Days of downpour have flooded dozens of cultural properties across the country, breaking an ancient stone stele and damaging royal tombs. At Gongju, the ancient capital of Baekje between AD 475 and 538, excavation sites at Seokjang-ri, where Paleolithic relics were found for the first time in Korea, and parts of a mountain castle were inundated and damaged. At the fortress Gongsanseong built some 1,500 years ago in G.
THE KOREA HERALD – Remnants of a pair of fabric mudguards decorated with flower petals made with jewel beetle wings were discovered at Jjoksaem Tomb in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced at a press conference at the Gyeongju Jjoksaem site yesterday. A total of 780 artefacts were unearthed along with […]
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province Remnants of a pair of fabric mudguards decorated with flower petals made with jewel beetle wings were discovered at Jjoksaem Tomb No. 44 in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, the Cultural Heritage Administration announced at a press conference at the Gyeongju Jjoksaem site, Tuesday. A total of 780 artifacts were unearthed along with the mudguards during the investigation of th.
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A Goryeo-era manuscript of a Buddhist sutra has been repatriated to South Korea from Japan. The Cultural Heritage Administration and the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation unveiled the manuscript Vol. 6 of Saddharmapundarika Sutra, also known as the Lotus Sutr during a press conference held at the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, Thursday. The sutra, bound in a folding screen format, is writt.