{"id":258,"date":"2012-12-29T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tapchikientruc.com.vn\/tintuc\/?p=258"},"modified":"2012-12-29T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T09:10:19","slug":"excavation-exposes-unique-cultural-layers-underneath-thang-long-royal-citadel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Excavation exposes unique cultural layers underneath Thang Long royal citadel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \tThe central axis of the Thang Long Royal Citadel, laid at a depth of between 0.5 and 4.2 metres underground for thousands years, consists of overlapping cultural layers ranging from Ly (1009-1226) to Nguyen (1802 &ndash; 1945) dynasties.<\/p>\n<p> \tScientists at a seminar on reporting the results of the excavation of the site of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel&rsquo;s central area in Hanoi, made the remark on December 26 about the project, which started in June this year by the Vietnam Archaeology Institute and the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre.<\/p>\n<p> \tMany unique archaeological and architectural vestiges dating back to the Ly, Tran, Le and Nguyen dynasties were unearthed after the excavation.<br \/> \t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"http:\/\/imgs.vietnamnet.vn\/Images\/2012\/12\/27\/15\/20121227152606_1.jpg\" class=\"decoded\" height=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/imgs.vietnamnet.vn\/Images\/2012\/12\/27\/15\/20121227152606_1.jpg\" width=\"615\" \/><br \/> \tProminent among the findings are a water construction and the foundation of a wall running in parallel with the work, both dating back to the Ly dynasty, which were discovered in the Kinh Thien Palace &ndash; Doan Mon (The Southern Gate) site.<\/p>\n<p> \tThe water construction, the first of its kind to be excavated in Vietnam, is 2 metres wide and 2 metres high. It was built of brick and was supported by wooden stakes. The archaeologists assumed that it might be used as a water pipeline, a water tank, a tunnel or a spiritual place.<\/p>\n<p> \tThe scientists also unearthed a number of vestiges imbued with architectural characteristics of the Tran, Le and Nguyen dynasties, including decorative objects, a sewerage system and square paving bricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The central axis of the Thang Long Royal Citadel, laid at a depth of between 0.5 and 4.2 metres underground for thousands years, consists of overlapping cultural layers ranging from Ly (1009-1226) to Nguyen (1802 &ndash; 1945) dynasties. Scientists at a seminar on reporting the results of the excavation of the site of the Thang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tckt.vn\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}