China's recovered relics that made headlines

Updated: 2014-06-27 07:05

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The tomb of Empress Zhenshun (699-737)

In February 2006, a gang raided the tomb of Empress Zhenshun (699-737), the queen of Tang Xuanzong (685-762), the seventh emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), in the suburbs of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi. They stole a 27-ton coffin and five murals and smuggled them to the US. Xi'an police found the relics, after four-year search, as part of a US antiquary's collection and succeeded in persuading the collector to return them unconditionally to the Shaanxi provincial history museum in March 2014.

China's recovered relics that made headlines

The tomb of Empress Zhenshun (699-737), June 17, 2010. [Photo/IC]

China's recovered relics that made headlines

China's recovered relics that made headlines

China's recovered relics that made headlines

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