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2000-Year-Old Tomb Open To Public As Museum. A chamber of the royal tomb of the Western Man Dynasty in Da Bao Tai on the outskirts of Beijing. On the coffin platform is a set of five coffins. The coffins are surrounded by 15,000 yellow cypress logs piled with their tops pointing toward the coffins a burial ceremonial rite reserved for either the emperor or princes of the Dynasty. Photo by Gu Dehua