🏛️ Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan

Archaeology & Antiquity Japan Asia

The Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group comprises 49 ancient burial mounds built during the Kofun period (3rd to 6th centuries AD) across Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019, the group is recognised for its outstanding universal value as testimony to the unique funerary culture of ancient ...