As one of the four ancient civilizations, Egypt has always been famous for its mummies and pyramids, and the pyramids as the tombs of the pharaohs are not only shocking in appearance, but also have a unique practical value. Many years ago, after the tombs of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs were excavated, two funerary items stunned everyone, and some people even said that this was not an earthly thing at all.
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was an archaeologist named Howard Howard in Britain, who had a strong interest in archaeology since he was a child, and when he was 16 years old, he came to Egypt to make preliminary observations and studies on the tombs of the pharaohs.
How did Edward discover Tutankhamun's mausoleum?
Later, in 1915, he led his archaeological team to Egypt to prepare to excavate the tomb of the pharaoh who had been sleeping for a thousand years.
The pyramids have always attracted much attention, so there have been many tomb robbers who have visited here before this, but Howard does not want to give up, even if it is difficult, he will try to find the tomb of the pharaoh.
The pharaoh's tomb has never been excavated by the public, and mysterious things are always extraordinarily fascinating, as is Edward.
So the purpose of his trip was to find the tomb of the pharaoh, so even if he did not harvest for many years, Edward was not willing to give up, but the long-term consumption finally smoothed out his enthusiasm, so he decided to give up.
As he was preparing to leave, a boy gave him a crucial clue, what was this clue?
The little boy had been following him and wanted to give him a ride before leaving, thanking him for his care over the years.
On the day of his departure, the little boy told him about the strange things he had encountered on the way there, and it turned out that the boy saw a huge bunker on the way there, and there was a stone staircase of nearly two meters at a glance, and after hearing the news, Edward seemed to think of something, and rushed out with his team.
Edward was ecstatic when he saw this stone staircase, so he quickly led people to clean up the dust and sand here, and another very thick stone door blocked their way.
I thought I was going to return in vain, but when I looked at it, I found that the name engraved on the stone door happened to be the name of the pharaoh he was looking for, that is, Tutankhamun.
Seeing this stone gate, Edward suddenly realized that he could not find Tutankhamun's tomb, it turned out that his tomb was covered by the tomb of Ramses VI, so they searched for so many years but found nothing.
Looking at the grave he had been searching for nearly seven years, Edward couldn't wait to open it to see what was inside.
When all was said and done, Edward quickly opened the stone door, but everything in front of them stunned them. So, what do they see?
What's in the Pharaoh's Mausoleum?
After opening the stone door, Tutankhamun's mausoleum was fully displayed in front of their eyes. At the moment when the door was opened, there was a golden light everywhere, all the funerary goods here were as dazzling as gold, and every item here made them feel incredibly shocked.
The burial chamber is filled with statues of various animals and a lot of gold, the only thing that is missing is that the tomb of this pharaoh is not as big as other pharaohs, and it can even be said that it is very small, but the funerary products are very amazing.
Tutankhamun's burial chamber is divided into four rooms, the first of which is filled with gold and various precious funerary items.
For example, there were bows and arrows, holy grails, trumpets and various pieces of furniture, the only difference being that these things were made of gold, and in addition to these daily necessities and objects of power, they also found many chariots in this burial chamber.
One of the small-looking chariots stunned everyone even more, because it was made of real gold, and the key was that its entire design structure and characteristics coincided with modern design concepts.
It is conceivable how wise the people of that era were, and at the same time reflect the superb craftsmanship of Tutankhamun's time.
In the middle of the room is Tutankhamun's coffin, the outer layer of which is tightly wrapped in special materials, which shows that his mausoleum has not been opened for so many years.
This was a surprise and surprise to everyone, after all, this was the first pharaonic tomb to be found so intact.
But what they saw next made everyone feel very shocked and sighed, these things are not human things at all, or even products of the earth, so what did they see?
Tutankhamun's body was wrapped in seven layers, all plated with gold, in addition to various totems.
In particular, the material of each layer is still different, the outermost four layers are wood materials with gold, the fifth layer is a sarcophagus carved from quartz, after opening the sarcophagus lid, what is printed is a black coffin, looking at the scene in front of you can't help but make people sweat.
