chinese authorities have approved a plan to turn the tomb of the marquis of haihun into a national-level archeological 1 park.
中国政府计划将海昏侯墓打造成一个国家级考古遗迹公园。
the tomb, dating back to western han dynasty (206 b.c.- 25 a.d.), is located near nanchang in east china's jiangxi province. it is one of the few imperial tombs that have not been looted.
after an
2 3 by the state administration of cultural heritage in march, the park construction plan was recently approved.
with a planned area of 12.46 square km, the park will preserve the tomb in its original form by the side of poyang lake, china's largest freshwater lake.
the
4 of the tomb began in 2011. the
5 of the liu he, known as the marquis of haihun, were found in a
6 in an interior
7 and removed in january 2016, for further research. more than 10,000 artifacts have been
8 from the tomb so far.