Gold coins, hoofs found in 2,000-year-old Chinese tomb

Updated: 2015-11-18 09:21

(Xinhua)

Gold coins, hoofs found in 2,000-year-old Chinese tomb

An archaeologist measures the gold items in an aristocrat's tomb that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 17, 2015. Chinese archaeologists on Tuesday discovered 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in the tomb. The gold objects -- 25 gold hoofs and 50 very large gold coins -- are the largest single batch of gold items ever found in a Han Dynasty tomb. [Photo/Xinhua]

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