Soon the staff cleaned up the mess, and then a pure gold humanoid coffin appeared, and it had to be said that the Egyptians were really rich at that time.
After careful observation, it was found that this golden humanoid coffin is still very exquisite, this humanoid coffin is made of three centimeters of gold, front and back can be divided into two parts, through weighing found that this humanoid coffin weighs more than 100 pounds.
I really can't help but wonder if there will be any precious cultural relics in this coffin?
Then they wanted to further open the golden coffin to see what was going on, but this coffin was not very easy to open, and everyone worked together to make the coffin open.
Inside was a golden mask with eyes made of brown stone, and even eyebrows and beards made of very precious jade.
After thousands of years of baptism without the slightest fading and corruption, these have opened the eyes of the staff, but what people did not expect was that the next two old objects were even more amazing.
The first is a metal dagger, why is it strange to say that it is strange, surprisingly not its delicate appearance, but the material used to make the blade, which is made of iron.
But after thousands of years, there is no rust, and it can be used normally, and maybe at this time everyone will ask what is the fuss about an iron dagger.
What are the two items that do not belong to this era?
But the truth is that in Tutankhamun's time, iron products were not yet popular, or the Egyptians at that time did not cast iron.
Almost all the weapons and equipment of the Bronze Age Egyptians were made of copper, so it was impossible to have iron products in that era.
In order to confirm whether their judgment was wrong, the staff also went back to consult a large number of relevant documents, and finally confirmed that two centuries after Tutankhamun's death, Egypt officially entered the Iron Age.
So where did this dagger come from?
In order to figure this out, the staff searched through all the information that could be found, but could not find evidence that the Egyptians used iron at that time. So they speculated whether there would be a breakthrough with modern scientific and technological means.
So they used X-rays to analyze the elemental composition of the blade, and through the inspection report, they concluded that 90% of the composition of the dagger was iron, and the content of nickel was also very high, perhaps this is why the dagger has not rusted for thousands of years.
But another strange point is that this dagger is very smooth, in other words, its workmanship is perfect to look like a modern craft, but how can ancient Egypt have modern craftsmanship?
Could this be a modern craft in itself? But why did modern crafts appear in the tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs?
These questions are still an unsolved mystery, and experts have not been able to draw definitive conclusions after countless studies and investigations.
Let's talk about the second old object that amazed the experts, that is, a large beetle worn on Tutankhamun's chest.
The beetle was not a real bug, but was carved from a greenish-yellow gemstone, which was thought to be a simple and precious artifact.
After testing, it was found that this is another product that does not belong to this era, what is going on, why is it said?
After a special testing agency, it was found that this was not a real gemstone, but glass. It's hard to burn glass in such a lifelike beetle-like shape, in other words, the ancient Egyptians simply couldn't burn glass so purely.
So where did this piece of glass come from? Later, many experts have conducted in-depth research on this beetle and found that it is similar to the glass formed by the high temperature of the nuclear explosion.
Only after a high temperature of 2700 degrees can it be forged, so glass of this material has always been rare, is this the product of nuclear explosion?
But this is only a hypothesis of experts, and the real reason has not yet been conclusive.
There are many precious artifacts in Tutankhamun's tomb, and archaeologists have spent nearly three years combing through these artifacts one by one.
According to the collation, there are more than 5300 cultural relics in this tomb, which is the tomb with the most cultural relics unearthed in the tomb of the pharaoh so far.
In addition to this, inside Tutankhamun's tomb, experts also found the mummies of two baby girls, according to the special agency to identify these two baby girls as Tutankhamun's daughters.
Although the life span of the ancients was very short, and there were many babies who died prematurely, Tutankhamun's identity and ability could create a special tomb for his children
So why put your own children in your own grave?
According to Egyptian literature, the status of women is very noble, and they are even regarded as the guardians of God, is it Tutankhamun who did this in order to protect his daughters?
The excavation of Tutankhamun's mausoleum has brought archaeologists a lot of questions, and there are still no answers to many puzzles in the tomb, what do you think in front of the screen?