Show n. n Pottery ana and Moves Tn Th Ancient Chinese Grave Graves The ancient Chinese like the tha Egyptians were much concerned about extending the necessities comforts and conveniences of life Ufa to their deceased reI relatives a and friends Consequently they buried with the dead various implements and even human servitors Among the things buried burled with the dead were pottery models of stoves so that the cooking of food might be continued in the other world A number of these dating to about the tha beginning of the Christian era are in the hall ball of Cl Chinese nese archeology arche arch e of Field Museum of Natural History Chicago Also exhibited isa Isa is isa a Iron cast stove of a type practical cal for actual use In cooking This although likewise found buried burled In ingrave a s grave is Js of the tile type of stove upon n which the people of the period did their cooking according to a cura curs curator tor of sinology Made during th the o later Ian Han dynasty A. A D D. 25 it is one of the oldest extant cast cast- cas t iron objects in the world The process process proc pros ess of casting iron was unknown t to o the ancient Greeks and Romans but was the basis of an Important t industry in ancient Cl China na Iron Iro n founders amassed large fortunes and in B. B C C. during the reign reig n i I of Emperor Wu the Industry bej became be came a state stale monopoly J |