Tombs with mythical carvings found in Chinese city that was once along the Silk Road

(Phys.org) —Chinese archaeologists with the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology working in northwest China have found tombs among the remains of an ancient cemetery in the city of Kucha—once one of the points along the infamous Silk Road—a route between China, the Middle East, India and the Roman Empire. They published their findings first in the Chinese language journal Wenwu and then recently in English in Chinese Cultural Relics.

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