Vietnam unearths 2,000-year-old bronze drum

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Michele

Michele Thompson

Dept. of History

Southern Connecticut State University

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Xinhua General News Service

October 27, 2005 Thursday 3:01 AM EST

SECTION: WORLD NEWS; Political

LENGTH: 102 words

HEADLINE: Recast: Vietnam unearths 2,000-year-old bronze drum

DATELINE: HANOI

BODY:

A bronze drum and a bronze jar dated back some 2,000 years ago have just

been found in northern Vietnam, local newspaper People reported Thursday.

The bronze, unearthed in northern Hai Duong province by local residents on

Sunday when they were building roads, is 42.5 cm in height, and 56.7 cm in

diameter of its bottom. It belonged to the Dong Son Culture, important

prehistoric culture of Indochina, which is named for a village in northern

Vietnam where many of its remains have been found.

The jar's height is 41.5 cm, and its biggest diameter stands at 35.5 cm.

Both the antiques are not intact.