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chamber, both walls alongside the path are covered with paintings. They begin with images that are now damaged but were probably mythical birds followed by an honor guard, then, closest to the chamber, are groups of men leading riderless horses. On either side of the entrance way, doormen stand solemnly holding whips. All four walls and ceiling of the tomb chamber are painted. The north wall, directly opposite the entrance, shows the deceased and his wife on canopied funerary couch, presiding over a feast and surrounded by musicians playing
Central Asian instruments. On the western wall, the mural depicts a tacked-up riderless horse under a canopy, preceded by an honor guard. The focus of the eastern wall is an oxen-pulled chariot under a canopy. Like the western wall, an honor guard also precedes the chariot. The south wall shows the honor guard. The clothes of the people in the murals are typical of the Xianbei people of that time.
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The tumulus-style tomb projects 5.2 meters above ground and is easily visible. A fifteen-meter-long passageway begins south of the tomb at ground level and slopes down to the tomb entrance. The tomb chamber, which has a vaulted ceiling, is approximately 6.5 square meters and is made of grey stone.
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The official excavation began in 2001. The murals were in poor condition. The paintings were deteriorating and needed to be stabilized; this was done by using syringes and carefully injecting adhesive to bind the pigments to the tomb wall. Furthermore, there were many plant roots which had damaged
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Murals cover more than 300 square meters of the tomb. To prepare the walls for the paintings, they were first coated with white plaster on which the artist outlined the design and filled it in with color. The murals begin immediately upon entering the passageway. Going down, towards the coffin
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Archaeologists discovered five looters' tunnels. The numerous times that the tomb had been previously looted explain the fact that many of the burial goods were seriously damaged. The archaeologists found more than 200 pieces of porcelain and more than 320 ceramic figurines. A West Asian or
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