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mfcorey1

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Tue May 2, 2017, 05:03 AM May 2017

Ancient tomb with "blue monster" mural unearthed

A blue monster, a winged horse and a nude deity known as the master of wind are just a few examples of fantastic images that archaeologists recently discovered in a 1,400-year-old tomb in China.

"The murals of this tomb had diversified motifs and rich connotations, many of which cannot be found in other tombs of the same period," a team of archaeologists wrote in an article recently published in the journal Chinese Archaeology.

The meaning of some of the imagery is not fully understood. The archaeologists did not speculate on why the master of wind is shown nearly naked while running in the general direction of a burial chamber, or what the vivid-blue, monster-like creature (as archaeologists call it) represents. [See Photos of the Fantastical Murals and Ancient Tomb]

Robbed tomb

Archaeologists first learned of the tomb in the spring of 2013, finding that "the tomb had been recently looted," the archaeologists wrote. A team from Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated the tomb, which is located in modern-day Xinzhou city, in 2013 and 2014.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-tomb-with-blue-monster-mural-unearthed/ar-BBAB4no?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout

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Ancient tomb with "blue monster" mural unearthed (Original Post) mfcorey1 May 2017 OP
Having issues with the link MrScorpio May 2017 #1
I just tried from the post and it connects. mfcorey1 May 2017 #2
It's asking me to sign in to my MS account MrScorpio May 2017 #3
the Chinese version of Fenway? melm00se May 2017 #4
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