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Husband and wife "joint burial tomb" is full of gold, after being stolen 3 times, archaeologists: at least 2 billion cultural relics

In ancient times, the relationship between men and women was very complicated, the status of women was very low, men usually had three wives and four concubines, and even princesses could not escape the fate of being a concubine of others. In ancient times, there were very few single-minded couples, most of them were marriages arranged by their parents, and they had not even met each other and were going to be husband and wife for a lifetime, and only a few people were married according to their own wishes. In the Ming Dynasty there was a Liang king, his first marriage was arranged by his parents, he married Ji Concubine, and within a few years of marriage, Ji Concubine died of illness. He was so devastated that he was reluctant to marry again until he met Concubine Wei. But fate tricked people, this time it was the King of Liang who left first, leaving Wei Fei alone. Princess Wei was heartbroken and wanted to go with King Liang, so after her death, her family buried her and Wang Ye together. 560 years later, the tomb of the husband and wife was discovered, and when archaeologists arrived, they found 3 burglary holes.

Husband and wife "joint burial tomb" is full of gold, after being stolen 3 times, archaeologists: at least 2 billion cultural relics

The shocking 3 robbery holes have made archaeologists feel cold. Because of receiving a report from the villagers of Dahong Village in Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, archaeologists immediately rushed to the scene of the tomb robbery, and the outside of the tomb was a mess, and it is estimated that there are no cultural relics left inside. But archaeologists still decided to find out, as the excavation deepened, archaeologists were surprised to find that these holes were not opened, it seems that archaeologists came first. Archaeologists dug out the tomb after a rough idea, found that the size of the tomb is not very large, covers an area of only about 40 square meters, originally thought to be an ordinary nobleman, and finally when the epitaph was found, the experts knew that it was the tomb of a prince. This prince was the King of Liang, and his wife, Concubine Wei, was buried by his side.

Husband and wife "joint burial tomb" is full of gold, after being stolen 3 times, archaeologists: at least 2 billion cultural relics

Wei Fei's epitaph was also unearthed, and the contents of the above were heartbreaking after interpretation. It turned out that Princess Wei and King Liang had an unforgettable love, Princess Wei could even pay her own life for King Liang, King Liang and she did not have children, in ancient times it was very important to give birth, Princess Wei and King Liang were together for 8 years, and not a single child was conceived. However, the King of Liang did not snub her because of this, but took good care of her and bought a lot of jewelry for her, so when Princess Wei was buried, it can be said that she was full of pearlescent treasure.

Husband and wife "joint burial tomb" is full of gold, after being stolen 3 times, archaeologists: at least 2 billion cultural relics

Only a Wei concubine, there are hundreds of millions of jewelry funerary products, archaeologists roughly estimated the value of the burial items in the tomb of the Liang King, the cultural relics in the tomb of the Liang King are either porcelain or gold and jade, and other pottery products are very few, so archaeologists believe that the value of the cultural relics in the tomb of the Liang King exceeds 2 billion. Experts shouted: Dig fast, there are 2 billion cultural relics left! In the subsequent excavation operation, more than 5,300 funerary items were unearthed from the tomb of Liang Wang, of which about 500 were gold and silver objects, the number of gemstones reached more than 700, and the weight of jade reached more than 28 kilograms.

Husband and wife "joint burial tomb" is full of gold, after being stolen 3 times, archaeologists: at least 2 billion cultural relics

Judging from the epitaph of King Liang, after the death of King Liang, the emperor gave him the title of Zhuang. Therefore, later generations will also call the tomb of Liang Zhuang King, liang zhuang king tomb excavated cultural relics, there are 5 gold crowns with gemstones, in these gems, experts also found the world's largest sapphire, as well as gold inlaid jade belt, is the real version of the "waist entanglement". Not far from the tomb of King Liangzhuang, experts also found a "Niangniang Tomb", but this tomb is relatively simple, in stark contrast to the tomb of King Liangzhuang.

Husband and wife "joint burial tomb" is full of gold, after being stolen 3 times, archaeologists: at least 2 billion cultural relics

There is no epitaph in the "Niangniang Tomb", some people speculate that this is the tomb of the first wife of King Liangzhuang, and it is not a good thing to lose his wife in ancient times, so King Liangzhuang simply buried Concubine Ji. The same wife, why was Concubine Wei able to be buried with King Zhuang of Liang? It turned out that even the emperor knew about the love between Concubine Wei and King Zhuang of Liangzhuang. At that time, after the death of King Zhuang of Liangzhuang, Concubine Wei was also about to commit suicide, and later the emperor ordered That Concubine Wei live well, which prevented Concubine Wei from seeking death. Princess Wei was depressed, and her greatest wish in life was to be with King Liangzhuang, and her wish was approved by the emperor, which led to today's tomb of King Liangzhuang.

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