In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang, who died at the age of 50, was buried in the Lishan Mausoleum. His mausoleum covers an area of 56.25 square kilometers, equivalent to 78 Forbidden Cities in Beijing, and has been built for 39 years but still has not been completed. There are too many unsolved mysteries about the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, we also said in the previous push, friends who have not seen it can click the link to see!
So what we are going to talk about today is a new puzzle about the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang! We all know that with Qin Shi Huang, there were not only a large number of terracotta warriors, but also many of his children and concubines, as well as the unknown historical truth. What did the nobles of Wang Sun who were buried with him look like? Let's take a look at this restoration map today!
350 meters east of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, the QinLing archaeological team found 17 tombs arranged in a north-south direction. Archaeologists found a total of 5 male skeletons and 2 female skeletons in 8 tombs. Of these, 6 had their heads separated and their limbs, apparently buried after being dismembered after torture, and one had intact bones but misaligned upper and lower jawbones, apparently hanged by ropes. On the right temporal bone of the skull, a broken arrow is inserted.
After excavating and cleaning 8 of these tombs, and combined with historical records, archaeologists determined that the owners of these 17 funerary tombs were the princes and princesses of the Qin Dynasty who were killed by Hu Hai of Qin II in history. For conservation reasons, archaeologists backfilled most of the bones in the tomb, leaving only a male skull for research.
(Male skull excavated from funerary tombs)
Northwest University used computer craniofacial restoration technology to reproduce the former appearance of this Prince of the Qin Dynasty.
(Staff scans the skull)
(Skull Restoration Software)
(Male skull rejuvenation process like)
From a cold skull to a living face, this lifelike head of the Prince of the Qin Dynasty seems to tell us the story of his past.
(Head of the Prince of the Qin Dynasty)
In addition to the restoration of the prince, archaeologists also restored the appearance of the harem daughter more than 2200 years ago.
In the harem of Qin Shi Huang, there were many concubines. The Tang Dynasty literary scholar Du Mu meticulously and vividly depicted the life of the harem of Qin Shi Huang in "Afang Gongfu".
Concubine Concubine, Prince Emperor Sun, resigned to the lower temple, came to Qin, sang the night strings, and was a qin palace person. Star screens, makeup mirrors also; Green clouds disturbed, comb xiaoyi also. The wei flow is swollen and greasy, and the fat water is also discarded. Smoke slants and fog, and burns pepper orchids also. Thunder was startled, and the palace car passed by. Listening from afar, I don't know what it is. One muscle and one face, extremely beautiful, standing far-sighted, and looking lucky. There are unseen, thirty-six years.
Although in the harem of Qin Shi Huang, all the concubines, including the empress, did not leave their names, and even the history books did not say a word. However, archaeologists found their traces in the northeast of the inner city of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum.
(Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Funeral Pit)
In the 150,000-square-meter funerary cemetery, archaeologists found a different number of scattered human bones in the filling of many cemeteries. The number of individual human bones in each tomb varies, but it can be judged as a young woman. Most of these bones are mutilated, and some of them are placed on the upper and lower levels, apparently executed elsewhere, dismembered and buried here.
(Human bones scattered in the cemetery)
Why are so many young female bones present?
(Female remains excavated from funerary tombs)
According to historical records, after Hu Hai succeeded Qin II, he issued an order to dispose of the harem of Qin Shi Huang.
The "History of Qin Shi Huang Benji" records: "Those who did not have children in the palace of the first emperor were not suitable for them. All are ordered to die, and many are dead." That is to say, the concubines who had not given birth to children in the harem of Qin Shi Huang could not let them out of the palace. Hu Hai ordered that all of them be treated as martyrs.
(Female skulls unearthed from funerary tombs)
Archaeologists believe that many of the corpses unearthed in more than 100 funerary tombs in the Qin Shi Huang Cemetery are the concubines of Qin Shi Huang who were ordered by Hu Hai to accompany the burial.
Computer-based craniofacial restoration technology restored the living appearance of one of the female skulls.
(Restored concubine looks)
The concubine reproduced is a graceful, luxurious, beautiful and dignified woman with a noble temperament.
In the best years of her life, but because of the funeral lost her life, her encounter makes people sigh.
More than that, with the development of craniofacial restoration technology and the deepening of archaeological excavations, more ancient faces have gradually been discovered. The mysteries about the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are also about to be revealed...