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The five big characters "Jim here" are no more than simple Chinese characters for anyone to see, but it is these five words that have caused a sensation in the archaeological community. The reason why it is so bizarre and unbelievable is that the place where these five big characters appear is very strange. It all stems from a Roman site unearthed in England in 2019 about 1600 years ago.
Of course, the ruins of that era were not a big deal, let alone a sensation. In terms of time, the time of the ruins is about the two Jin Dynasties in China. But the key problem is that in the officially released photos of the excavated artifacts, a stone block is very strange. This stone block is inscribed with the five Chinese characters of "Jim here" Chinese Simplified.
Such a strange thing can not help but make people wonder, could this thing be officially forged?
relic
In 2017, a group of amateur archaeologists discovered the remains of a pavement mosaic mural in the village of Boxford in West Berkshire. When it was discovered, the mural was tiled in a private arable land. Its size is about 6×5 meters.
Due to the size of the mural and the limitations of the conditions at the time, the mural was not excavated, but was buried again, allowing local farmers to continue farming. But it is clear that archaeologists have been thinking about this and have not given up.
So, in 2019, archaeologists recruited many volunteers to start rediscovering. It only took more than ten days for the mural to be rediscovered. Of course, although the fresco was excavated, it was too large, so it was difficult for archaeologists to deal with it.
On the one hand, although archaeologists feel that the excavated "mosaic" mural is of great significance, and there are only three in the world, it is not easy to store in museums. On the other hand, when the local people visited, they also asked to keep it on their own land.
Therefore, archaeologists decided to display the mural for everyone to visit for a period of time, and then refill it for hiding in the ground. And the local people can continue to cultivate on it. Of course, whether such a decision is correct or not is a matter of people's hearts, but this archaeological discovery has undoubtedly shaken the entire British archaeological community.
This is so because there is something surprising about this archaeological excavation.
Mural contents
The excavated fresco is a Roman "mosaic" fresco. As mentioned earlier, in the eyes of archaeologists, there are only three mosaic murals in the world, and this mosaic mural has been excavated for the first time in the UK.
In this respect, the excavation of this mural is of great significance to the British archaeological community. Judging from the content of the fresco, it depicts the story of Perops, the grandson of the god Zeus, who participated in the victory of the chariot and thus won the heart of Princess Hippodamian.
Hippodamia was the daughter of King Onomaos, and the cause of the incident came from a prophecy that Onomaos was said to have received a prophecy that he would be killed by his son-in-law. Because of this, Onomaos tried his best to prevent his daughter's marriage.
And his way to prevent his daughter from marrying is simple and crude, that is, to set up a chariot race, and only those who win him can marry his daughter. Unsurprisingly, Onomaos used the match to kill 13 people who proposed to Hippodamia in a row.
One of those who wanted to marry Hippodamia was Peropus, the grandson of the god Zeus. In order not to be executed by Onomaos, he conspired with Hippodamia to replace the axles of his chariot. As a result, Onomaos rolled over in a chariot race, so much so that he was wrapped in reins and eventually dragged to death by his horse.
Since similar murals are the first to appear in Britain, the British archaeological community is very excited, calling such an archaeological discovery the most exciting discovery in fifty years. However, if the discovery of this mosaic mural is exciting, then another excavation is surprising.
And this strange excavation is a stone engraved with Chinese Simplified Chinese characters.
Jim is here
This is an unearthed stone block, which looks ordinary and ordinary, but has several chinese characters engraved on it Chinese Simplified. Archaeologists were surprised by this, but after some identification, they came to a clear conclusion: these are five Chinese Simplified the Chinese character "Jim here.".
Subsequently, the reporters took photos of the mural and the stone engraved with Chinese Simplified Chinese characters and published them in the media, which triggered a lot of heated discussion. The excavation of the mural is better to say, after all, it is a normal cultural relics excavation, but the Chinese Simplified Chinese characters on the stone blocks are too contrary, and even the media people have commented and analyzed it, believing that Chinese Simplified Chinese characters should not appear on the cultural relics at all.
Of course, in view of the occurrence of the five Chinese characters of "Jim here" on Chinese Simplified the stone, archaeologists have not further studied and examined it. However, from the point of view of its relatively "clean", many people think that this stone is likely to be just a prank or mistake.
Otherwise, it's a plan by an archaeologist or a local. After all, the mural was refilled, but it was rediscovered. Therefore, it is possible that such a plan is to allow more people to visit the local village.
In addition to these claims, some more extreme people believe that this stone engraved with Chinese Simplified Chinese characters is evidence of archaeological fraud. They believed that the excavated murals and other artifacts unearthed were fake, and began to doubt the authenticity of the archaeology.
Of course, the truth is what it is, I am afraid that it needs to be further examined.
epilogue
The artifacts at the archaeological excavation site usually have extremely high historical and artistic value. Of course, the excavated cultural relics are also important materials for museum exhibitions and scientific research. Further study of the value of cultural relics is conducive to experts and scholars to observe and examine ancient historical information.
Among the cultural relics, there is a lot of valuable historical information hidden, which can make people unveil the veil of history. Therefore, when people study history, archaeological excavations are usually a very effective means.
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