By KENJI SHIMIZU/ Staff Writer
January 26, 2022 at 18:25 JST
An image reproduced with computer graphics of how the coffin in the ancient tomb in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, probably looked like (Provided by the Archaeological Institute of Kashihara)
KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Whoever was laid to rest in an ancient burial mound that is renowned for its “Asuka beauties” murals was placed in an elegant cedar coffin coated in black lacquer with gold-copper alloy and copper fittings. [Read More]
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