Saturday 28 March 2015

Mural paintings unearthed in Yuan Dynasty tomb




Ecns.cn 27 March 2015
Mural paintings have been found in a tomb dating from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) during construction in Taiyuan, North China’s Shanxi province, March 27, 2015. The paintings in the octagonal tomb feature people, flowers and birds. Feng Gang, an archaeologist at the Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute in Taiyuan, says the findings are of considerable value to history, art and science. Restoration work has begun to preserve the findings. (Photo: China News Service/Wei Liang)






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