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Mount Akagi (赤城山, Akagi-yama, Red Castle) is a stratovolcano in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The broad, low dominantly andesitic stratovolcano rises above the northern end of the Kanto Plain. It contains an elliptical, 3 km × 4 km (1.9 mi × 2.5 mi) summit caldera with post-caldera lava domes arranged along a NW–SE line.
The treasure would be composed of "carved silver, gold jewellery, pearls and stones of value, Chinese porcelain, rich fabrics, paintings and perhaps 500,000 pesos". [10] The stories about this treasure are varied, some place it in the environment of the Roques de Anaga , while others place it in the zone of Punta del Hidalgo and the cave of San ...
The Takizawa site is located on a hill extending east to west of the western foot of Mount Akagi.It attracted attention because of the foundations of three pit dwellings found in 1926, along with prehistoric storage pits and other artifacts such as Jōmon pottery, stone tools and ritual objects such as clay figurines.
The Saishikada Nakajima site is located on a river terrace of the Watarase River, in the southern part of Gunma between the Ashio Mountains and Mount Akagi.It was introduced in academic journals from 1939 and in 1959 it became famous because of the discovery of claw-shaped Jōmon pottery and residential structures.
The Onna-bori extends from an elevation of 100 meters on Mount Akagi for some thirteen kilometers east to west, and with a width of between 15 and 30 meters and a depth of three to four meters. The origins of the Onna-bori are uncertain. According to legend, it was made by a woman using her kanzashi hairpin in one night.
The tumulus is located on a low hill at the southern foot of Mount Akagi. It is a zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. It is the largest in the Ōmuro Kofun Cluster with a total length of 111 meters, with a posterior circular portion in two tiers ...
When archaeologist Howard Carter and colleagues discovered King Tut's tomb, he reported seeing "wonderful things." Here are 30 lavish findings from the ancient Egyptian burial.
The Maefutago Kofun is located on a low hill at the southern foot of Mount Akagi. It is a zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. The tumulus has a total length of 94 meters, with a posterior circular portion in two tiers and an anterior rectangular ...