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aeroplane, in order to determine more accurately the extent and 

 general plan of the ancient site. 



In Shensi, the members of the field staff visited the Western Han 

 (206 B, C.-A. D. 25) capital of Ch'ang-an, securing sufficient data 



Fig. 80. — Brick cist in which pottery was found ; pottery /;; sifu. Wang 



Fen Wa tomb. 



while there to make a fair reconstruction of the ancient city. In the 

 same province they inspected also, two large mounds of the usual 

 truncated pyramidal form, ascribed to early Han emperors ; the 

 supposed tomb of the emperor Ch'in Shih Huang-ti (221-210 B. C), 

 and the tombs of the famous emperor Han Wu Ti (140-87 B. C.) 



