Painting on silk, City Map
Medium:Silk
Date:Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Dimensions:Length: 52cm; Width: 52.5cm
Origin: Excavated from Han Tomb No.3, Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 1973
The map depicts a city with walls, streets, castles, pavilions, terraces and towers and is the earliest city map in existence.