Inner Mongolia to Europe via central, western Asia. Unearthed artifacts such as gold necklaces and glass bowls showed cultural features of countries around the Mediterranean Sea.