<br><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Following is a complete description of  the "Complex of Koguryo Tombs" which </span><span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(228,239,255);line-height:30px;color:rgb(36,0,0)">were registered with UNESCO as North Korea's World Cultural Heritage site in 2004. </span></div>
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Complex of Koguryo Tombs</h1>1. North Korean Official Description<br><div style="font-family:Times;text-align:-webkit-center;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(136,159,189);width:651px;min-height:25px"><div style="float:left;padding-top:3px">





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<font color="#EAEDF0">Time-honoured History, Brilliant Culture</font></div><div align="right" style="float:left;width:230px;padding-top:3px"><a><img border="0" src="http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC/CBC_image/play_icon.gif" width="70" height="19"></a></div>





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 Koguryo is the first feudal state that existed in the Korean peninsula between 277 B.C. and A.D. 668. Many tombs with mural paintings of Koguryo are found in the basin of the River Taedong around Pyongyang and vast areas of South Phyongan and South Hwanghae Provinces. <br>





<img alt="" hspace="0" src="http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC_picture/CBC_IKE111003018/IKE111003018_11.jpg" align="baseline" border="0"> The paintings are seen on the walls and ceilings of several chambers in the tombs. Many of them are figure and genre paintings, pictures of 4 deities and decorative patterns. The paintings vividly show the peculiar characteristics of the Koguryo people, the then social situation and economic and cultural life through distinguished artistry. <br>





<img alt="" hspace="0" src="http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC_picture/CBC_IKE111003018/IKE111003018_21.jpg" align="baseline" border="0"> The mixture of color soil and other mineral materials was used for the colour paintings. The materials were technically treated so as to preserve the original colours for a long time. Though many years has passed, the mural paintings still preserve their original colours. <br>





<img alt="" hspace="0" src="http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC_picture/CBC_IKE111003018/IKE111003018_31.jpg" align="baseline" border="0"> The mural paintings vividly show the art of drawing, which is a glimpse of the high level of the fine arts of Koguryo. They are the oldest of the paintings so far handed down and the culmination of the oriental pictures in the early years of the Middle Ages in view of brushwork and lifelikeness. 63 mural tombs of Koguryo including the Mausoleum of King Tongmyong of Korea and the Yaksu-ri mural tomb considered as masterpieces of the Medieval Paintings, were registered as world cultural heritages at the 28th meeting of the World Heritage Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.</div>




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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">2006</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">


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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">2007</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">


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<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">4. Photo Gallery</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">


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<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">5. Video</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small">


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