More graves and artifacts have been discovered at the site of a famous burial ground dating back over 2,400 years and belonging to Vietnam’s Dong Son Culture.

A group of Vietnamese archeologists, excavating at the Lang Ca “graveyard” in Phu Tho province’s Viet Tri city, announced Wednesday they had found bronze belts, drums, and weapons at the site where 314 graves and other artifacts had been discovered in 1976 and 1977.

“The site is probably the ancient capital of Van Lang under the Hung Kings, dating back to 257 BC, as social divisions are manifest throughout the graves’ architecture and decorations,” Prof Trinh Sinh, one of the archeologists said.

Besides the Lang Ca burial ground, Phu Tho boasts over 15 archaeological sites belonging to the Dong Son culture, ruled over by the Hung Kings, and many objects typical of the culture including bronze drums and jars.

The Dong Son culture, which appeared between the Bronze and Iron Ages, marked the pinnacle of ancient Vietnamese civilization and the formation of the first unified nation under the Hung Kings.

Source: Thanhnien News