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Shaanxi discovered the Qin Dynasty tomb, hundreds of tomb robbers did not succeed, experts spent ten years to open it

In 1974, a sudden drought in Shaanxi, many people began to dig wells to fight drought, at the foot of Lishan Mountain, local villagers dug up a clay head when digging a well, and later dug up a lot of clay fragments.

Shaanxi discovered the Qin Dynasty tomb, hundreds of tomb robbers did not succeed, experts spent ten years to open it

The local residents reported the incident to the above, and the local cultural relics department sent archaeologists to the place where the well was drilled, and after exploration, the experts found that there was an ancient tomb underneath, dating from about the Spring and Autumn Period.

With the deepening of the exploration work, experts found that this ancient tomb is densely covered with many robbery holes, a total of 240, the most recent is nearly a hundred years old, the farthest may be thousands of years, that is to say, there must be nearly a hundred groups of tomb robbers visiting the ancient tomb.

Shaanxi discovered the Qin Dynasty tomb, hundreds of tomb robbers did not succeed, experts spent ten years to open it

In order to protect the tomb Chinese, experts decided to excavate the tomb, and after a few months, the expert finally opened the rammed earth layer of the tomb and entered the tomb, but the experts soon found that the first layer of the tomb was only some funerary products, and there were still some funerary items.

After the experts cleaned the first floor, they continued to excavate below, the ancient tomb plane is the size of two basketball courts, but the depth is about 20 meters, so the huge amount of engineering, let the experts be amazed.

Shaanxi discovered the Qin Dynasty tomb, hundreds of tomb robbers did not succeed, experts spent ten years to open it

This ancient tomb has a total of three floors, each layer is a rammed earth structure, very strong, in order not to damage the structure of the tomb and the cultural relics in the tomb, experts can only be a little bit of manual excavation, the progress is very slow.

When the experts entered the second floor, they found a lot of buried bones, and after counting, there were more than 160 bones, which is also the largest number of burial tombs found so far.

Shaanxi discovered the Qin Dynasty tomb, hundreds of tomb robbers did not succeed, experts spent ten years to open it

After ten years of excavation, experts have entered the last layer of the ancient tomb and unveiled the identity of the tomb owner, Qin Jinggong, the tomb shape of this ancient tomb is yellow intestine inscription, which belongs to the Son of Heaven, and as the prince of Qin Jing, it seems that the rebellious heart of the Qin State has become clear.

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