The Astana-Karakhoja Ancient Tombs.
No doubt an Ancient Tombs, but the name as “The Underground Museum” is a bit overrated, judging from what they are allowing visitors to see.
The area is filled with underground ancient tombs, but only three are open to the public.
Most of the rest are closed or lay buried under many hundreds of years of desert sand.
In one of the tombs, we saw two very well preserve mummies, and the two other tombs, had the remains of the underground burial chambers and some lovely murals depicting figures, ducks, pheasants, and flowers, done in a naive sweet way.
Buried in these tombs were nobles, officials and others from the period beginning in the Western Jin and ending in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. (1300 – 1700 years old)
Many of the corpses found in more than five hundred tombs, did not rot, but instead they have become dried-up mummies.
The bodies are not wrapped as mummies, and most of the dried-up bodies are completely intact.
Maybe due to the dry and hot climate, many paintings, earthen figurines and thousands of other unearthed cultural relics were found well-preserved.
The area is filled with underground ancient tombs, but only three are open to the public.
Most of the rest are closed or lay buried under many hundreds of years of desert sand.
In one of the tombs, we saw two very well preserve mummies, and the two other tombs, had the remains of the underground burial chambers and some lovely murals depicting figures, ducks, pheasants, and flowers, done in a naive sweet way.
Buried in these tombs were nobles, officials and others from the period beginning in the Western Jin and ending in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. (1300 – 1700 years old)
Many of the corpses found in more than five hundred tombs, did not rot, but instead they have become dried-up mummies.
The bodies are not wrapped as mummies, and most of the dried-up bodies are completely intact.
Maybe due to the dry and hot climate, many paintings, earthen figurines and thousands of other unearthed cultural relics were found well-preserved.
