1,000-year-old brick tomb discovered in China is decorated with lions, sea anemones and ‘guardian spirits’
A stunning brick tomb thought to be more than 800 years old has been discovered in northern China by workers renovating stormwater drains.
The tomb contained three bodies — two adults and one child — as well as several pottery items. One of these, a “land coupon” inscribed with writing, indicates that the tomb was built between A.D. 1190 and 1196, when the region was ruled by the Jurchen Jin or “Great Jin” state.