Archaeologists recently found a large-scale cemetery site, dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 25), in north China's Shanxi Province.

Excavations showed that the cemetery is a rectangular structure, covering an area of about 64,000 square meters, according to the provincial institute of archaeology and the cultural relics and archaeology institute of Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi.

Paths measuring about 10 meters in width, and traces of wheels, were also discovered around the cemetery.

Experts said that two tombs unearthed at the site might belong to a couple. Tiles and fragments were also unearthed from an area between the two tombs.

"Although these two tombs have not yet been excavated, the layout of the tombs indicates that the owners could be nobility from the Han Dynasty," said Chang Yimin, a researcher from the cultural relics and archaeology institute of Taiyuan.

Archaeologists also excavated 11 tombs outside the cemetery, and found more than 66 sets of cultural relics, including musical instruments, lacquered boxes and bamboo slips. However, the relationship between the tombs and tomb owners inside the cemetery has not been confirmed. 

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