A Sketch of Kamsin Tomb's Front Chamber

Sketch of the Kamsin Tomb located in Yonggang-gun, Pyeongan Namdo, North Korea. It is a Koguryeo Tomb. This tomb contains many priceless art works of Koguryeo frescoes. Koguryeo (37 BCE - 668). The Mausoleum of Tangun is an ancient burial site in Kangdong near Pyongyang, North Korea. It is claimed by North Korea to be the tomb of Tangun, legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. According to the Samguk Yusa, Gojoseon was thought to have been founded in 2333 BCE. North Koreans claim that their current excavations have dramatically changed the estimates of North Korean historians back to at least 3000 BCE, making the site c.5011 years old

3000 According Changed Claim Claimed Contains Current Dramatically Estimates Excavations Frescoes Historians Koguryeo Koreans Least Legendary Mausoleum Namdo Priceless Pyongyang

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