Master Archaeologist

Chapter 175 The Door Finally Opens

The situation in the main tomb can actually be seen at a glance.

Although the coffin is already decayed.

However, judging from the decay marks, it is obvious that yellow intestines were not used in the main tomb.

Because Huang Chang Ti Cou needs to use a lot of cypress wood to build.

Take the more famous Xiangbizui Tomb No. [-] and Doupi Mountain Tomb No. [-] as examples.

The yellow intestines of these two tombs are made of 908 cypress trees, surrounded by the outer outer coffin, and slightly lower than the outer coffin.

The front and rear walls are 13.2 meters wide, the two side walls are 14.1 meters long, and the inscription wood is 25 meters wide and 0.3 meters thick.

Some of the yellow sausage pieces in the king's tomb are even made of tens of thousands of cypress trees, with an outer diameter of 18 meters, a width of 10.8 meters, and a height of about 3 meters.

Simply put, Huangchang Ticou is actually a main tomb made of cypress wood.

The entire Huang Chang Ti collection is divided into three parts: the front room, the inner coffin and the corridor.

These three parts are further divided into seven chambers, each of which contains funerary objects such as pottery, lacquerware, silk fabrics, and Ming coins.

It can be understood that the Huangchang Tiju room is an enlarged version of a coffin.

Enlarging the inner and outer coffins in the Han Dynasty Tomb No. 168 in Fenghuang Mountain into a tomb, and then building it with cypress wood, it is the yellow intestine problem.

This Nanyue king's tomb is a stone chamber tomb.

When Chen Han and the three of them crawled in from the tunnel under the tomb door, they could confirm the specifications of the non-Huangchang tiguo just by glancing at it.

Because the length and width of the main tomb are only three or four meters, which is far below the specifications of Huang Chang Ti.

In fact, the main tomb of the Nanyue king is similar to the tomb of the monarch in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

They are all four-meter-long tomb chambers, with a coffin in the center and funerary objects piled up all around.

Perhaps this is the reason why Zhao Tuo was born in the late Warring States period and did not fully accept the central system of the Western Han Dynasty.

Although the burial ceremony of "Tiga" began in ancient times.

The earliest is actually derived from the tomb built with wood.

In ancient times, ordinary people were buried by just digging a hole and burying them.

Only very extravagant tribal leaders can use expensive wood to build a residence behind them.

But it wasn't until the Western Han Dynasty that "Huang Chang Ti Pu" really became the specification of the emperor's mausoleum.

According to the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty, Huang Chang Ti Cou, together with Zi Gong, Bian Fang, outer coffin, and golden jade clothes, belonged to the tomb specifications of the emperor's mausoleum, and ordinary people could not use it.

At the beginning, when Chen Han and the others were outside the front room and found the coffin hidden outside, they secretly expected it in their hearts.

There are external coffins, and the burial ceremonies such as yellow intestines and jade clothes, etc., are also likely to appear in it.

As a result, after Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, and Ling An entered the main tomb, they saw at a glance that the main tomb was not a joint burial ceremony, and they were secretly disappointed again.

Perhaps the monarchs of the Nanyue line did not accept the funeral ceremony system of the Western Han Dynasty, but followed the funeral ceremony system of the Qin Dynasty.

Then the emperor's burial ceremony, which was only used in the Han Dynasty, such as the golden jade clothes, probably will not appear.

Then, the owner of the tomb, who didn't follow the routine, gave them another roller coaster-like surprise.

Hey, although the master didn't use yellow sausages, he used jade clothes with golden thread, can't you think of it?

This joke is not funny at all.

Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng felt as if they had been on a roller coaster, and their moods kept going up and down.

"It's really a piece of jade in a golden jade dress!"

Stretching out his hand to gently touch the piece of jade that Ling An found, Chen Han's eyes were filled with excitement.

Although it is said that only a dozen or twenty jade garments with golden thread have been unearthed in the whole country, which is much less than those bronze ritual vessels, pottery, and even jade seals.

However, this thing is too famous.

Anyone who is famous enough to study archaeology will definitely find a chance to go to the museum to see it for himself.

"Let's go, the two directors and Professor Li should be waiting."

"The indoor environment has been filmed, let's go out and report!"

Chen Han carefully put the piece of jade back on the ground with great reluctance, beckoned to Zhuang Yunpeng and Ling An, and was about to return the same way.

This piece of jade must not be taken out.

They need to climb out through the tunnel. If they take the jade piece with them, if the jade piece is worn out during the climb, it will be a great loss to the archaeological community!
So even if he misses it any more, Chen Han dare not take it with him.

After Chen Han and the others climbed out of the tunnel with the photographed situation of the main tomb, Professor Li immediately held a meeting of the excavation team.

All researchers from the two archaeological institutes will participate.

There was only one topic of discussion, how to open the main tomb.

Around the three proposals proposed earlier, everyone had a heated discussion.

In the end, the three leaders still felt that.

Since most of the top cover stones have been seen to be fractured, if the large top-lifting method is used, the cover stones will be broken when lifted away, which is not conducive to the protection of the original site of the tomb in the future, so it cannot be used.

As for entering through the tunnel, considering the basic safety of the tomb, the tunnel should not be too large or too deep, which makes it extremely inconvenient for the staff to enter and exit. Moreover, it is known that some burial objects in the rear are quite large and difficult to move out of the tunnel. This plan Also not advisable.

After discussing for a long time, everyone agreed that we still need to find a way to open the stone door to facilitate the cleaning inside.

So, in the afternoon, everyone widened and deepened the tunnel. Lin Ya and two other researchers from the Guangzhou Institute entered the main tomb again, and surveyed the floor plan of several piles of pottery behind the stone gate.

Then some of the pottery was temporarily picked up and transferred to the depths of the main tomb to make room for the opening of the stone gate.

At the same time, Director Fu also invited Captain Tang of the Stone Construction Engineering Team of the Municipal Garden Bureau to discuss how to open the stone gate.

Industry specializing in surgery.

Captain Tang of the stone construction team has worked with stone all his life and has done many stone gates.

Although the stone gate of the Nanyue king's tomb was a product of 2000 years ago, it didn't bother him.

After investigating on the spot, he found a crack on the upper axis of the stone gate on the west.

Captain Tang thought that this crack could be used to open a stone door.

The method is to dig at the bottom of the threshold under this door. As long as you dig slowly, because the stone door is very heavy and there are cracks in the upper shaft, the stone door board will inevitably sink, so that it can be lifted away safely.

The next day, everyone started construction according to the plan set yesterday.

First hollow out the bottom of the stone gate to sink the stone gate a little. After there is space on the four sides, tie the stone gate with gunny bags and then tie the steel wire rope. With the help of a manual hoist, the door panel is lifted off smoothly and moved outside the tomb gate. Temporary storage.

In this way, the stone door was removed, but the door shaft used for load-bearing was still there, which can effectively bear the load.

However, in order to avoid the risk of collapse, it was reinforced with two metal brackets to prevent accidents.

Finally, two wooden slabs were laid at the door as floor mats, and the main tomb was completely opened to all archaeologists.

Everyone can come in and out at will, and the cleaning work of the main tomb has officially started!
"Clean up the lacquered wooden screen placed against the east wall first, and make room for squatting to clean the coffin!"

"Don't touch anything in the original coffin!"

(End of this chapter)