Jiangxi Jing'an Eastern Zhou Tombs Unearthed "The First Sword Under Heaven" [Picture]

by crazyhr on 2008-01-16 10:29:02

Archaeologists have recently cleaned a treasure sword about 50 cm in length from the coffin of the tomb cluster of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Jing'an, Jiangxi. This is the earliest sword unearthed in China's archaeological excavations, and is praised as the "Number One Sword under Heaven" by archaeology experts. So far, the tomb cluster of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Jing'an has unearthed three "number one" cultural relics under heaven.