Mawangdui

Mawangdui is an archaeological site located in , . The site consists of two saddle-shaped hills and contained the tombs of three people from the Changsha Kingdom during the western Han dynasty : the Chancellor Li Cang, his wife Xin Zhui, and a male believed to have been their son.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Changsha, China
  • Also known as: “Changsha Mawangdui”, “Han Dynasty Tombs at Mawangdui”, “Han-Gräber von Mawangdui”, “Mawangdui Han Tomb”, “Mawangdui Han Tombs”, “Mawangdui Hanmu”, “Маваньдуй”, “ماواندویی”, “馬王堆”, and “马王堆”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Huojucun and Mawangdui.

Metro station
station is a subway station in Kaifu… is situated 490 metres northeast of Mawangdui.

Metro station
Photo: JerryTsai70, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a subway station in Furong… is situated 680 metres southeast of Mawangdui.

Metro station
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station is a subway station… is situated 1½ km south of Mawangdui.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mawangdui and Dongtundu.

Suburb
The subdistrict is a subdistrict of Furong District, , .

Suburb
Subdistrict is an urban subdistrict and the…

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km west of Mawangdui.

Mawangdui

Latitude
28.20855° or 28° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
113.02183° or 113° 1′ 19″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
7PWM625C+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7579104893
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
1800980
Wiki­data ID
Q1196056
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mawangdui” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mawangdui”
  • Arabic: “مواندجوي”
  • Catalan: “Mawangdui”
  • Chinese: “馬王堆漢墓”
  • Chinese: “马王堆汉墓”
  • Czech: “Ma-wang-tuej”
  • Dutch: “Mawangdui”
  • French: “Mawangdui”
  • German: “Mawangdui”
  • Hebrew: “מאואנגדואי”
  • Indonesian: “Mawangdui”
  • Italian: “Mawangdui”
  • Japanese: “馬王堆漢墓”
  • Korean: “마왕퇴”
  • Latin: “Mawangdui”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mawangdui”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mawangdui”
  • Norwegian: “Mawangdui”
  • Persian: “ماوانگدویی”
  • Polish: “Mawangdui”
  • Portuguese: “Mawangdui”
  • Russian: “Мавандуй”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mawangdui”
  • Spanish: “Mawangdui”
  • Swedish: “Mawangdui”
  • Turkish: “Mawangdui”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавандуй”
  • Vietnamese: “Mã Vương Đôi”
  • Wu Chinese: “马王堆汉墓”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬王堆漢墓”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Huoxing and Xianghu.

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Places to explore: 军安苑小区 and 马王堆小学.

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