中國社科院考古研究所１４日舉行“２００９年度公共考古論壇”，公布該所對“曹魏高陵”的考察結果。河南省文物考古研究所副研究員、安陽縣西高穴“曹魏高陵”發掘主持人潘偉斌表示，專家初步認定此墓葬的主人就是曹操，此墓葬就是魏武帝曹操的高陵。隨后，包括王巍在內的多位考古專家從專業角度解讀了這一發現。

Identification of Cao Cao tomb to be proved

Senior archaeologists with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences say they agree withan the opinion of excavation team by and large that the tomb unearthed in Henan province's Anyang city belongs to Cao Cao, a famous general and leader who died in the year 220.

The excavation team has found new evidence of three stone tablets at the tomb. Although there's no inscriptions of Cao Cao's title -- "King Wu of Wei", the calligraphy pattern is the same as previous tablets. One of the skulls found in the tomb belongs to a female between the age of fifty and sixty.

The Academy of Social Sciences says the final result will come after conferring with historians.