Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Son Su Ho (R), director of North Korea's Archaeological Institute, and Masahiro Saotome, a Japanese archaeologist and professor at the University of Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2011, probe the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea, dating back to the early sixth century. The tomb was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936. (Kyodo)

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