Archaeologists in the eastern province of Anhui have unearthed 93 tombs dating back more than 2,200 years.

Archaeologists with the Anhui Provincial Archaeological Research Institute have excavated more than 600 relics including bronze, pottery, carved jade articles and colored glaze ware.

Located near Wanling Village in Qianshan County, the tombs were first discovered by a group of workers who were building a national expressway last October. Archaeologists began excavations last November.

The largest of the 93 tombs of the late Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) is eight meters long, six meters wide and 7.6 meters deep, with a five-meter-long passage leading to the coffin chamber. A coffin and an outer coffin were discovered in the tomb chamber.

Archaeologists unearthed a large amount of bronze ware, including ding - a kind of cooking vessel -, daggers, spears, swords and a whole set of horse-driven carriages, according to the archaeological bureau of Qianshan County.

Archaeologists identified the tomb owner as a noble man of the late Warring States Period.

An archaeologist of Qianxian County said that judging from the models of household utensils unearthed from these tombs, people living in the Warring States Period lived a similar lifestyle to today's people living in the same region.

Unearthed relics provided material evidence for studying the burial rites and the culture in the region during the Warring States Period, the archaeologist said.

Source: Xinhua