Master Archaeologist

Chapter 209

The situation in the main tomb can be seen from the top looking down.

The most conspicuous is the brick coffin bed in the center of the main tomb.

The four corners of the coffin bed are already somewhat damaged, but it can be roughly seen that it is more than three meters long and nearly two meters wide.

Obviously, this is where the coffin was placed.

However, the coffin, which was supposed to be quietly placed on the coffin bed, disappeared.

It is true that there is no trace at all.

If it is decayed, there should be residues, wood marks, and other funerary objects in the coffin falling.

However, on this coffin bed, there are no traces of the coffin, only some gravel, turquoise fragments, agate stone fragments and other things scattered on the coffin bed.

"Fuck, the tomb robber stole the coffin of the tomb owner?"

"Is it so wicked? What's so good about stealing a coffin? No one will buy this thing if it's sold, right?"

Zhuang Yunpeng, Chen Han and the others standing on it were all discussing.

We've seen a lot of grave robbers.

But I have never seen a tomb robber who even stole the coffin.

Generally speaking, tomb robbers will only open the coffin and steal all the treasures in the museum.

But the inner and outer coffins, as well as the body of the tomb owner, are generally not stolen, and will only be discarded in the main tomb at will.

It is understandable that the corpses are not stolen. Whether it is ancient or modern, the corpses of these tomb owners are useless.

As for the coffin, this thing is also worthless, even if it is very, very well made, even the coffin used by the emperor, if it is stolen, no one wants it.

In ancient times, if someone died at home, a new coffin must be prepared, and it is impossible to use the coffin used by others.

In modern times, stealing coffins is even more of a matter of looking for trouble.

Even if there were some rare collectors who were interested in collecting the coffins, the tomb robbers would not take the risk of carrying the coffins out of the tomb.

This thing is too big!
It is really difficult to transfer, and it is not easy to transfer.

With this skill, isn't it just as profitable to bring a few more pieces of gold and silverware?
Therefore, many tombs discovered by the archaeological team, even if they have been robbed repeatedly, with more than a dozen holes, usually the coffins are still in the tomb.

At most, all the valuables in the coffin are gone, only the remains of the tomb owner who were picked up by the tomb robbers and even discarded are left.

Like this tomb, the coffin bed is directly bare, and there are no traces of the coffin, which is really too rare.

"Could it be that the owner of the tomb hasn't had time to be buried yet?" Zhuang Yunpeng murmured uncertainly.

"How is it possible!" Chen Han rolled his eyes: "Didn't you hear what the leader said, this was decided to excavate after a major tomb robber case was cracked."

"That group of tomb robbers stole more than 600 cultural relics!"

"And this tomb has an above-ground sacrificial building, which means that after the tomb is sealed, there are often incense sacrifices and sacrifices."

"How could this be an empty tomb where the owner of the tomb was not buried?"

Thinking about it, Zhuang Yunpeng nodded: "Then this tomb robber is too much, even the coffin will not be spared."

"Hey, the place on the west side of the coffin bed near the west wall is an altar, right?"

"It seems that there are sacrifices?"

Following Zhuang Yunpeng's pointed hand, Chen Han looked towards the west wall of the main tomb.

Sure enough, there was a place like an altar, and a small tablet stood on the altar.

Under the stele, there are many scattered offerings.

These sacrifices are not melons, fruits and vegetables, three animals, etc., they are all shiny gold, silver and bronze wares, and some crystal-like things.

Seeing this, Chen Han's heart to dig the ground at that moment was hard to restrain immediately.

There are still many cultural relics left in the main tomb.

Although this tomb has been robbed many times, because it is a high-level tomb, it may be the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family, so the tomb is also very rich in funerary objects.

It is absolutely impossible for the gang of tomb robbers to steal all the burial objects in the tomb at once.

Even if there are many groups of tomb robbers who have taken care of them, there are still many scattered cultural relics left to the archaeologists.

Chen Han couldn't hold back, and shouted directly at Professor Ke at the bottom of the tomb: "Professor Ke, can we come down and start the archaeological excavation work?"

Professor Ke, who was still contemplating the murals, agreed without turning his head: "Come down, work has started!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Han immediately climbed down the ladder, and then went straight to the altar.

The first thing he looked at was not the gold, silver and bronze wares scattered on the altar, but the small oval stone tablet.

After thousands of years, this stele has been covered with a thick layer of gray.

Can't wait to erase the traces on the stone tablet, but he didn't see the words on the stone tablet.

This is a piece of stele without words!
"Damn it, you're playing with me!"

Chen Han, who thought he could directly reveal the identity of the owner of the tomb, was speechless and a pity.

Generally, in tombs after the Tang Dynasty, it is easier to reveal the identity of the owner of the tomb.

Because epitaphs have become popular since the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Basically, from ordinary people to high-ranking nobles, after burial, they will prepare an epitaph for themselves.

The epitaph includes two parts, the epitaph and the inscription. It condenses the deceased into a personal historical file, regardless of the size of the housekeeping, virtue, learning, skills, political achievements, and achievements, and then brings it into the tomb. A stone carving.

The so-called final conclusion is just such a meaning.

The epitaph plays a major role in dating the tomb and completing the life of the owner of the tomb, as well as making up for the deficiencies in family history, local chronicles, and even national history.

The most famous and most influential one is the epitaph unearthed from Cheng Yaojin's tomb.

In Tang history, there is no clear record of Cheng Yaojin's youth, nor his family background.

Therefore, before Cheng Yaojin's epitaph was unearthed, many people thought that Cheng Yaojin in history was a "big boss" with a bad family background, smuggled salt, and spent time in prison. He was a pure martial artist.

However, the unearthing of Cheng Yaojin's epitaph changed this impression.

According to the epitaph of Cheng Yaojin's tomb, it can be known that Cheng Yaojin was born in a family of officials.

The position of "Da Zhongzheng" is now equivalent to the head of the organization department of the central government!
This is not something that anyone can do casually, it must be someone from a rich and noble family in the local area to have the opportunity to take up the position.

Cheng Yaojin's family is not an ordinary family at all, and he himself is not a big boss.

He is a well-established family of officials and officials for generations, and he is a member of the noble family.

It's just that Cheng Yaojin liked to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he didn't like reading. He always dreamed of killing enemies on the battlefield.

In terms of his family background, Cheng Yaojin can be regarded as a complete playboy for the Cheng family.

It's just that gold always shines.

During the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, relying on his military strength and the hundreds of repertoires trained by his family, Cheng Yaojin gradually showed his mind, and finally became one of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion with his military exploits.

The appearance of Cheng Yaojin's epitaph not only completes Cheng Yaojin's own life, but also clarifies the world's "misunderstanding" about him, and even completes the history of Tang Dynasty to a certain extent.

After all, Cheng Yaojin made great contributions and was very important to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

This, thanks to this epitaph.

Therefore, after Chen Han saw a stone tablet on the altar, he was so excited, thinking that he could figure out the life history of the owner of the tomb.

As a result, I didn't expect it to be a tablet without words.

What is this.

Do you want to learn from Wu Zetian?
Merits and demerits will be judged by future generations?
But you, the Tuyuhun tribe, don’t even have official historians who have compiled the eight classics. Where can future generations come to comment? ?

(End of this chapter)