🪨 Gaya Tumuli: Jisan-dong Tumuli

Archaeology & Antiquity South Korea Asia

The Jisan-dong Tumuli are ancient burial mounds located in Gimhae, representing the funerary practices of the Gaya confederacy, a coalition of city-states that dominated the southern Korean peninsula from the 1st to 6th centuries CE. The site consists of large earthen mounds arranged in clusters, with some constructed using stone ...