is a group of Kofun period

burial mounds A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones built ...

located in the cities of

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and

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, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Twelve of the tumuli in this group were individually designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1956, within additional 14 collectively added to the designation in 2001, and the area under protection expanded in 2018.

Overview

The Furuichi Kofun Cluster extends over an area of 2.5 kilometers north-to-south by four kilometers east-to-west, covering plateaus and hill with an average elevation of 24 meters above sea level. These tumuli were built between the late 4th and the mid-sixth century AD. Twenty-seven, including many of the larger tumuli, are under the control of the Imperial Household Agency and are classified as "imperial tombs", for which archaeological excavation has been prohibited. In 2010 the Furuichi kofungun cluster of tumuli, along with those of Mozu kofungun, were proposed for inscription on the

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. On 6 July 2019, Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under Criteria: (iii), (iv).

Types

* ("keyhole-shaped) : formerly 31, 26 survive * ("circular"): formerly 30, 5 survive * ("square"): formerly 48, 22 survive *indeterminate: formerly 14, 34 survive Total: formerly 123, 87 survive

Gallery

File:Kondagobyoyama Kofun air.jpg, Kondagobyoyama Kofun File:墓山古墳と陪塚.jpg, Hakayama Kofun File:Oka Misanzai Kofun, zenkei-2.jpg, Okamisanzai Kofun File:Karusato Otsuka Kofun, funkyu.jpg, Karusato Otsuka Kofun The Mozu kofungun is located about 10 kilometers to the west. It can be said that it was. The Furuichi Kofun group is seven to fifteen minutes on foot from Domyoji Station or Furuichi Station on the

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Entry on UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
{{Authority control, state=expanded Kofun Buildings and structures in Osaka Prefecture Tourist attractions in Osaka Prefecture History of Osaka Prefecture Historic Sites of Japan World Heritage Sites in Japan Habikino Fujiidera

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