{"id":2501,"date":"2020-12-19T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:20:15","slug":"around-the-world-in-ten-photos-day-three-king-kongmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/around-the-world-in-ten-photos-day-three-king-kongmin\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the world in ten photos: day three"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An ancient tomb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#191970\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A king and his queen are buried here<\/span><\/strong>;<strong><span style=\"color:#191970\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> an unexpected sight in a country where much of ancient history has been forgotten, ignored, rewritten or even erased.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret of <a href=\"https:\/\/margaret21.com\/2020\/12\/16\/around-the-world-in-ten-photos-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From Pyrenees to Pennines<\/a> and Teresa of <a href=\"https:\/\/mywanderings.travel.blog\/2020\/12\/12\/travel-challenge-3-10\/comment-page-1\/#comment-5209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Camera &amp; I<\/a> have both invited me to join them and other bloggers to post one favourite travel picture a day for ten days without explanation, then each day, nominate someone new to join in on the same terms. I don&#8217;t usually post a single photo on my blog; I like to tell a story. But for this challenge I&#8217;ll resist that temptation and instead play a guessing game with you all. So, does anyone know where this tomb is to be found? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" data-attachment-id=\"2499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/6-dprk-80-p1200089-tomb-of-king-kongmin-kaesong-blogb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?fit=1162%2C841&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1162,841\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1567678715&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Tomb of King Kongmin, Kaesong, DPRK\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?fit=640%2C463&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?resize=640%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Grassy mounds and statues of sheep\" class=\"wp-image-2499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?resize=1024%2C741&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/6-DPRK-80-P1200089-Tomb-of-King-Kongmin-Kaesong-Blogb.jpg?w=1162&amp;ssl=1 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff0f5;color:#191970\">And the answer is, the tomb of King Kongmin near Kaesong in North Korea. He was a 14th century Koryo dynasty ruler and is buried here with his wife the Mongolian princess Queen Noguk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I realise not everyone likes to be nominated for this sort of thing so there\u2019s no pressure to join in. But I wondered, Leya of <a href=\"https:\/\/lagottocattleya.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To See a World in a Grain of <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lagottocattleya.wordpress.com\/\">Sand<\/a>, if you\u2019d like to have a go? 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