1965年10月至1966年1月发掘的江陵望山沙冢楚墓,是建国以来湖北省采用近代考古学方法进行的首次较大规模发掘,也是当时全国继信阳楚墓之后发掘的第二批中型楚墓。由于在这次发掘中出土了如越王勾践剑、凤纹镂孔铜杯、彩绘木雕座屏、嵌错变形凤纹铜樽、人骑骆驼铜灯以及战国楚简等一大批珍贵文物,因此在发掘之初,这批墓葬 Excavated from October 1965 to January 1966 in Gangshan Tombs graves, is the first large-scale excavations in Hubei Province since the founding of the PRC by modern archeology method, but also the second batch of excavations in the country following the Xinyangchu Tombs Medium-sized Chu Tomb. As a result of unearthed a large number of precious relics such as the king Gou Jian sword, phoenix stone piercing copper cup, painted wood carving screen, embedded warping phoenix bronze bottle, people riding camel copper lamp and the Warring States period Chu bamboo slips in this excavation, At the beginning of excavation, these tombs