This is an ancient tomb discovered just last year in China, called the Wangzhuang ruins. The burial chamber is an exceptional 182 square feet and now experts say they have dated the site as having been built some 5,000 years ago.
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00:00This is an ancient tomb discovered just last year in China, called the Wangzhong Ruins.
00:09The burial chamber is an exceptionally large 182 square feet, and now experts say they
00:14have dated the site as having been built some 5,000 years ago.
00:18The area was likely occupied during the Dao Wenku culture, which existed in the area from
00:22around 4000 BC to 2600 BC, with the archaeologists saying that this tomb specifically, given
00:27its size and wealth of artifacts, likely belonged to royalty.
00:31Since its discovery, archaeologists have unearthed some 350 artifacts.
00:35Experts also say that this likely means the ruins around the tomb are the remains of the
00:39ancient civilization's capital.
00:42This is just one of many tombs discovered recently in central China's Henan province.
00:46This year alone, some 45 Dao Wenku culture tombs have been unearthed.
00:50As part of other excavations, archaeologists have uncovered around 1,000 burial artifacts,
00:55providing new clues about the long-lost peoples.
00:57The Dao Wenku culture was one of the first in Asia to begin farming and making pottery
01:02and musical instruments.