이화여자대학교박물관

In 1971, the Ewha Womans University Museum unearthed murals in ancient tombs from the Silla period (57 B.C.-668) in Yeongju-gun, Sunheung-ri. In 1972, murals from Goryeo dynasty (918~1392) tombs were discovered in Gyeongsangnam-do Geochang-gun, Dunma-ri, thereby increasing the number of murals found in South Korea. Realizing the importance of tomb murals, in 1972, the Ewha Womans University Museum invited a Japanese photographer to take pictures of the wall paintings with both infrared film and Technicolor film in order to record the paintings before they became any more damaged. These pictures were then put on display at the Museum. The five South Korean tomb murals that had been researched at that time were from Gongju-gun, Songsan-ri (Baekje period: 18 B.C.-660), Buyeo-gun, Neungsan-ri (Baekje), Goryeong, Goah-dong (Gaya period: 42~562), Yeongju-gun, Sunheung-ri (Silla period) and Geochang-gun, Dunma-ri (Goryeo dynasty).