Chinese archaeologists were Saturday still puzzling over the mysteries revealed in a live television broadcast of the excavation of an ancient general's tomb.
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The file picture taken on Dec. 30, 2009 shows archaeologists clean up the archaeological site where the Mausoleum of Cao Cao is located in Anyang, a city in central China's Henan Province. The Mausoleum of Cao Cao, a legendary Chinese warlord during the Three Kingdoms period (208-280 A.D.), has recently been declared as Cultural Relics under Provincial Protection. The tomb is located near the Yellow River and the city of Anyang, where Cao Cao ruled the Kingdom of Wei from 208 to 220, when he died at the age of 65. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)
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The three-hour live broadcast by the China Central Television (CCTV) began at 9 a.m. with experts invited to respond to doubts on the controversial claim that the site was the Mausoleum of General Cao Cao, a legendary warlord of the Three Kingdoms period (208-280 A.D.).
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