Foreword: In the early 20th century, there was a golden age of excavation. During this period, some tombs were excavated continuously, and the value of the cultural relics in them was also very high.
But the excavation of many of these tombs was also very urgent, because during that time tomb robbers were also quite rampant. They will dig some robbery holes and steal the gold, silver, cultural relics, etc. from the caves. The incident occurred in a small mountain village in Dai Hubei, where local people found that there were tomb robbers and then dug the hole, and after receiving the report, local cultural relics experts also rushed to the scene.
Observe the situation at the site to start an emergency excavation
After the experts arrived, they also conducted a strict inspection of the surrounding area of the tomb, and found that in addition to the latest theft hole, there were two larger and older robbery holes at the scene, which also made the experts sad. Because it is very likely that after the tomb is opened, there will be nothing in it.
Therefore, in order to prevent the stolen tomb thieves from coveting again, experts also decided to immediately carry out an emergency excavation of this tomb. Avoiding the stolen tomb thieves from taking the first step can also better protect the tomb. The overall excavation of the tomb was very smooth, and there were no excessive obstacles during the period, until the moment the tomb was opened, many archaeologists were stunned.
The tombs were covered with gold
Originally, experts found a number of robbery holes, and thought that this tomb should be empty, but after excavation, there was a big surprise. Because after the tomb is opened, there are many burials in it, and looking around, basically the tomb is completely covered with gold. Such a scene is also rare, which makes the experts very happy.
During the excavation, experts also discovered that the tomb was a joint burial tomb, where the king and the concubine were buried together. There are also many burial items in it, with a total of more than 5300 cultural relics unearthed, more than 3400 gem cultural relics, and more than 1400 gold, silver and jade cultural relics.
After later research, experts found that the tomb was a joint tomb of Zhu Zhanyuan, the king of Liangzhuang in the Ming Dynasty, and his concubine Concubine Wei. This is also a very important discovery in the tomb of the Ming Dynasty prince, and it is also the highest rank in the tomb of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty. The burial products are extremely rich, many of them also have high research value, and many cultural relics are relatively well preserved during the entire excavation process.
Why haven't the artifacts been stolen
As mentioned at the beginning, when the experts rushed to the tomb of Liang Wang and Wei Fei, there were already several pirate holes around the tomb, but the burial items were not looted, which was greatly related to the structure of his tomb.
There are 9 layers of rammed earth at the top of his tomb, and the entire sealing soil is about 9 meters high, which is also a very significant theft project for tomb robbers, which takes a long time to excavate. It also makes many tomb robbers retreat when digging the robbery hole.
Experts have also found that this tomb uses a lot of psychological tactics, because most of the tomb doors in ancient times had heavy sealing stones, so they also let tomb robbers dig from the top of the tomb or the back of the tomb. The sealing stone of this tomb is a decoration, because the door is not sealed according to normal standards at all, and if there are tomb robbers digging the tomb from the front, it may have been stolen from the treasure.
In summary: the discovery of this tomb is also of high historical research value, and many of the jewels in the tomb are also related to Zheng He's voyage to the West, which also adds a lot of cultural relics to understand the history of this period.