The Temuli Park UNESCO HERITAGE has more than 20 large and small tombs from the Shilla period and has been designated Historic site #175. The tombs are presumed to be those of kings and court officials. The dimensions of the tombs vary with heights range from less than 1 meter to 23 meters. Most of them are earthen and mound-shaped. Some double gourd-shaped ones are for the joint burial of a husband and wife. As those excavated were all found to be stone-pilled wood-lined chamber type, most of the tombs here are presumed to be of the same type.
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This Temuli park one has been partially excavated and turned into an exhibit containing various artifacts and explaining how the tombs were built. Tumuli Park is home to numerous tombs from approximately 1500 years ago. The only tomb that has been identified for sure, through documentation, is that of King Michu, from about 1750 years ago. The other tombs have been dated, using radio-carbon dating, so there are fairly good guesses about whose tombs they are, but no proof, at least that was the impression I got from our tour guide. One of the tombs has been partially excavated, and has been turned into an exhibit, which is open to the public.
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In this particular exhibit, there was a tour guide who spoke English, though he was quite difficult to understand, largely because of a very very thick accent. A lot of what he said had to do with explaining that the artifacts found in the tomb offered proof that either Koreans had contact with Mongolia and Tibet, or originally came from there (I could never really figure out which he was saying). The old man was very nice, and he spoke more English than almost anyone else I had seen in Gyeongju. Most of the other English I heard was along the lines of what one vendor in the park said: "Buy this book!!!" while waving a book about the city at me.
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