Rare Western Han Dynasty tomb found in SW China

A well-preserved tomb, dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD), with a clear recorded year has been discovered in Wulong District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. More than 600 precious cultural relics such as lacquerware, wood ware, bamboo ware, pottery and bronze ware were unearthed from the tomb. 　

Due to the tomb being filled with water throughout the year, it remains undisturbed and unharmed, and the funerary objects in the tomb are well preserved. 　

Based on publicly available information, it is also the earliest tomb of the Western Han Dynasty found in China, with a clear recorded year,　according to Huang Wei, the leader of the archaeological project. 　

This archaeological project　is on the section of the Wujiang River in Chongqing.　The tomb discovered this time is the one containing the largest quantity of lacquered wood and bamboo wares ever found at one time in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China.