Master Archaeologist

Chapter 233 It Must Be Liu He!
"Huaxia National Museum"

"Peking University Archaeological Museum Park"

"Jingzhou Cultural Relics Protection Center"

"Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum"

"Science and Technology Center of the Institute of Archeology, Academy of Social Sciences"

"Cultural Heritage Center of Institute of Archeology, Academy of Social Sciences"

"Huaxia University of Science and Technology"

"Huaxia Academy of Sciences University"

"Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Archeology"

"Jiangxi Archaeological Institute"

"Nanchang Archaeological Institute"

A red flag waving in the wind is erected next to the archaeological base of Dundun Mountain.

Standing on the hill with his hands on his waist, Chen Han looked at the red flags and felt a sense of pride in his heart.

As a "National Brand" project, the current Nanchang Haihunhou Tomb has become the focus of the national archaeological community.

Numerous Qin and Han archaeological experts, Han tomb archaeological experts, silk protection and restoration experts, bronze protection and restoration experts, bamboo and wood lacquer protection and restoration experts from all over the country...

Hundreds of experts and professors have come to Nanchang to cooperate with this archaeological excavation.

Considering that the tomb has been underwater for thousands of years, the preservation of the cultural relics in the tomb may be very good.

In order not to cause serious damage to cultural relics, the Jiangxi Cultural Relics Bureau also plans to spend a huge amount of money to directly build a laboratory in this newly established archaeological base for laboratory archaeology.

Some important brittle cultural relics with poor on-site protection status, as well as large-scale and relatively complete utensils, should be extracted in a whole box during excavation, and then sent to the laboratory for detailed archaeological cleaning.

It was also because of the establishment of this laboratory that the excavation of the tomb of Lord Haihun was delayed.

Fortunately, after waiting for another half a year, at the end of April 2021, the entire archaeological base was basically completed.

The design of laboratory archaeology, plant archaeology, zooarchaeology and textiles, metalware, lacquered woodware, bamboo slips, lacquer leather, pottery and other cultural relics protection schemes have been completed.

Various cultural relics and archaeological experts have also entered the archaeological site.

At present, preparations in all aspects have reached the level of excavation and protection at the same time.

It is worth mentioning that the on-site archaeologists drawn from all over the country, that is, the first-line archaeologists who will follow the tomb to the tomb, are basically young people.

Archaeological team members born in the 90s accounted for almost 70% of the on-site archaeological team, and only 30% of the old professors were in charge of the team.

Highly educated, young, single, and able to endure hardships are basically the signs of this group of front-line archaeologists.

Chen Han asked Kong Jianwen privately why the on-site archaeologists transferred from all over the country were so young.

It turned out that this was a request from above.

The higher authorities intend to take advantage of the excavation of the tomb of Haihunhou in the Western Han Dynasty to systematically train young archaeologists.

This newly established archaeological base may become a training base for Han Dynasty archaeologists across the country in the next ten years!

The first batch of archaeologists transferred is only the first batch in the early stage, and will continue to rotate in the future.

Chen Han actually belongs to this group of young archaeologists.

Wait until the archaeological departments, units, and front-line archaeologists who come to support from all over the place are in place.

After waiting almost a year for the tomb of Lord Haihunhou, it was finally time to officially start excavating it.

Prior to this, a joint archaeological team headed by the Jiangxi Institute of Archeology and the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences had already cleared away the fill above the tomb.

They also attempted to excavate and clear out a chariot and horse pit and three burial tombs around it.

The chariot and horse pit is quite special, it is the only real chariot and horse burial pit seen in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not only were 20 adult stallions buried, but also 5 wooden painted carriages were buried, which are practical and high-grade carriages.

The disassembled carriage was put into a painted wooden box and placed on the bottom of the inner coffin.

20 horses were buried with them, and their skeletons have decayed away, leaving only traces.

In addition, there are more than 3000 exquisite bronze carriages and horses decorated with gold and silver, all of which are accessories of these five carriages.

If it is restored, modern cultural relic restorers can completely restore the original appearance of these five carriages.

