1,000-year-old tomb of couple excavated in China(1/2)

Photo taken on May 17, 2020 shows the excavation site of a tomb dating back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) in Nanfentang Village, Batang Township, Ningxiang City, central China's Hunan Province. Archaeologists have excavated a tomb dating back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), containing the skeletons of a couple buried in central China's Hunan Province. The tomb was among a tomb cluster that was discovered in 2007 in Nanfentang Village, Batang Township in the city of Ningxiang. It was excavated earlier this year when an expressway under construction was about to run through the area, according to the Hunan provincial research institute of cultural relics and archaeology. (Photo by Liu Jing/Xinhua)

An archaeologist works at the excavation site of a tomb dating back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) in Nanfentang Village, Batang Township, Ningxiang City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2020. Archaeologists have excavated a tomb dating back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), containing the skeletons of a couple buried in central China's Hunan Province. The tomb was among a tomb cluster that was discovered in 2007 in Nanfentang Village, Batang Township in the city of Ningxiang. It was excavated earlier this year when an expressway under construction was about to run through the area, according to the Hunan provincial research institute of cultural relics and archaeology. The tomb was found to have two sections connected with a tiny window, which was called "a fairy bridge." (Photo by Liu Jing/Xinhua)