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Up to 95 ancient tombs have been discovered on the campus of Tsinghua University, in Beijing, the institution posted on its Weibo account on Friday, May 31, 2019.
The tombs were discovered during an archaeological work at the site for a new building for the department of civil engineering.
According to national laws and regulations on the preservation of cultural relics, before any construction can commence, archaeological work must be conducted at the site to figure out whether there are cultural relics.
The archaeological workers conducted a survey from April 2 to 14, and found the tombs.
Workers started excavating the site on May 27. They have excavated 16 graves so far, and it’s believed that they belonged to civilians. The tombs are suspected to date back to the Ming (AD1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (AD1644-1911).
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The excavation of these ancient cemeteries is continuing.
The university was established in 1911 on the site of a former royal garden to serve as a preparatory school for students the government planned to send to the United States.
It is located in the suburban areas of western Beijing, one of concentrations for the enclosed grounds of the royal families in the Qing Dynasty (AD1644-1911).
This is not the first time that ancient tombs have been discovered at the premises of Tsinghua University, according to reports by Beijing Youth Daily. Previously, ancient graves were discovered in the 1950s and 1990s.
