Goguryeo
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Goguryeo also later known as Goryeo, was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula and the southern and central parts of modern-day Northeast China.
Goguryeo Cataphract(개마무사/鎧馬武士)
Image of Dalshin from the Goguryeo-era Ohoe Tomb 4.
Seated buddhas and bodhisattvas from Wono-ri, Goguryeo.
A gilt-bronze crown from Goguryeo believed to have once adorned the head of a bodhisattva image.
Goryeo
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Goryeo was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 13
Goguryeo
…region called Jolbon Buyeo, usually thought to be located in the middle Amnok/Yalu and Hun River basin. The Samguk sagi, a text from the 12th century in Goryeo, claims that Goguryeo was founded in 37 BC, but today the date of the dynasty's foundation is in doubt, as archaeological evidence suggests that Goguryeo…
Rafter finial in the shape of a dragon's head and wind chime, c. 10th century
The engraving of the original Tripitaka Koreana was begun in 1011 during the Khitan invasions to draw strength from the Buddha in defense of the kingdom.
The early 12th century was the height of the Korean celadon tradition and saw the full development of the indigenous "sanggam" technique of inlaid celadon.
General Yun Kwan (1040–1111) and his army.