The 2.3-meter-long snake sword is the largest snake sword unearthed in China, and it is said that the snake sword is also the largest iron sword in East Asia at the same time.

(The screen is taken from Nara City animation チャンネル video)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The Nara City Board of Education and the Nara Prefectural Kashihara Institute of Archaeology announced yesterday (25th) that the first domestic shield-shaped bronze mirror and snaking were discovered from the largest round tomb in Japan "Tomio Maruyama Tumulus" in Nara City The two swords are the largest bronze mirror unearthed in China and the snake sword, and the snake sword is said to be the largest iron sword in East Asia during the same period.

According to Kyodo News, the Tomio Maruyama Tumulus is a burial facility with a diameter of 109 meters in the latter half of the 4th century. A shield-shaped bronze mirror and a 2.3-meter-long serpentine sword were discovered here for the first time. Both are the first unearthed in China. The largest bronze mirror and snake sword. It is said that the snake sword was the largest iron sword in East Asia at the same time.

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"The technology of the Kofun era is beyond the imagination of our modern people. This is definitely the highest masterpiece of metal crafts in the same period." The deputy director of the Prefectural Kashihara Institute of Archeology Kosaku Okabayashi said at a press conference that this shield-shaped mirror is not available in Japan. Unearthed precedent, the two unearthed objects can be regarded as epoch-making discoveries in the history of ancient tomb research, and belong to the "national treasure level cultural relics".

The surface of this mirror contains the design of two domestically produced dragon mirrors, so it is named the shield-shaped bronze mirror with dragon pattern.

Dragons are imaginary monsters.

This bronze mirror weighs about 5.7 kg.

Patterns also include zigzag and triple circle patterns.

The pattern of this bronze mirror contains the design of two domestically produced dragon mirrors, so it is named the shield-shaped bronze mirror with dragon pattern.

(The screen is taken from Nara City animation チャンネル video)