Dating of wood in Horyuji pagoda challenges rebuilding theory

Dating of wood in Horyuji pagoda challenges rebuilding theory

NARA, Japan - Archeologists said Feb. 20 that wood used for a central pillar of the five-story pagoda (front) at Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture was felled in 594, a finding that challenges the prevailing theory that the temple was rebuilt after a fire in 670. The Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute said its discovery lends support to the hypothesis that the original compound of the world's oldest wooden building remains intact to this day.

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                  Dating of wood in Horyuji pagoda challenges rebuilding theory

                  Dating of wood in Horyuji pagoda challenges rebuilding theory

                  NARA, Japan - Archeologists said Feb. 20 that wood used for a central pillar of the five-story pagoda (front) at Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture was felled in 594, a finding that challenges the prevailing theory that the temple was rebuilt after a fire in 670. The Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute said its discovery lends support to the hypothesis that the original compound of the world's oldest wooden building remains intact to this day.