Neungsanri Royal Tombs

Baekje Dynasty, 538-660 AD
Buyeo, Korea

As so often, an aerial view clarifies the plan. Students should think about how and why the premodern peoples designed their structures according to an aerial plan (true for the whole ancient world, including the Nazca lines in Peru), given that there were no airplanes or balloons back then.

National Treasure 287, the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje, was recovered from the site of a nearby temple.