Ningxia

LEFT The man found in the looting shaft above the tomb was originally thought to be a grave robber, but the new research has cleared his name, revealing that he was in fact the victim of a 1,300 year old murder. IMAGE: Qian Wang

Mystery of a 1,300-year-old murder victim unearthed in China

This discovery shows that the strategy of concealing the bodies of murder victims inside existing tombs has been in use for centuries.