Well-preserved tomb found at Guangzhou Zoo   

广州发现规模较大东汉砖室墓

记者13日从广州市文物考古研究所获悉，9月以来，该所在广州动物园清理出4座砖室墓，分属东汉、南朝、隋和明代。其中一座东汉砖室墓是近年广州地区考古发现规模较大、结构保存最完整的东汉砖室墓。

Guangzhou (CNS) -- Four ancient brick tombs have been cleared at a renovation site in the Guangzhou Zoo, the local Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology said on Thursday.

The tombs were reportedly built during the Eastern Han, the Southern, the Sui and the Ming Dynasties. The Eastern Han tomb is one of the best preserved in the area, measuring 9.74 meters long and 7.13 meters wide, with an internal area of nearly 30 square meters, said the institute.

Elaborate burial rites dominated high society during the Eastern Han, so a large number of objects were found in the tomb, most of it pottery, said Yi Xibing, an archeologist from the institute.