Statue re-creations of an ancient dog breed modeled after fossilized remains excavated at the Makimuku ruins are now on ...

Haniwa are terracotta clay figures that were made during the Kofun Period (3rd to 7th centuries), presumably as funerary objects. I visited the Tokyo National Museum where a special exhibition is ...

which are known as "kofun" after the Kofun period of Japanese history when they were built, between A.D. 300 and 710. Kofun are also found elsewhere in Japan, and it is estimated there may be as ...

The Japanese Archipelago was relatively isolated during the Jomon period until around 3000 BCE. Then, during the Yayoi and Kofun periods, immigration to the islands from continental Asia began.

The similarity was particularly close to Kofun period people with distinct ancestries related to east and northeast Asian ...

The burial mound, known as a kofun, is a gently arching mass of greenery in the Osaka urban sprawl. Covered originally in stone, it gives a profound sense of having returned to nature, largely ...

The similarity was particularly close to Kofun period people with distinct ancestries related to east and northeast Asian ancestries. open image in gallery Immigrants from Korean peninsula admixed ...