Found a monolithic gold camel statue near the tomb of Qin Shi Huang

The archaeological team unearthed a monolithic gold sculpture near the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

The monolithic gold camel statue has just been unearthed at a mandarin burial tomb near the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Xi'an City in Shaanxi Province, China. It is known that this is also the oldest golden camel statue discovered in China.

The camel statue was excavated at a mandarin tomb near the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

The tomb has an area of ​​about 1900sq.m, is a large burial of mandarins, about 440m to the west of Tan Thuy Hoang's tomb. The archaeological team is still cleaning the central coffin area and finding valuable burial items, including pottery, bronze, jade, gold and silver jewels.

Monolith casting in monolithic gold was found in a burial mausoleum about 440 m to the west of Qin Shihuang.

'Until now, the golden camel was the only thing discovered in archaeological studies of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC) ".

"It shows the possibility of exchanges between the central plains of China and the West Asia that took place before the appearance of the 'Silk Road'. This means that China and West Asia have the about economic and cultural changes in the Qin Dynasty, '' said Jiang Wenxiao, a researcher at the museum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Tomb.

According to the archeological team, a total of 9 large tombs and 14 smaller holes were unearthed this time. Works built during the same period and reserved for the close officials of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC).

The excavation this time provided many important documents.

According to the researchers, this excavation provided many important documents on politics, military, science and culture during the Qin Dynasty.

'So far, this is the largest and best preserved tomb from the Qin Dynasty excavated in China. The excavation filled the gaps in the study of the tombs of the high-ranking Qin dynasty, '' said Jiang.