Experts believe Osaka tomb artifact largest of its kind

Experts believe Osaka tomb artifact largest of its kind

OSAKA, Japan - An official at a cultural assets center in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 23 points to what researchers believe is Japan's largest tomb artifact in the shape of a temple. The artifact was unearthed last September from the ruins of a sixth-century burial mound in northern Osaka.

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