Funerary goods unearthed at tomb mound in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 4, 2010, shows a cylindrical bead made of glass and jasper beads that were unearthed at a tomb mound in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. The Kashihara Archeological Institute said Jan. 7, 2010, that 81 copper mirrors were also found at the tomb mound believed to have been created between the end of the 3rd century and beginning of the 4th century to bury a great king. (Kyodo)

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