Tomb of King Muryeong

The Tomb of King Muryeong, also known as Songsan ri Tomb No. 7 is the historical tumulus of King Muryeong, who ruled the Baekje from 501 to 523, and his queen. The rarity of intact Baekje tombs makes this one of the fundamental archaeological discoveries in Korea and a essential source for the understanding of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. The tomb turned into by accident determined throughout water drainage paintings on the No.5 and six tombs in 1971.

It had been untouched by grave robbers and thieves for over a millennium, and when it changed into excavated it become the primary time the tomb had been opened since the our bodies of the king and queen have been interred there fifteen hundred years in advance. The exterior of the tomb looks as if an earthen mound, 20 meters in diameter and 7.7 meters in top. It is thought that the mound became at first large. Notably, the tomb hired a drainage gadget. The tomb is based at the southern Chinese prototypes but additionally incorporates Baekje elements to create a Korean-fashion tomb. Solely Korean elements of the tomb consist of the arched shape of the chamber and the brick shade sample.