Rare wooden hearse found in 1,000-year-old tomb

HOHHOT, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have found an unusually large hearse buried alongside a tomb in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This discovery sheds light on the unique custom of burying hearses during the Liao Dynasty (916-1125).

The wooden carriage was unearthed from a burial pit accompanying an aristocrat's tomb in Kailu County in the city of Tongliao, said the region's institute of