Mystery of the 'pyramid of China': Archaeologists discover strange tomb under a construction site

Archaeologists have updated the a pyramid-shaped Tomb in a construction site in central China.

Residents are surprised, after the discovery of the burial place of ancient unusual in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, with one calling it "magic".

Further analysis still needs to be done to identify what age the tombis, who the owner was and why it was built in this particular form.

The pyramid-shaped tomb has been found under a construction site in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province

It's one of the two tombs found inside a coffin chamber near a grove. The other tomb is shaped like a half cylinder

Chinese media have dubbed the grave "Zhengzhou pyramid", although the structure is much smaller in size compared to the real pyramids in Egypt.

According to Huanqiu.com, a popular Daily Online membership, the tomb was found close to a highway, located about 3 300 feet (1000 meters) to the West of the forest of siniennes by the Yellow River.

The area was a village, but the he apparently proposed away to makeroom for a new residential complex.

The pyramid-shaped tomb is one of the two tombs found in a coffinroom by staff of the Directorate-General of the Zhengzhou cultural relics. The other grave has the shape of a half-cylinder.

The tomb was found near a motorway situated about 3,300 feet (1,000 metres) west of the Sinian Grove in Zhengzhou

The room, which is 98 feet (30 meters) long and 26 feet (8 meters) wide, was built in a position from West to East with the entrance facing East. It has a narrow corridor leading to a main dome beside the grave in the shape of pyramid.

A resident was apparently impressed by the results.

He told a local reporter: "it's really magical. I've never seen anything like this. It looks like an Egyptian pyramid.

A worker who protects the excavation site said the same journalist that the Tomb could be more than 2,000 years old and that the search had been going on for more than a month.

While the public is stunned by the own "mini pyramid" of China, experts said that it is not uncommon to see tombs of circular shape witha pointed roof in the region.

According to the Henan cultural relic Bureau, these graves have emerged after the dynasty of Han (206 B.C.-220 a.d.) and were often builtwith bricks.