This is very important physical research for modern people to understand the carriage system of the Han Dynasty!

The vehicles used by the princes and princes of the Western Han Dynasty to travel mainly included the Anche and the Shiche.

According to the official historical data of the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor's envoys drove six, and the rest all drove four.

Riding in a four-horse chariot was the highest level of travel for princes in the Han Dynasty.

There are 5 carts and 20 horses, exactly 4 horses per cart, which is also in line with the archaeological team's guess about the main tomb.

This is indeed a tomb of a princely level.

Moreover, it is also based on historical data combined with current archaeological evidence.

After the death of Emperor Yuan in 33 BC, in the funeral culture of the Chinese people, there was no longer the way of using real chariots and horses to accompany the burial.

After Emperor Han Yuan, no matter whether they were nobles or ordinary people, they would no longer be buried with real chariots and horses, but only with models of chariots and horses made of pottery.

Therefore, from this feature, it can also be used as an important evidence of the first generation of Haihunhou!
The second generation of Marquis Haihun died later than Emperor Hanyuan!
In other words, only one generation of Haihunhou's tomb will be buried with real chariots and horses after his death!

Then, the tomb of Haihunhou on Dundun Mountain is probably the tomb of Liu He, the first Haihunhou, and it is almost inseparable!
It is worth mentioning that when cleaning the chariot and horse pit, a silverware of a unicorn was found in the chariot and horse pit, which is a popular animal pattern in the Western Regions.

Some of the unearthed chariot and horse utensils are not from the Central Plains, such as Danglu painted with bighorn sheep.

This is an accessory with a distinct Western style.

Therefore, Professor Li speculates that among the horses buried with them, there may be bloody horses from the Western Regions!

According to historical records, the BMW of sweat and blood was first introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions by Li Guangli, the uncle of the first Haihunhou Liu He!
The reason why Li Guangli was conferred the title of "Second Division General" is because the "Second Division" is the place of origin of sweat-blooded BMWs.

As Liu He's uncle, since Li Guangli had brought in a hard-earned horse, Liu He would definitely be able to get a few horses from him that were rumored to be able to travel thousands of miles a day!
Moreover, using such a high-end horse to drive himself seems to be in line with Liu He's identity!

However, whether it is the legendary sweaty BMW or not can only be determined after a series of scientific and technological means such as DNA extraction by zooarchaeologists from Huaxia University of Science and Technology.

At present, this batch of carriage and horse decorations has been sent to the Cultural Heritage Center of the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences for protection and restoration, and a batch has been restored.

According to the words from the Cultural Protection Center.

This batch of carriage and horse ornaments is the most exquisite among the same artifacts unearthed at the same time!
Among the more than 3000 pieces of chariot and horse utensils, there are more than 80 danglu, which are hung on the faces of the horses as proof of identity.One of them, Dang Lu of Qinglong Baihu Suzaku Xuanwu, adopts complex interlacing gold and silver technology, and the composition is clear and smooth.

There are fish, tigers, sun gods and moons, jade rabbits, toads, and flying Suzakus with gold mixed in. This gold and silver mixed technique has never been seen in other tombs.

The eyes and teeth of the white tiger portray very cute movements.There are also tiger running movements, such as deer, dragon, peacock and other dynamic displays.

Carriage accessories such as bow caps, hoops, dragon and tiger head yoke ornaments, shaft ornaments, scale ornaments, carts, carts, etc. were cleaned up, and horse accessories such as network ornaments, title guards, danglu, etc. were mostly gilded and mixed with silver. Compared with the hemp umbrella cover, its production is extremely elegant and its use level is very high.

This is not even an ordinary Liehou, who can have the financial resources to enjoy it.

To be honest, even if it is the emperor's car, I am afraid that it will not be much worse than it.

Except for Liu He, it is estimated that there were no other princes at that time who could have such exquisite chariots and horses.

Although, only a chariot pit was excavated and cleared.

But for the identity of the owner of the tomb.

No one in the entire archaeological team has any doubts anymore.

Definitely Liu He!Only Liu He could be so rich and luxurious!

(End of this chapter)