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The imperial Eastern Qing tombs of the Eastern Mausoleum complex, photograph c. 1900–1903
Sun Dianying, the Chinese warlord who perpetrated the 1928 demolition and mass looting of the imperial tombs of the Eastern Mausoleum complex
Map showing the burial chamber locations of the Eastern Qing tombs that were completely looted in 1928

The Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum was an incident in which some of the major mausoleums of the Chinese Qing dynasty in the Eastern Qing tombs were looted by troops under the command of the warlord Sun Dianying.

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Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum

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The Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum was an incident in which some of the major mausoleums of the Chinese Qing dynasty in the Eastern Qing tombs were...

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Eastern Qing tombs

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The Eastern Qing tombs (Chinese: 清東陵; pinyin: Qīng Dōng líng; Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᡠᠩᡤᠠᠨ, Möllendorff: dergi ergi munggan) are an imperial mausoleum complex...

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Empress Dowager Cixi

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herself the much larger Putuoyu Eastern Ding Mausoleum (菩陀峪定東陵; lit. "Tomb East of the Ding Mausoleum in the Putuo Valley"). The Ding Mausoleum (lit. "Tomb...

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1928 in China

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representative from the Fengtian clique to discuss a peaceful settlement. 8 July – Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum. 25 July – The United States recalls...

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Sun Dianying

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the notorious looting of the Eastern Mausoleum of the Manchu emperors. The tombs desecrated included those of the late Empress Dowager Cixi and the Qianlong...

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Guo Songling

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on the outskirts of Mukden, the capital of Fengtian Province, Qing China, which is modern day Shengyang, with a traditional ancestral hometown of Taiyuan...

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any way, the archaeological context and the historical and anthropological information are destroyed: Looting obliterates the memory of the ancient world...

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Tomb of Alexander the Great

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communal mausoleum. According to Strabo, the mausoleum was called the Soma, from the Greek σῶμα which means "body". It is also called the Sema, from the Greek...

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Cao Cao Mausoleum

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24083°N 114.25972°E / 36.24083; 114.25972 The Cao Cao Mausoleum, also known as the Gaoling Mausoleum of Wei and the Xigaoxue Tomb No. 2, is a tomb in Xigaoxue...

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Terracotta Army

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have suggested that the mausoleum complex and tomb itself had been looted by Xiang Yu, a contender for the throne after the death of the first emperor. However...

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Arshakid Mausoleum

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The Arshakid Kings Mausoleum and Basilica (Armenian: Արշակունիների դամբարան; also Tomb of the Arshakid Kings or Arshakuni Tomb) is a grave monument complex...

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Tamaudun

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Tamaudun (玉陵) is one of the three royal mausoleums of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Urasoe yōdore at Urasoe Castle and Izena Tamaudun near Izena Castle...

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Tomb of Ahmad Sanjar

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The Tomb of Ahmad Sanjar is a mausoleum commemorating Ahmad Sanjar, a Seljuk ruler of Khorasan. It was built in 1157 in the medieval city of Merv in the...

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Church of the Holy Apostles

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from each other significantly. The church's mausoleums were the resting place for most Eastern Roman emperors and members of their families for seven centuries...

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Western Qing tombs

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140 km (87 mi) southwest of Beijing in Yi County, Hebei Province. They constitute a necropolis that incorporates four royal mausoleums where seventy-eight...

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Yarkent Khanate

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of Moghulistan, itself an eastern offshoot of the Chagatai Khanate. It was eventually conquered by the Dzungar Khanate in 1705. Yarkent served as the...

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Chellah

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suffered damage over the centuries due to earthquakes and looting. Archeological excavations in the 20th century unearthed the remains of the ancient Roman town...

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Abbey of San Galgano

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remain. The Rotonda chapel was restored in 1924 and retains its peculiar medieval shape, similar to earlier Ancient Roman mausoleums. The abbey was the location...

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Early Middle Ages

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engaged in warfare, looting and enslaving numerous Christian communities of Medieval Europe for centuries, contributing to the development of feudal systems...

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Chagatai Khanate

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detail of the mausoleum of Bayan Qulï Khan, 1358 Piece of Buyan Kuli Khan mausoleum frieze Ilyas Khoja attacked Timur in 1364 and defeated him on the north...

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Third Battle of Nanjing

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collapsed city wall because the Qing troops were busy looting and did not bother to stop them. After massive looting the city was set on fire, which lasted...

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British Museum

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World, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos. Beginning from the early Bronze Age, the department also houses one of the widest-ranging...

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Tomb of Cyrus the Great

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of the ancient Achaemenid Empire. The mausoleum is located in Pasargad, an archaeological site in the Fars Province of Iran. It was first identified as...

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The emperor also oversaw the construction of his monumental mausoleum, which includes the well known Terracotta Army. After Qin Shi Huang's death the...

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Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State

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month, IS also destroyed the 13th-century Mausoleum of Imam Awn Al-Din in Mosul, one of the few structures to have survived the 13th-century Mongol invasion...

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Funerary art

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Terracotta Army surrounding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Sutton Hoo ship burial and the Taj Mahal – are tombs or objects...

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