Mention the tomb of The Marquis of Haixia unearthed in Nanchang, Jiangxi, which no one knows and knows. But in Nanchang, a land with a long history, there is not only this tomb, here, there are often some surprising archaeological discoveries.
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At the beginning of 2018, the Nanchang municipal government was carrying out shantytown transformation in the mountain area of the target, but some green bricks and tiles appeared when the excavator dug and dug. The experienced workers quickly stopped and said, "Can't dig anymore!" There are ancient tombs underneath! "When the archaeologists arrived here, yes, there were indeed ancient tombs under the ground." Unfortunately, this ancient tomb has long been in ruins and does not seem to have any archaeological value. However, while preparing for the evacuation, archaeologists found that the soil layer on the east side was somewhat different, and it was necessary to dig deeper.
It doesn't matter, a layer of cyan bricks and stones is neatly stacked on the ground, how can there be such a neat layer of bricks at the bottom of this tomb? To solve the puzzle, you have to continue digging down. It doesn't matter if you dig this, a huge surprise is in front of everyone's eyes. This is not a ruined tomb, but a well-preserved cemetery, and the masonry is not the bottom of the tomb but the top of the tomb. The discovery excited the archaeologists.
Carefully lifting the bluestone bricks on the top of the tomb revealed a thick layer of rafters. To know that the ancients buried, only rich people use the rafters, ordinary people can use a thin coffin is not bad. It can be concluded from this that the owner of this tomb is either rich or expensive, and is certainly not an ordinary person.
Lifting the lid, the area was filled with muddy water, and several coffins were faintly visible. The staff carefully pumped water to drain the mud, and six coffins, large and small, were presented.
Nanchang old town underground surprised by the strange tomb under the tomb, a tomb six coffins neatly arranged, what secrets are hidden?
Six coffins are crowded in this small burial chamber? This is the first time this has been seen in archaeological discoveries. I had never heard of the deceased crowding the dormitory, but the more strange this thing was, the more valuable it was to study, and the strange scene in front of them made the archaeologists even more excited.
Two days later, the water in the tomb was drained, and the situation in the tomb was clearly presented to everyone. What puzzled the archaeologists again was that a brick wall divided the burial chamber into two parts, one side large and one small, the large one with four coffins on one side and two on the smaller side, and one of the six coffins was much larger than the others.
With the deepening of archaeological work, more than a dozen exquisitely crafted black-glazed clay pots have been unearthed. After cleaning the clay pots, archaeologists also unearthed many clay figurines, clay pots, bronzes and copper coins on the side of the tomb. Among all the funerary items, the most valuable are these pottery animal products, including the pottery pigsty, chicken nest and the watchdog puppy, which are made in a vivid form.
According to the preliminary judgment of some excavated cultural relics experts, this is a Han tomb! To say that this Han tomb is a fighter in the ancient tomb, because the Han Dynasty popular thick burial, after the death of a person, more than half of the belongings must be turned into funerary products. It is also in this way that the Han tombs have been the key targets of tomb robbers in the past, and the so-called Han tombs are ten tombs and nine empty ah. And if the ancient tomb discovered by the archaeologists today is a Han tomb that has not been stolen, it can be said that it really hit the great luck.
Don't say it.
The staff of the Jiangxi Archaeological Research Institute really bumped into the big luck, and this tomb was not only not visited by stolen tomb thieves, but the owner of the tomb was still a rich lord. There are many more rare treasures buried in this rare and intact cemetery.
A tomb with six coffins Nanchang surprised the Han Dynasty tomb Who is the owner of this tomb?
Intense excavations are continuing, with a large number of five-baht coins unearthed, but many "cargo springs" mixed with many copper coins. Mention of the "cargo spring", ah, it is the currency issued after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty to establish a new dynasty, because the circulation is not very small, very rare, the new dynasty exists for a short time, so it can be retained to today's "cargo spring" is very precious. However, the use of coins does not unlock the identity of the owner of the tomb, and it is necessary to continue excavations in order to understand more, and the answer is slowly approaching as the coffin lid is opened.
As soon as the lid of the coffin was opened, the area was full of water, but strangely, the water in the coffin was unusually clear, as transparent as the spring water on the mountain, and the bones and burial supplies inside were clearly visible.
In the largest coffin, archaeologists excavated an iron sword, the iron part has been rusted almost to the end, but the hilt and lacquer scabbard are still intact, and even the rope on the hilt is still clearly visible.
Subsequently, wooden combs, gold and silver jewelry, and bronze utensils were unearthed one after another, and experts preliminarily concluded that the owner of the first coffin was a woman. Later, after skeletal testing, the tomb was buried with a woman of about thirty years old and five children. The youngest was only five or six years old, and the bones in the two separated coffins were tested to reveal that they were severely malnourished, so it was concluded that the children in the two coffins were burial servants.
The most precious cultural relic in this Han tomb is a pair of children's shoes, and its excavation not only stunned all the archaeologists at the scene, but also alarmed national experts.
The upper of this pair of children's shoes is knitted, and it is the only Han Dynasty fabric unearthed so far. Filling a gap in the history of Chinese archaeology, the history of Chinese knitting has been advanced by nearly 3,000 years. This discovery alone has not been in vain.
But unfortunately, who the owner of this tomb is, has not yet given a conclusion, and their way of burial in such a tomb and six coffins is really strange. Some experts speculate that this woman's five children are likely to have died in the war, so they were hastily buried.
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