Discovered the ancient citadel from the 4th century in Quang Nam

Ancient citadel is located deep underground in Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam has been discovered by archaeological delegation. This is an ancient brick-built citadel that was originally defined as an ancient citadel to protect the capital of Sinhapura of the ancient Kingdom of Champa .

The ancient citadel was built of bricks that had just been released
exposed underground in Duy Trung, Duy Xuyen district.

A group of archaeologists from the Southern Regional Academy of Science under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, chaired by master Dang Ngoc Kinh, in collaboration with archaeologists of Showa Women's Unirersity University Japan, organized excavated on an area of ​​about 300m2 in the garden of Mr. Nguyen Quang Thien in Vien Thanh village, Trung Dong village, Duy Trung commune, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam.

After more than 16 days, through excavation pits, scientists have discovered a piece of ancient citadel built deep underground for tens of thousands of years with many valuable archaeological artifacts, revealing secrets. Hidden buried deep underground for decades.

Brick built in ancient cities.

According to the seniors living in the Middle East village, Duy Trung commune, Duy Xuyen district, this is the ancient citadel of the Cham Pa people who built a long time surrounding the ancient capital of Sinhapura of the ancient Kingdom of Champa.

Many hidden secrets contained in this ancient underground city are being deciphered by scientists. Head of excavation team, archaeological master Dang Ngoc Kinh as well as archaeologist Dr. Yamagata Mariko and archaeologist Master Nguyen Khanh Trung Kien said that many secrets of this ancient citadel are gradually deciphered. .

A section of the ancient citadel was discovered with the edge of the city built with parallel bricks
But together in the middle is clay and both sides of the city are reinforced with clay.

At the excavation pit about 20m long, about 2m wide, and about 50 - 60cm deep, after archaeological excavation of the surface of the archaeologists has revealed a section of the ancient citadel built on both sides of the middle brick the edge of the city is beaten with clay.

Through measurements, the surface of the brick wall was 1.5 - 1.6m wide. These two brick walls run parallel to each other, in the middle of the edge of the city is a compacted clay about 2.2 meters wide.

What surprised the scientists was that the two-sided exterior was covered with clay. Each side has a width of about 2m.

The ancient citadel was excavated

Initially, scientists determined the walls include clay on both sides, with two walls of bricks, in the middle of clay, the total width was more than 9m.

Checking the structure of the surface of the brick wall after construction is very solid. According to scientists, this ancient citadel was built solidly and with very high technology.

The surface structure of the neck wall

Excavation chief, Master of archeology Dang Ngoc Kinh said that the purpose of this excavation is for scientists to learn about the organization of this ancient citadel. Especially find historical documents to determine the date of this ancient citadel.

The excavation process, scientists have found many pieces of tile and broken bricks. The city wall is still intact. Especially in the process of searching in excavation pits, scientists have discovered a kendi (water pitcher with a tap for ritual) has broken.

A broken kendi was discovered in the excavation pit.

In addition to a kendi, there are many broken tiles and bricks kept by scientists for research.

Tile fragments were discovered under excavation pits.

Compared to the ancient citadel excavated earlier, scientists made the comment: This is an ancient citadel with a clear brick structure with 2 layers of bricks on both sides.

After excavating and discovering many artifacts, the scientists refer to the historical documents that made the initial comment that the city surrounds the capital of Sinhapura of the Kingdom of Champa. Now is Tra Kieu. This ancient citadel was built around the 4th century.

It is expected that the excavation of this ancient citadel will end on March 10. After that there will be a scientific report after excavation at Quang Nam Provincial Museum.

This can confirm that the oldest citadel was discovered in Duy Xuyen, Quang Nam. Interestingly, this ancient citadel was built of bricks and clay deep underground and still exists to this day despite experiencing many ups and downs of history and devastating war. .

The discovery of the Cham Pa ancient citadel at Duy Xuyen will be a happy signal when on the Heritage map there is a relic of the ancients left with many hidden secrets which are being decoded by scientists.