2500 yr old Ruins & Buddhas found

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Ancient tombs and artifacts found in northern province

 

 

Archaeologists have discovered nine ancient tombs dated between

2,300 and 2,500 years old and many artifacts belonging to the Dong

Son culture of 2,300 years ago, including axes, spearheads, jewellry

and ceramic vases, in a village in Viet Tri City, northern Phu Tho

province.

 

According to the archaeologists, Ca village in Tho Son ward is home

to many historical vestiges of the Hung King Period. Through two

excavations between 1976-1977, the archaeologists found 314 ancient

tombs and many valuable artifacts dating back to 2,400 years ago.

 

Phu Tho province is projecting to build an open-air museum in this

village to display the region's artifacts and a stage serving its

folk song performances to attract visitors to see the province's

tangible and intangible cultural heritages. (VNA)

 

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/141205/culture_ancient.htm

 

 

New artifacts shed light on Tran dynasty mysteries

 

 

New findings in Yen Bai province have refuted previously-held

scientific opinions with evidence that this northern mountain site

was not a battlefield but a political, cultural and economic hub

under the Tran dynasty.

 

After the first excavation long ago at an archaeological site of the

Hac Y-Dai Cai architectural relics in Luc Yen district, scientists

posited that the site was a battlefield against Yuan-Mongol

aggressors in 1285-1287.

 

The second excavation has unearthed relics of a huge lotus-shaped

temple, earthen dragon heads and Buddha statues, characteristic of

the Tran dynasty of the 13th-15th centuries.

 

Relics proved that the site included pagodas and temples under the

Tran dynasty, said archaeologists.

 

In the area of the Ben Lan ancient citadel, archaeologists have

found stone foundations of homes and pagodas mostly used under the

Tran dynasty. They also discovered pieces of pre-historic

earthenware under some 1.8 metres of earth, believed to be the

ancient citadel's walls.

 

Relics put it that the Ben Lan citadel was first built in the Tran

dynasty, said archaeologists. Its architecture has proved that the

citadel was not a military stronghold and walls were built to simply

divide structures and served as dykes against flood waters.

 

Ditches running inside the ancient citadel were used as canals to

supply water for people inside the citadel, proving that it was a

residential quarter, scientists said.

 

If there were battlefields in the site, they would have been related

to a civil war during the reigns of the Le and Mac dynasties who

coexisted in the 16th century, archaeologists supposed. (VNA)

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/151205/history_new.htm