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

Archaeology & Antiquity Japan Asia

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