LHASA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have found 13 tombs, which are estimated to bebetween 1,800 and 2,700 years old, in Bomi County of southwest China's TibetAutonomous Region.
The tombs were discovered by construction workers during a road project in Qundotownship, Nyingchi, in the second half of 2016, according to the regional institute of culturalrelics.
Two relatively complete human skeletons were found in two tombs, while human boneswere also discovered in other graves, said Shaka Wangdu, associate researcher with theinstitute.
Archaeologists found that the tombs appeared to follow a known burial custom, which isstill seen in parts of Qundo. According to the custom, after the body has decayed, the bonesare exhumed and reburied.
Objects including eight complete examples of pottery, a millstone, three bronzearrowheads and iron residue were also found.
"The tombs will help research into Tibetan funeral customs and human development ineastern Tibet in a period without written records," said Shaka Wangdu.