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Partially excavated kofuns in Japan · Mysteria

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Partially excavated kofuns in Japan

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Ushizuka Kofun

Early–Middle Kofun c.450 CE (Asuka preceding) · Kofun (Kinai–Kanto diffusion)

Kanto scallop hotategai-kofun 67 m (c.450 CE) — double moat and box cist on Mibu Plateau (per Ushivika).

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan)

Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age

Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan) in Nara, Asuka, Takamatsuzuka, Japan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus a…

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Mozu — Itasuke Kofun Moat-Side Cluster

Kofun (early 5th c. CE) · Yamato

Mozu Itasuke excavated periphery 1980s, scallop shape intermediate between round and keyhole, moat eels.