OKAYAMA–Archaeology students have discovered an ancient bronze mirror from an undisturbed tomb from the early Kofun period (late third to fourth centuries) here in western Japan.
“I was a little freaked out when I saw the greenish thing and realized it could be a mirror,” said first-year master’s student Tomoya Kajiki, 23, recalling the moment of discovery. “So much so I almost pretended not seeing it.
“When soil was removed carefully, a mirror in a tidy condition appeared.”
Okayama University’s archaeological research lab announced March 14 that the mirror, about 14 centimeters in diameter but broken in half, was spotted by the group of master students on March 11 when they were working at one of two stone burial chambers at the Tsukura burial mound in the city’s Kita Ward. Read more.
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