The 14 mausoleums in the Xibeigang royal mausoleum precinct at Anyang, Henan are all robbed for many times, the earlier ones of which were the most severe; almost all of the grave goods in the chambers were sacked awa...The 14 mausoleums in the Xibeigang royal mausoleum precinct at Anyang, Henan are all robbed for many times, the earlier ones of which were the most severe; almost all of the grave goods in the chambers were sacked away. The comprehensive analyses based on the description of the excavation reports to the early robbing tunnels revealed that these robbing tunnels have clear features of simultaneity. This large-scale robbing activities to these royal mausoleums in a relatively short time should be carried out by the Zhou people at the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and might have been related to the historic fact of Duke Zhou’s eastward expedition against Wugeng’s rebellion.展开更多
文摘The 14 mausoleums in the Xibeigang royal mausoleum precinct at Anyang, Henan are all robbed for many times, the earlier ones of which were the most severe; almost all of the grave goods in the chambers were sacked away. The comprehensive analyses based on the description of the excavation reports to the early robbing tunnels revealed that these robbing tunnels have clear features of simultaneity. This large-scale robbing activities to these royal mausoleums in a relatively short time should be carried out by the Zhou people at the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and might have been related to the historic fact of Duke Zhou’s eastward expedition against Wugeng’s rebellion.
