China’s Pyramids: Artificial Mountains Called Tombs Before Their Full Story Was Told

From above, the plain north of Xi’an looks like farmland broken by square hills with straight slopes and flat tops. A driver may mistake them for natural mounds. Satellite images and drone surveys show groups of them placed beside old roads and large burial grounds. They are often called the “Chinese pyramids”.

From above, the plain north of Xi’an looks like farmland broken by square hills with straight slopes and flat tops. A driver may mistake them for natural mounds. Satellite images and drone surveys show groups of them placed beside old roads and large burial grounds. They are often called the “Chinese pyramids”.

From above, the plain north of Xi’an looks like farmland broken by square hills with straight slopes and flat tops. A driver may mistake them for natural mounds. Satellite images and drone surveys show groups of them placed beside old roads and large burial grounds. They are often called the “Chinese pyramids”.

From above, the plain north of Xi’an looks like farmland broken by square hills with straight slopes and flat tops. A driver may mistake them for natural mounds. Satellite images and drone surveys show groups of them placed beside old roads and large burial grounds. They are often called the “Chinese pyramids”.