Escorted by officials from the Imperial Household Agency, it was the first time since the end of the Second World War that scholars had been allowed to visit the sacred site. Now, after a year of analysis, the museum has confirmed this to be true, and for the first time ever, the public can see genuine artifacts from the fifth-century burial mound. “The discovery of physical artifacts, not just illustrations, holds immense historical value and could open the door to further investigation of the site,” Masashi Tokuda, a visiting archaeology professor at Kansai University and former official of the Imperial Household Agency, told The Asahi Shimbun.
Author: Austin Harvey
Published at: 2025-08-13 21:45:42
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