Detecting an ancient road in the ground in My Son Holy Land

After a period of detailed investigation, from mid-47, the Indian expert team and Vietnamese colleagues started to perform the peak of excavation and restoration of Tower K and Tower H in the core area of ​​Cultural Heritage. My Son world in Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province.

During this major restoration, Indian and Vietnamese experts were very surprised to discover an ancient road and wall leading to sinking underground.

The old road and the two walls have just revealed a departure from the back of Tower K, but how long it has been built and in what period it is still a big question for experts.

A part of the first part of the ancient road and the two walls leading after K Tower has just revealed.(Photo: Doan Huu Trung / Vietnam +).

Besides, the experts also discovered many valuable artifacts such as two stone statues of human beings, lion heads, tower artifacts and other architectural details with terracotta materials buried under the feet. Ancient tower, defined dating back to the period of construction of K tower, ie in the 11th century to the 12th century.

The ancient road that has just been discovered at My Son World Cultural Heritage has the first point at the foot of K Tower or also known as the Gate Tower, but the end point cannot be determined, but the experts said, maybe the endpoint of this road is the place leading into the ceremony area at the center of My Son Sanctuary, which was buried deep underground.

Initially, Indian and Vietnamese experts said that this could be a road reserved for royalty and members of the royal family as well as religious dignitaries in each occasion to celebrate the Holy Land in the United States. Paint.

A part of the first part of the ancient road and the two walls leading after K Tower has just revealed.(Photo: Doan Huu Trung / Vietnam +).

Mr. B. Kumar - Engineer, Indian archaeologist, Restoration Leader of My Son Heritage said that when he started excavating the tower area about 15m to perform the reinforcement for the tower, the experts India and Vietnam were stunned to discover the remains of an ancient road. Immediately, the team leader and his colleagues decided to excavate 15m from behind the foot of Tower K to find out what was buried under the ancient tower.

After making excavation decisions, the experts were amazed at the magnificence of the road and the system of clever and beautiful led walls built with a typical material My Son is the land. Burning and special bonding additives.

A part of the first part of the ancient road and the two walls leading after K Tower has just revealed.(Photo: Doan Huu Trung / Vietnam +)

According to reporters, the ancient route has just been revealed from behind the 8-meter-wide K tower, located between two walls leading parallel to each other. The wall of the ledge is 0.6 m wide on each side, the foundation wall is located about 1 meter deep from the ground and built with bricks firmly, many sections of the walls are quite intact, looking very beautiful.

Mr. Le Viet Thang, technical staff of My Son World Cultural Heritage Management Board, a member of My Son Heritage Restoration Group, said the discovery of the road and walls from behind the foot of Tower K and may end at the ceremony area of ​​My Son Sanctuary which is a very new and interesting discovery, containing many valuable archaeological values.

In order to preserve the precious heritage, during this restoration, instead of just doing one thing, it is to restore the K Tower, Indian and Vietnamese experts agree on the plan to carry out the two tasks simultaneously. Restoration of collapsing for tower K, both restored and preserved at the beginning of the road and two walls about 50m.

The rest of the ancient road and the two walls are still hidden in My Son, which contains many mysteries.