Chinese archaeologists found the tomb of the emperor of Cao Cao

Previously we only knew him through the famous novel "Romance of the three kingdoms" or the blockbuster movie "Red Cliff". This time, General Cao Cao's mighty return to the surface after Chinese archaeologists announced that they may have found the tomb of the legendary leader.
Found in the cemetery is estimated around 1,800 years old and believed to be a final resting place of Cao Cao, a brilliant general and leader in the 3rd century, which often appear in folk tales as a cunning politician.

The complex was found in a village near the town Xigaoxue Anyang, Henan Province, and an area of 8000 square feet. Inside there is 130 foot long tunnel that led to a basement.


According to historians, military and political intelligence Cao Cao has made it able to build the state of Wei is considered the most powerful country and termakmur in China during the Three Kingdoms period (208 to 280 AD) in which China was divided into three different areas.

In the tomb was found the bodies of two women and a man and more than 250 relics during excavation, which lasted for one year later.

Man's body was identified as a man aged 60s. While the two women's bodies was estimated 50an and 20s.

According to experts, the man's body was Cao Cao, who died in the year 220 AD at the age of 65 years. Meanwhile, the bodies of two other women suspected of being the empress and her maid.

In the cemetery is also found in rock paintings that show the social life of Cao Cao's society. Then found also a stone tablet that contains carvings of sacrificial objects and a few other items that are considered as private property Cao Cao.


Previously, a stone tablet that said "King Wu of Wei", the title given to Cao Cao after he died, had been stolen from the tomb, but the authorities managed to get it back.



"Reads the title of the stone plate is the strongest evidence we have that the tomb belonged to Cao Cao." Said Liu Qingzhu, archaeologists from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

"We believe there is no one who can have orangpun labeled relics of Cao Cao in a tomb that much, unless, of course the tomb of Cao Cao's own."

Cao Cao that we know through the books and the movie is the last leader of East Han Dynasty before eventually forming his own country during the period of political turmoil during the three kingdoms.

He died in 220 AD in Luoyang, a city in eastern han dynasty, and bestowed the title of emperor of Wei, which he founded.

His father was the adopted son of the chief eunuch in the royal court and Cao was a commander of a small army before he was appointed as a general after a successful rebellion that threatened the Han empire.

Characters that display Cao Cao is often described as a gang of scheming in the famous novel "Romance of The Three Kingdoms". This wily character was so popular in China that even be a saying that says "If you talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao then will come". In addition to the generals, Cao Cao also known as a poet.

Graves were discovered by accident in December 2008 when a worker was digging near the Kilin mud to make bricks. The discovery was not reported to the government and local officials only learned about the discovery that when the slabs of stone that reads the title of Cao Cao was confiscated from a tomb raider.