In the 1990s, archaeologists discovered a mysterious handle in the famous Hockson Cellar in Britain, which was widely concerned for its strange shape and even became one of the most famous artifacts in the world for three reasons. What kind of magical artifacts are they? If you are also curious to know, the following Xiaobian will reveal the secret to you.
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When it comes to cellaring, many people's first reaction is "treasure", of course, this is understandable, after all, the ancients will only bury valuable things in the ground. In the archaeological discoveries of the mainland, experts have also unearthed many amazing cellars, but the most famous of them is the Hejia Village cellar. In October 1970, a peasant in Hejia Village, Xi'an, was building a house, but when they dug the foundation, they found several large pottery urns, and opened them to see that they were full of gold, silver and jade... Later, experts identified the cellars as relics of the Tang Dynasty, and speculated that their owner was Liu Zhen, the tenant at that time.
In addition to China, there are also many famous cellars in Western countries, such as the Hoxon Cellars, which is one of them. One day in October 1992, a small village in Suffolk, England, Hockson was building a house and accidentally lost a hammer. So Rouse borrowed a metal detector to look for the hammer, but the hammer was not found, but he found a chest of gold coins and gold and silver objects buried in the ground... A few days later, Rouse reported the incident to the local council, and soon it reached the British Museum in London, where experts rushed to Hoxson to investigate, which was later determined by empirical research to be the cellar in the 5th century AD.
The hoxson cellar was surprising to the experts, who after cleaning up, determined that there were more than 15,000 gold coins, most of which were gold coins from the ancient Roman period, in addition to more than 70 silver living utensils, such as plates, spoons, cups and bowls and candlesticks, as well as more than 300 different women's gold and silver jewelry, including bracelets, gold chains and earrings. All in all, the Hoxon Cellars are very rich in categories, and there are some strange things, such as the golden tiger is one of them.
The Golden Tiger is a female tiger that is about 15.9 cm long and weighs about 480 grams, with exquisite tiger stripes carved on its neck and back. Overall, the golden tiger has a slender body, two back paws in a standing posture, while the two front paws jump up in mid-air, looking majestic. After in-depth research, experts also found that the golden tiger's paws had traces of soldering, thus indicating that it was not an ornament, but a handle welded to something. Later, the golden tiger was collected in the British Museum, and was also named the Hockson tiger by experts, and the Hockson tiger also became a well-known cultural relic in the museum for three reasons.
Reason 1: As mentioned above, the Hawkson tiger is a gold cast tiger, experts measured the purity of its gold, it is as high as 99.5%, and such a high purity is higher than some gold jewelry on the market today. From this, the Hoxson tiger also proved the superb smelting technology of the ancient Romans, otherwise it would not have been possible to refine such a high purity of gold. In fact, in addition to the Hawkson Tiger, the gold coins in the Hawke Cellar are also very pure, and even some gold coins have reached 99%, which is simply incredible.
Reason two: the British Museum has never lacked treasures, no matter how many exquisite artifacts there are in the British Museum, you can find better ones, so the Hockson Tiger can stand out among the artifacts of the British Museum, which is enough to prove its exquisite and unique. Museum experts said that in terms of animal modeling artifacts, the Hawkson tiger is obviously the first, its shape is lifelike, after more than 1600 years is still the same, especially the Hockson tiger also has both the female tiger and the fierceness of the tiger.
Reason three: As mentioned above, experts speculate that the Hawkeson Tiger is a door handle, but there is no answer as to what the handle is for a while and a half. Later, some people speculated that it was the handle of the door, but the use of the Hoxson tiger as the doorknob seemed too small, and if it was a doorknob, there should be two. Therefore, some people speculate about what kind of container handle, such as teapot, tea bowl or holy grail. Over time, with more and more speculation, The Hawkson Tiger has become a veritable "internet celebrity".
With the passage of time, the Hoxson Cellar has gradually been forgotten, but the Hawkeson tiger is still a hot topic, and this year is also the Year of the Tiger, and I hope that the Hoxson tiger can also bring good luck to us. Finally, Xiaobian also hopes that experts can figure out the real use of the Hawkeson Tiger and unveil this mystery that everyone is looking forward to.
Resources:
The British Museum, London by Luca Mozarty, Publisher: Yilin Press
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's