Ghostly statue of 'shrine maiden' discovered at 1,500-year-old burial mound in Japan

Ghostly statue of 'shrine maiden' discovered at 1,500-year-old burial mound in Japan

Archaeologists uncovered a ghostly clay figurine resembling a female shaman at the Nishikaminomiya burial site, a fifth‑century kofun complex northwest of Tokyo, Japan. The find is part of nearly a dozen mounds dated to the fifth and sixth centuries, revealing new insights into the era’s funerary practices.

Source: Ghostly statue of 'shrine maiden' discovered at 1,500-year-old burial mound in Japan — Live Science

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