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Archaeologists found dried corpses in more than 100 baby tombs along an ancient trade route linking Europe with the Far East in Chinese territory.

During the excavation of a hydroelectric dam in the Kezilesu Kirgiz area of ​​China's Xinjiang autonomous region, workers discovered many ancient tombs, so they reported to the authorities and Xinhua News Agency.

The area where workers find graves is an important stop on the Silk Road. They are scattered on a large cliff with a height of nearly 20m - an incredible position for ancient tombs.

Ancient tombs are located in an area of ​​about 1,500 square meters in the area
Kezilesu Kirgiz belongs to China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. (Photo: Indian Express)

When archaeologists arrived at the scene, they excavated 102 ancient tombs with dry corpses. Nearly half of the people are in infant tombs - something that makes archaeologists feel surprised. The results of the chronological analysis show that the corpses in the tomb were buried from the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

"We also found many stone, ceramic, gold, silver and bronze artifacts in the tombs," said Ai Tao, an expert at the Xinjiang Archaeological Institute.

Who said that the team will continue to research to find out why many babies were buried in ancient tombs.

The Silk Road is a system of famous trading routes thousands of years ago, connecting Europe with Asia. With a length of about 7,000km, it started from Fuzhou City in Fujian Province (China) and then through Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, India, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, around the Mediterranean and up to Europe.