The tiny tomb has been dubbed the ‘pyramid of Zengzhou’ (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

Archaeologists have been left stunned after unearthing a pyramid-shaped tomb under a construction site in China.

Unlike the towering pyramids of the pharaohs in Egypt, the structure is less than six foot tall and was found inside a chamber in in Zhengzhou measuring about 30 metres long and eight metres wide.

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Although further analysis is required to formally identify how old the tomb is, as well as who it belonged to and why it was built, it is thought it could date back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) when tombs were built with bricks.

It was one of two tombs – the other a half-cylinder – found inside the coffin chamber by staff at the Zhengzhou Cultural Relics Bureau.




The discovery, which was made near a motorway west of the Sinian Grove near the Yellow River, has already been dubbed the ‘pyramid of Zhengzhou’ by Chinese media.

It is thought it could date back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) when tombs were built with bricks. (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

The excavation site of the coffin chamber (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

The chamber, which is 30 meters long and 8 meters wide, features a narrow aisle leading to a main dome (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

The age of the tomb is yet to be determined Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

Chinese archaeologists investigate the site (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

it has already been dubbed the pyramid of Zhengzhou (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

The chamber was built in an west-east position with the entrance facing the east (Picture: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

The chamber was built in an west-east position with the entrance facing the east, according to Huanqiu.com

It sits in the area of a former village that is being moved to make way for a residential compound.

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