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

Archaeology & Antiquity Japan Asia

The Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group represents one of Japan's most significant archaeological concentrations of ancient burial mounds. Comprising 49 kofun built during the Kofun period (3rd–6th centuries AD), these monumental earthworks provide material evidence of the social hierarchy, funerary practices, and artistic traditions of early Japanese civilization. The group was recognized ...