Big stone coffin found in 6th-century tumulus

Big stone coffin found in 6th-century tumulus

NARA, Japan - A large stone coffin is shown in this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014, inside the Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, which is found to have been shaped like a pyramid. The tumulus was built in the late sixth century.

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