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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear List members, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>During my last visit to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pyongyang</st1:City></st1:place> in May 2006, I
requested whether I could visit the brick-tombs discovered in around Nangnang earthen
wall (Nangnang To’ sung) areas in the 90s. I was therefore able to visit
two brick- tombs (earthen mound brick-chambered tomb) dated of Nangnang period.
The Tomb No. 1 was in particular impressive by its scale, finely decorated
bricks and the beautiful double-arched entrance. In addition, the tombs (at
least those we visited) were preserved in a quite good state. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Scholars in the DPRK say
that these tombs are proto-type of the Koguryo tombs, and the area of Nangnang in
and around <st1:City w:st="on">Pyongyang</st1:City> was actually the territory
of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nangnang</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> which succeeded KoChosun, and not
of the Chinese Han Commendery. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Does any of you there knows
about this newly established history on Nangnang in the DPRK? Since when the
Nangnang began to be considered as one of the states succeeding Ko Chosun?
What about the brick-tombs? Are they identical to the Han dynasty’s
brick-tombs found in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>?
I would be grateful if one of you could guide me to the resource material
related to these brick-tombs, or at least provide me with some references. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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