The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are again and again....... Dig out new artifacts!
According to media reports: Recently, the Qin Shi Huang Emperor Museum issued a statement that in 2021, archaeologists carried out archaeological excavations on 2 holes in the First Pit of the Qin Terracotta Warriors, and a total of 25 pottery figurines were cleared.
The excavation site is located in the middle of the north side of The First Pit, and the specific area is G8 and G10.
Among them, G8 cleared out 15 pieces of ceramic figurines, extracted 10 pieces from them, and completed 8 pieces of mosaics. G10 cleaned out 10 pieces of clay figurines, extracted 7 pieces from them, and completed 4 pieces of mosaics.
It is understood that the pottery figurines unearthed this time include a general figurine and a medium-level military official figurine.
These two figurines are the pottery figurines excavated since the beginning of the year, and for the first time, the arrangement of their military formations has the characteristics of north-south, east-west symmetry, and it is also of great significance to study the arrangement of the entire No. 1 pit.
In our lifetime, can we see the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang see the light of day again?
The pottery figurine area unearthed this time is actually only the tip of the iceberg of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum.
So some people are curious----- As the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin continues to be excavated, is it possible and possible to see the entire Imperial Tomb opened?
In fact, the archaeological excavation work in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum area has never stopped, and no one will refuse to be able to witness the emergence of this amazing treasure in their lifetime.
(Restoration of painted Qin figurines and some pigment mineral raw materials)
From a rational point of view, the opening of the excavation of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang must not be opened
After all, we have learned the lessons of Dingling, when the protection of cultural relics was not in place, resulting in many precious cultural relics in Dingling being eventually oxidized and destroyed.
For the first time, it is necessary to emphasize that it is better to bury it in the ground than to dig it up with effort, otherwise these precious funerary objects may "die in the light".
The preservation of a tomb is the most important is the first few decades, if after a stage, the funerary products are well preserved, they are likely to remain for hundreds or even thousands of years.
(Excavation site painted Qin figurine disease situation)
Why?
Mainly at this time, the oxygen in the tomb has been exhausted, and the role of bacteria has gradually been weakened, and the entire tomb will form a stable "micro-environment".
If the tomb is opened at this time, the "microbial" environment in the tomb will be broken, and the burial products will be immediately destroyed.
So, that's why, before excavating important tombs, it is necessary to make corresponding preparations to ensure that the cultural relics can not be oxidized when they are excavated.
(Now the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor)
But the problem is that these preparations require a large budget, to build a glass "archaeological cabin" for each sacrifice pit, which can control the temperature and humidity of the site, and also reduce the microorganisms and bacteria brought into the outside world by archaeologists, as far as possible to maintain the balance of the "micro-environment" after the excavation of cultural relics, and the cultural relics can be protected.
For example, some time ago, the Sanxingdui sacrifice pit was excavated in this way.
(Sanxingdui Ruins)
Compared with the Sanxingdui sacrifice pit, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is large
According to the latest exploration data, the opening of the entire dungeon exceeds two standard football fields, while the bottom of the burial chamber is equivalent to 10 standard basketball courts, and the dungeon is equivalent to 5 floors high.
This is just the underground palace, not counting the sealed mound above.
So, if you build the archaeological cabin according to the method, how big does this cabin have? And the middle can not and can not stand pillars, obviously the difficulty, funding is not generally difficult ah!
(Painted Qin figurine excavation site)
If you really spend a huge amount of money to build a huge "archaeological cabin", will everything really be fine?
Non-also, as mentioned earlier: the mound of soil as high as the 5 stories on the ground of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum still needs to be dug up first, otherwise it will destroy the original appearance of the entire site.
This, then, undermines the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and could be condemned and opposed by the international community.
After all, as the first batch of world cultural heritages in the mainland, the protection principle of the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin is -----
Preservation, restitution, reversibility, identifiability and minimal intervention.
Of course, with the continuous upgrading of archaeological technology, surveying and drilling technology are also advanced, but excavation time and protection and restoration of excavated artifacts still have to wait for new technological breakthroughs.
Therefore, whether you can really see this giant view in your lifetime is still a matter of time and technology.
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