The Tomb Of legendary general Cao Cao discoved by archaeologists In central China

The tomb of a well-known warlord and politician in the third century, Cao Cao was discovered in Anyang City of central China’s Henan region, said the archaeologists on Sunday.

Cao Cao (155-220 A.D.), who built the strongest and most victorious state during the Three Kingdom period (208-280 A.D.), is remembered for his terrific military and political talents.

Cao Cao is also recognized for his poems that reflected his strong nature. Some of the poems are integrated in China’s middle school textbooks.

Three ancient carcasses, one man and two women, were found in the two-chamber tomb in Xigaoxue village of Anyang. Cao Cao died in his sixties, this coincides age the of the man that was found, Liu Qingzhu, chief of the academic committee of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told a press conference in Beijing.

More than 250 objects, made of gold, silver, pottery and etc, were revealed from the 740-square-meter tomb, a size apposite for a king. Archaeologists also revealed 59 engraved stone plates logging the name and amount of the articles obscured in the tomb. Seven of the plates logged weapons “often used by the king of Wei”, or Cao Cao, Liu said.

They had also discovered a large number of paintings drawn on stone plates, Liu added.

“Cao Cao wrote in his will that his burial place should be simple, which corresponds to the fact that the walls of the tome were not painted and few precious articles were found”, said Hao Benxing, head of Henan’s Institute of Archaeology.

“The position of the tomb is in line with historical recordings and ancient books from Cao Cao’s time”, Hao added.

Even though additional excavations are yet to be carried out, present proofs are enough to prove this is Cao Cao’s tomb, said Guan Qiang, director of the archaeology department of China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage.