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Chapter 472 The Difference Between Archeology and Collection
"Mr. Li is indeed an expert in the Forbidden City. He can tell the age of this thing at a glance. I admire it!"

Ma Shiwei cupped his fists and said something to Li Yang with a smile, with a look of admiration on his face.He is not pretentious, he really admires Li Yang, but it is not easy to deduce the time just by looking at the surface, at least the time Li Yang mentioned is much more detailed than what he referenced.

"Professor Ma, please don't praise me, I've already finished talking, and it's up to you to give us an introduction, let us follow along and learn!"

Li Yang chuckled and looked at Ma Shiwei curiously at the same time. Li Yang also wanted to know what such a thing looked like in the eyes of archaeologists, and how it was different from the views of their collection appraisal experts.

Ma Shiwei smiled slightly, looked down at the pair of lion cubs, and then looked up at the crowd.

"The pair of lion cubs are cultural relics that have just been unearthed, and they have been unearthed for no more than a month..."

"Not more than a month, how did you find out?"

Before Ma Shiwei finished speaking, Tang Xiaoxiao interjected a question. Li Yang frowned slightly, and finally sighed softly. This girl's IQ is very high, but her EQ is very low. She doesn't know what to do. communicate with others.

Ma Shiwei was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, and then said: "It seems very simple, the nightmare above told me!"

Ma Shiwei pointed to the dust on the little lion, with a bright smile on his face, not at all angry at being interrupted by Tang Xiaoxiao.

"Nightmare earth?"

Li Yang frowned slightly. He seemed to have heard of this term before, but he couldn't remember it clearly. He definitely hadn't seen this name in books, as long as he saw it in books, he would definitely remember it.

"That's right, it's Nightmare Soil. Nightmare Soil is actually a kind of soil for burials in ancient times. It was specially used by the royal family and nobles. This kind of soil is similar to the current clay and has a certain antiseptic effect. In archaeology, Nightmare Soil is only in Mongolia. It was used by Liao people, and later nobles in the Western Regions have adopted better sealing techniques, no one is using this kind of nightmare!"

Ma Shiwei nodded slightly, Li Yang was not talking, he gradually remembered where he had heard this word before.

In the last exchange meeting, an expert seemed to have mentioned this word. A treasure he missed also contained nightmare soil. The expert didn't explain the specific process clearly, so Li Yang didn't pay much attention to it.

"How do you know that this is the nightmare soil?"

Tang Xiaoxiao asked another question, He Jie frowned slightly, and finally shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, Ma Shiwei has a good temper, and if he were an irritable expert, he would probably get angry if he was questioned continuously like this.

"Dr. Tang, this is our professional knowledge. The soil is white in the ash, and it will still smell of rotten wood three months after it was unearthed. The longer the time, the weaker the smell. This is still very good for the smell of rotten wood on the lion. Nong, so I deduce that it was unearthed less than a month ago!"

Ma Shiwei raised his head and smiled, not paying any attention to Tang Xiaoxiao's question, and explained it directly.

"Also, the nightmare soil has strong adhesion, and the longer it goes on, the less likely it will fall off. Have you noticed that there is a bit too much dust attached to the stone lion?"

Ma Shiwei said something again, and several people looked at the pair of stone lions curiously, even the special soldier Gao Yong was no exception.

"It's really a bit much!"

He Jie finally nodded. Many stone lions have this kind of dust on them. At first, He Jie thought that the dust was caused by not cleaning it up, but now he knows that is not the case. On top of the stone lion.

Ma Shiwei stretched out his hand, squeezed a little dust from the stone lions, and said with a smile: "The time when the pair of stone lions were unearthed can also be inferred from the viscosity of the soil. According to my observation, the real unearthed time of the pair of stone lions Between 21 and 27 days, that's between three and four weeks!"

"Excellent, you are so right!"

Suddenly someone next to him praised loudly, and Li Yang and the others turned their heads one after another. A middle-aged man in a black casual coat with a beard was looking at Ma Shiwei in surprise.This man looked like he was in his 40s. Li Yang and the others came out of the store when they were squatting here, listening to them all the time.

"Are you the boss here?"

Ma Shiwei smiled and stood up, showing a scholarly temperament on his body. At this moment, Ma Shiwei looked like a real senior archaeologist, and he didn't look like he did when he took the initiative to make friends with Li Yang on the plane.

"My surname is Han, I am Han, and I am also the owner of this shop!"

The middle-aged man with a beard hurried forward and said something softly, and extended his hands to shake Ma Shiwei, his eyes were full of admiration.

"Boss Han, can you take the liberty to ask, where did your pair of things come from?"

Ma Shiwei asked again. The pair of lion cubs had been unearthed, which meant that a nobleman's tomb had been discovered recently. Ma Shiwei still felt a little regretful in his heart.

The shape of this pair of lion cubs is the rain lions of the Western Regions, a kind of auspicious beasts that pray for peace.

Lions of this shape were common in Liao, Mongolia, Xixia and Uyghur in ancient times. Ma Shiwei deduced that this pair of lions should be used by the nobles of Xiliao.Since it is an aristocrat, the tomb will not be too small. It is a pity that it is useless for Ma Shiwei to find this ancient tomb now. The lions guarding the tomb have all wandered outside, so the fate of the tomb can be imagined.

"My brother-in-law gave it to me and asked me to sell it for him. My wife is a Tibetan woman, and my brother-in-law is also a Tibetan!"

Boss Han said softly, and then said in a hurry: "My brother-in-law picked up these pair of things next to a newly dug tomb twenty days ago. He picked up the tomb several days ago. It was dug up!"

Boss Han looks like a rough man, but he is actually very careful and knows some laws and regulations, so he explained it deliberately, unlike his brother-in-law who hasn't read much and doesn't understand it at all.

It is precisely because he understands that he admires Professor Ma so much. This ancient tomb was indeed excavated more than 20 days ago. His brother-in-law told him when he brought these things over. He just looked at it a few times. What he said so accurately at the first glance is indeed a person with real skills.

"Have been dug up? It's a pity, I didn't expect that there will be grave robbers in XZ!"

Ma Shiwei nodded, with a look of pity on his face again. He thought that XZ was an undeveloped virgin land, but he didn't expect that those tomb robbers had already stretched their hands here.

"Professor Ma, amazing!"

He Jie suddenly stretched out his thumb, and Li Yang also had strong admiration in his eyes. Li Yang can tell the age of these things, but he can never tell how long ago they were unearthed. This is the essence of collection and archaeology the difference.

"Mr. He, you are over-rewarded!"

Ma Shiwei chuckled lightly, and shook his head again: "After I go back this trip, I must do a project. Regarding the topic of XZ, the situation here needs our serious attention!"

A few people are not talking, this is Ma Shiwei's professional affairs, they don't know what to say even if they want to express their opinions, even Li Yang can't get involved, it can be said that there is still a big difference between archeology and collection.

"Boss Han, can I ask another question?"

Ma Shiwei turned his head and asked the rough-looking shop owner again, and the bearded boss Han nodded hurriedly: "Say it!"

"I want to ask you, where did your brother-in-law find this pair of lions, and how much are you going to sell this pair of lions for?"

Ma Shiwei is very interested in this ancient tomb, but he also knows about the mission this time. He wants to ask about it and wait for the mission to be completed before visiting, or to inform his colleagues to come and take a look first, even if It is a stolen ancient tomb, which also has certain research value for archaeologists.

"My brother-in-law is from Zada ​​County. This pair of lions was picked up from them. I don't know where exactly!"

Boss Han shook his head, Li Yang and He Jie were slightly taken aback, Zada ​​County, isn't this the place they are going to this time?
"As for the pair of lions, take them if you want. I can see that you are a real expert, and it may be more useful to keep them in your hands!"

Boss Han looked at the pair of little lions at the door, and said slowly, he gave the pair of little lions to his brother-in-law in order to sell them for 100 yuan, but seeing that the other party was a person who understood these things, he didn't Dare to ask for money, the origin of this thing is not right after all.

"Money still has to be given. It is not easy for you to open the door to do business. I am very grateful that you are willing to tell me so much!"

Ma Shiwei shook his head, took out his wallet from his pocket, and took out three red bills. The pair of little lions outside was worth a hundred at most, but the store owner was so honest, he was embarrassed to give away less.

Boss Han hurriedly declined, and the two argued for a while, and finally Ma Shiwei bought the pair of lion cubs for 100 yuan.It is illegal to buy and sell such things, Ma Shiwei knows this, but this phenomenon is very common in China, and it is not the first time for him to buy unearthed things, he has long been used to it.

The two cubs are not heavy, so Ma Shiwei asked the store owner to take two plastic bags and carefully put the cubs into them, and study them carefully when he is ready to take them home.

Ma Shiwei stood up, while Li Yang walked slowly towards the inside of the store.

There is another good thing in the store. Now everyone looks like they are going to leave. I don’t know when I will buy it next time after I really leave. I don’t know if this thing will be here next time. Li Yang could only take the initiative and go inside first.

This shop mainly sells some souvenirs of the Han nationality. In fact, the things of the Han nationality also have a bit of Tibetan style, and the things of the Quan Han nationality are not very popular here.

There are many wooden Buddha statues and wooden boxes inside. Standing beside a shelf, Li Yang carefully looked at a wooden rectangular bowl-shaped object on it. This is what he accidentally discovered under the three-dimensional picture. something.

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