The picture shows the Daisenryo Kofun, which is believed to have taken 2,000 men an estimated 20 years to build.
An ancient and mysterious tomb has been shown from space in an image taken with NASA's Terra satellite.
The Daisenryo Kofun, which was built at some point between the 4th and 5th century, is located in the city of Sakai, Japan. It is one of the biggest graves in the world, but because it is considered a sacred site, little is known about what it actually contains. The NASA image shows the keyhole-shaped tomb among other burial sites which, collectively, are known as the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group. This is a designatedwith 40 kofun—which translated means old tomb—found across two main clusters. These mostly date to between the third and sixth centuries, which, according to UNESCO, is a period when Japanese society became centralized under the influence of China.
Image showing the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group in Japan from space. The Daisenryo Kofun, on the left hand side, is one of the biggest tombs in the world.NASA's false color image shows the different components of the landscape."Water is black, vegetation is green, and urban areas are gray," the space agencyThe graves at the site are believed to have belonged to elite members of society. The kofun come in various shapes, including keyholes, circles and squares.
According to the government agency, the Daisenryo Kofun is one of the three biggest mounded tombs in the world, alongside the First Emperor's mausoleum in China and King Khufu's Great Pyramid in Egypt. The site covers an area measuring over 1,000 feet in width and 1,500 feet in length. It has a mound surrounded by three moats and two greenbelt dikes.
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