Everyone knows that there are many precious collections in the ancient tombs, especially those that are very famous, and the various burial items inside are even more valuable. It is precisely on this basis that many tomb robbers have stolen a large number of cultural relics at the expense of the interests of the state under the desire for profit, and even destroyed the tombs, many of which have been damaged repeatedly. However, there is such an ancient tomb, which contains 10 national treasures, but the tomb robbers do not take one, why is this?
In 1979, taiyuan city in Shanxi Province discovered an ancient tomb from the Northern Qi period, so an archaeological expert group was immediately set up to excavate it. At first, they speculated based on the available historical data that the owner of the tomb might be Hu Luxiang, after all, the time and orientation of the tomb are consistent with the historical records of his tomb.
After a series of careful investigations by experts, they felt very sad and helpless. Because this tomb is really too badly damaged, even if it has not yet entered the main tomb, it is conceivable that there should not be many precious cultural relics in it, and the valuable estimates have also been stolen by tomb robbers. But after actually entering the main tomb, they couldn't help but rejoice.
Although the tomb has long been destroyed, it still contains a large number of artifacts, such as the very common pottery figurines, porcelain and stone carvings. Those tomb robbers are not fools, the volume of these funerary goods is relatively large, it is more troublesome to carry, the key is that their value is not high, so the tomb robbers have patronized here many times, and they have come one after another, but they have not been stolen. However, in addition, there are dozens of cultural relics that can be called national treasures, and the tomb robbers have not taken the slightest, is it that these tomb robbers have eyes that do not recognize the goods? Don't know their true value at all? Expert: It's not that they don't want to take it, it's that they have a way.
In addition to these bulky and low-value artifacts, there are also those carved on the walls of the national treasures, the murals of this ancient tomb are quite exquisite and have very high research value. At that time, it was possible to use a material to paste the entire mural, but the tomb robbers did not use this method.
Mainly because the mural has long been damaged due to perennial theft, if it is rushed to connect it may cause more damage, then such a mutilated mural even if it is brought to the market is rarely bought. The so-called tomb robbery chart is wealth, and since it is not worth anything, he abandons it.
In fact, experts found something more interesting behind the coffin in the tomb, which turned out to be an epitaph engraved there. Through the epitaph experts found that the previous inference was wrong, the real identity of the tomb owner was a heavyweight official of Northern Qi, named Lou Rui, at this point, all the truth was revealed.