Cao Cao Mausoleum
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Traditional Chinese | 曹操高陵 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曹操高陵 | ||||||
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Wei Mausoleum | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 魏高陵 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 魏高陵 | ||||||
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Xigaoxue Tomb No. 2 | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 西高穴2號墓 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 西高穴2号墓 | ||||||
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The Cao Cao Mausoleum, also known as the Gaoling Mausoleum of Wei and the Xigaoxue Tomb No. 2, is a tomb in Xigaoxue Village, Anfeng Township, Anyang County, Anyang City, Henan Province, China. It is purported to be the burial site of Cao Cao (155–220 CE), a prominent warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. The discovery of the tomb was reported on 27 December 2009 by the Henan Provincial Cultural Heritage Bureau.[1] In 2013, the tomb became part of the seventh batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in China.[2]