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Tomb From A Lost Tribe Summary

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The article Tomb from a Lost Tribe talks about the discovery of a 2,500 year-old tomb discover near Luoyang, China. Archaeologists discover skulls and bones from cows and rams. Also inside the tomb there were many chariots, horses remains, bronze bells, bronze tripod vessels and cowrie shells. They believe that this tomb belong to the Luhun Rong, which was an ethnic minority tribe during the eastern Zhou Dynasty. Archeologist say that if they are able to link the tomb with this ethnic minority group it would be a significant discovery because they might even find further evidence that could link it to a new group of people that existed during that time period.

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