Great Gaya Kingdom Artifacts Discovered After 1,600 Years

Since 1977, more than 1,000 items have been found at the grave site of the Great Gaya Kingdom in North Gyeongsang Province for the first time. Daedong Cultural Heritage Institute, a buried cultural property research firm, said, “Since last May when the excavation project began, some 1,000 items from the Great Gaya Kingdom, including a long knife with a phoenix-decorated ring and some 100 steel pieces that were used as money, have been discovered.”

These are the items discovered at the graves: ① eight knives tied together ② saw tooth pattern clayware ③ wave pattern clay bottle ③ handle of a long bronze knife decorated with phoenix.