In 1990, a "glass" was unearthed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, which surprised experts and even doubted whether anyone had deliberately taken a glass and put it in it. Because the workmanship of this glass is too similar to the current glass, for a period of time people thought that it was a fake artifact.
But as the research progressed, experts discovered that this was actually a crystal cup from the Warring States period, polished from a whole piece of crystal clay. Because of the craftsmanship and excellent material, it looks the same as today's glass. Now it has become a national treasure of our country, and it is forbidden to exhibit abroad. In addition to the crystal cup, China has also unearthed many "strange" cultural relics, such as in the tomb of the Tang Dynasty princess, a "alien" skull was unearthed.
In 2001, a large number of Tang Dynasty tombs were unearthed on the outskirts of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and one of the tombs was owned by Li Qian, a princess during the first year of the Tang Dynasty. And this princess tomb unearthed a relic that shocked everyone - the skull of an "alien". The lower part of the skull is a neat tooth, with only the upper jaw and no lower jaw. There is also a huge protrusion on the round head, like a deformed head, and there are many unknown stars dotted on it.
For a while, archaeologists were frightened by this strange picture, but adhering to the concept of science, experts still brought the skull back to the institute and studied it carefully. Finally, under further in-depth cleaning, experts finally figured out the true origin of this "alien" skull. It is not the remains of aliens, but the skull of the tomb owner Li Qian, as to why it is so deformed, it is because of a phoenix crown that Li Kui wore on his head when he was buried.
The phoenix crown is a relatively small cultural relic unearthed in China, and most of them cannot be restored. Today, the most famous phoenix crown is the four phoenix crowns unearthed from the Dingling Tomb of the Wanli Emperor, and the phoenix crown unearthed in the Tang Dynasty is the first one. Therefore, the experts are very excited, after all, the Wanli Phoenix Crown is a national treasure-level cultural relic.
During the restoration of the crown, people finally knew what the unknown starlight on the "alien skull" was. It turns out that these "starlight spots" are all gemstones embedded in the crown of the phoenix, composed of agate, jade, pearls, amber, ivory, etc., which are still glorious even after thousands of years. When unearthed, it is illuminated by sunlight and lights, so it looks sparkling and dazzling.
In addition, the production of the entire phoenix crown is even more incredible, the phoenix crown is composed of gold wire and black yarn, which has many 1.5 mm gold beads in series, even the restorers have to be restored with the help of the microscope, it is difficult to imagine the ancients more than a thousand years ago, what kind of "high technology" was used to make such a clever phoenix crown.
After three years of enlisting the help of German experts, the crown was finally repaired. Therefore, we can also see how luxurious and luxurious the phoenix crown worn by the princesses of the Tang Dynasty really is. The whole is only more than 800 grams of phoenix crown, as many as 370 gemstones alone, which are interspersed with gold and silver threads and phoenix decorations, which is a national treasure level cultural relics.
In fact, in addition to the phoenix crown of Li Qian's tomb, there are many cultural relics that have surprised experts. For example, the copper caliper excavated from the cemetery during the Eastern Han Dynasty in 1992 is no different from the current vernier caliper. Sanxingdui cultural relics in the 1980s look very similar to aliens, and one of them resembles a disk. Many netizens joked that this is the steering wheel of the alien flying saucer.