Master Archaeologist

Chapter 204

"That is to say, judging from the form of the tomb, it can be determined that this tomb should be a tomb of the Tubo Kingdom, not the Tuyuhun Kingdom?"

Chen Han nodded his head half-understood.

His main study and research direction is Xia, Shang and Zhou archaeology, and at most he has delved into the archaeology of Qin and Han Dynasties.

In the archeology of the previous period, or the archaeology of the later period, he is a layman.

There is no way, the history of Huaxia is really too long, and the tombs of each dynasty are very rich and have different shapes.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties have one style, the Tang and Song Dynasties have another style, and the Qin and Han Dynasties have another style.

In addition, there are complex funeral cultures of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the period of national integration.

It is really difficult for one person to study the burial system and style of China's 5000-year-old burial system clearly.

Before today, Chen Han thought that the newly discovered Xuewei Tomb No. [-] was the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family.

After all, the No. 1982 Tomb of Laoxuewei discovered in [-], also known as the "Nine-story Demon Pagoda", was confirmed to be the tomb of the royal family during the period of the Tuyuhun Kingdom.

And this new tomb is only 400 meters away from the old tomb in a straight line.

Standing on the platform, you can directly see the "nine-story demon tower" that resembles a pyramid!
Anyone would think that this tomb is also the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family.

No, strictly speaking, this tomb is indeed the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family.

Otherwise, they would not be buried next to their ancestors.

However, this tomb is not the tomb of the glorious "Tuyuhun Kingdom" period, but the tomb of the remaining leaders of the Tuyuhun tribe after the demise of the Tuyuhun regime.

Use the Han people as an example.

That is, this tomb is the tomb of the Han people during the Qing Dynasty.

Although the ruling regime has changed, the people are still the same.

It's just that these Tuyuhun tribes who lived under the rule of the Tubo Kingdom have no way to reproduce the glory of the Tuyuhun Kingdom.

There is no way to continue to use the monarchy burial system of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, and can only use the funeral system of the Tubo Kingdom.

Changing traditions and customs, this kind of thing is not only done by the Han regime, in fact, the regimes of other ethnic groups also understand the truth.

Perhaps the Tuyuhun tribe under the rule of the Tubo Kingdom no longer knew their own language and characters, and could only use Tubo dialect and early Tibetan.

After all, the Tuyuhun people are not like the Han people. They have thousands of years of cultural heritage and a large population.

Even if a foreign tribe conquers the Han nationality, they can only abandon their own culture and take the initiative to integrate into the Han civilization.

This was true of the Northern Wei Dynasty established by the Xianbei, the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols, and the Qing Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in China.

"Unfortunately, there is no nine-story demon tower to dig." Chen Han sighed, and his interest immediately dropped.

Professor Ke raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Han with a half-smile.

He has also heard about this new member of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Research Office in the institute.

"Not necessarily."

Professor Ke said with a smile: "Old Xuewei Tomb No. [-], due to technical problems, only the top three floors were cleaned."

"But that was 40 years ago."

"Now that technology has advanced, it is not impossible to continue excavating the lower layers."

"It's just that the current mainstream opinion in the industry is to try not to dig if you can't dig it, and protect it as much as possible. When the technology is more advanced in the future, it's not too late to dig."

"Otherwise, with the current level, digging the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is not impossible."

"It's just not necessary."

"Our generation of archaeologists should not see the resumption of the excavation project of Laoxuewei No. [-] tomb."

"But you are different. You are still young. When you reach our age, the excavation of Xuewei No. [-] Tomb may restart."

"At that time, you will be able to participate in it."

Faced with Professor Ke's comfort and encouragement, Chen Han was completely indifferent.

This kind of statement is the same as "nuclear fusion can be successfully developed in 50 years", it is a deception of the century.

When is the technical level enough to excavate some protected tombs?
This is an indefinite answer.

At least in Chen Han's view, such a thing is unlikely to happen in the next 50 years.

Unless the aliens come one day and give humans a bunch of Zentraedi technology, they can extract all the cultural relics and relics from the underground tombs without damage.

Otherwise, with the current slow speed of archaeological technology research in the industry, this is really a "lifetime" thing.

"Okay, okay, everyone understands the situation of this tomb."

"Keep working!"

"There is still a large area of ​​the tomb passage that has not been cleaned up!"

Kong Jianwen waved his hand, interrupting the atmosphere of everyone's conversation, and beckoned everyone to continue working quickly.

The tomb passage of this tomb is somewhat different from that of the Central Plains tombs.

The tomb passages of the tombs in the Central Plains are generally dug down, and only when they are close to the passage, that is, the passage outside the tomb door at the bottom of the tomb, there will be steps.

But the tomb passage of this tomb, starting from the top, is composed of layers of steps.

While cleaning down, Chen Han was counting.

In the eastern section of the tomb passage alone, a total of nine steps were cleared.

Each step is uneven, and both ends are curved in an arc shape.

The steps are 0.4-0.6 meters wide from east to west and 0.2-0.26 meters high.

The middle part of the surface of the steps is more trampled and smoother. It can be seen that when the tomb was built, there were many workers who frequently went up and down the tomb, so the middle part of each step was stepped so smooth. .

Moreover, in the process of clearing the tomb passage, Chen Han and the others not only cleared out the fill soil on the steps, but also cleared out turquoise, black and white cobblestone flakes, gold flakes, and iron blocks.

There are also braised soil and charcoal ash on some steps!

This shows that when the tomb passage was backfilled, the craftsmen who built the tomb chamber really filled in what they had, and stuffed all the surrounding things that could serve as fillers into the tomb passage.

"Damn it! There's a martyrdom pit!"

Zhuang Yunpeng, who was bending over to clean the west side of the ninth step, suddenly found a trace that was obviously not a step, but a big pit.

In the pit, he saw a horse's head!
It's a real horse's head, without any skin and muscles, just the skull of a horse's head!
He immediately sensed something was wrong and shouted at everyone.

Everyone quickly gathered around.

The position of the ninth step is probably in the upper middle of the tomb passage, far away from the corridor.

On the west side of the ninth step, there is actually a martyrdom pit, which is quite special.

In the general burial system of the Central Plains, the martyrdom pit was either on the same level as the tomb, or a separate pit was dug next to the tomb, or next to the corridor, which served as a gatekeeper.

It is rare to see this kind, and beside the middle and upper part of the tomb passage, a pit is dug to die for the horse.

"Clear out this martyrdom pit first!" Professor Ke ordered immediately.

(End of this chapter)