Goguryeo tombs
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How it came to be
Goguryeo was a powerful ancient kingdom that stretched from the north of the Korean Peninsula into northeast China; in 427 it moved its capital to Pyongyang. The tombs lie around Pyongyang and Nampo, mostly at the foot of mountains, and are thought to belong to kings, royal family members and nobles. They include the Tomb of King Tongmyong and Anak Tomb No. 3.
More than 10,000 Goguryeo tombs have been found in China and Korea, but only about 90 have wall paintings. The tombs are earth mounds over stone chambers, and their strongly coloured murals show clothing, food, houses, burial customs, Buddhist and Taoist themes and the Four Deities.
Most of the tombs were secretly dug into over the last thousand years. In 2004 they became the first World Heritage site in North Korea.
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