Note: The content of this article refers to the global network "Precious Cultural Relics Unearthed in the Ancient Roman Period in the United Kingdom and Surprised to Appear 5 Simplified Chinese Characters" 2019-09-09, some details in the article may be polished, please read rationally.
In 2019, British archaeologists unearthed a 1,600-year-old Roman fresco.
At first, archaeologists were thrilled that the mural could bring a whole new history to the world.
But during the excavation, they found a stone block engraved with the words "Jim is here" in simplified Chinese.
This incident has also aroused the conjecture of many people, and it has caused quite a stir.
There are also many netizens who said, could it be that someone has crossed?
So, what is the truth of the matter?
The English town of Boxford
As early as more than 3,000 years ago, a very advanced "Sumerian civilization" was born in the world.
It can be said that under the land where we live now, there are actually a lot of historical civilizations buried, whether it is crystal skulls or Dunhuang murals, all of which are symbols of historical civilization.
In fact, there are many historical and civilization relics in various countries in the world, which also attracts tourists from all over the world to visit.
For example, in the village of Boxford in West Berkshire, England, there are ruins of a Roman villa built around the 4th century AD.
However, for many people, this is just a symbol of history, with no other meaning and value, and no difference from other ancient architectural sites.
After all, there are actually a lot of ancient Roman ruins in other parts of the UK, which are simply not worth mentioning compared to the historical significance of other places.
Besides, the development of this small village itself is not particularly good, and it can even be described as "isolated".
The local people mainly live on the very traditional farming and planting industry, and the geographical location here is not particularly good, so the economy has not been able to develop.
However, their thinking changed with the arrival of an archaeological team.
In 2019, a British archaeological team visited the humble village of Boxford.
In fact, when they first came here, they didn't really have much hope, they just thought it was a regular archaeology.
However, what the archaeological team did not expect was that this unintentional trip brought them unexpected gains.
1600-year-old frescoes
When the archaeological team excavated the area according to the usual practice, they found that there was a very old mural in the ground.
I thought that a huge six-meter-long mural was already very surprising, but when you look closely at the things on the mural, people's mouths are probably shocked to close their mouths.
Unlike the murals we usually see, this mural is not painted with painting materials, but is made of countless small stones of different colors.
And this, in fact, is the so-called "mosaic method".
Upon closer examination by archaeologists, they found that it was a mosaic fresco from the Roman period 1,600 years ago.
You know, the mosaic frescoes of the Roman period are very valuable.
Before the discovery of this mural in England, only Italy and Turkey had mosaic murals in the world.
All of a sudden, major British media, such as the Daily Mail and the BBC, began to report on the mural.
According to the description, the mural is actually about a Roman chariot race.
The king wanted to choose a husband for his daughter, so he held a contest to recruit his daughter, and the winner of the competition was able to marry his daughter.
Many people actually think of this story as the origin of the ancient Olympic Games.
It is undeniable that the significance of this mural to Britain is indeed significant, but compared to the surprise when people found the mural, the appearance of a small stone actually shocked many people.
Impossible things
In the process of excavating the murals, the archaeologists also found several stones, which directly attracted the attention of the people present.
Many people may wonder if it is not very normal to find stones when digging in the soil, what is there to make a fuss about.
It is true that digging out a stone is a small thing, but the words on the stone are not a small thing.
Because on one of the stones, there are five big words written on it: "Jim is here".
And these words are still written in Chinese Simplified.
For a time, not only the British archaeological community, but even the Chinese archaeological community was also a sensation, why did Chinese simplified Chinese characters appear on the stones of more than 1,000 years of money?
It may seem difficult to find a suitable answer to this question.
Some people say that this may be the words carved on the stone by themselves when tourists come to travel.
But it didn't take long for this speculation to be overturned.
You know, this village is not usually a particularly popular tourist destination, and there are only a handful of people who come to visit.
Moreover, at the excavation site, in fact, all the sites were closed at that time, and there was no possibility for unrelated personnel to enter at all, so this statement is not valid.
But 1600 years ago, when the mainland was still in turmoil between the two Jin Dynasty, it seems unlikely that our culture spread to Great Britain at this time.
Besides, it was only after 1956 that the mainland began to vigorously promote simplified Chinese characters, and it was only at this time that the use of simplified Chinese characters gradually expanded.
In 1600, there were no simplified Chinese characters in the continent that we use today.
These are all mysteries, and there is no information to verify what really happened.
After this incident came out, many netizens began to speculate, could it be someone who crossed over?
Otherwise, the matter is not explained at all.
In fact, there is also a speculation that this may not be the so-called simplified Chinese characters, but a cultural symbol more than a thousand years ago.
It's just a coincidence that this symbol just overlaps with those characters in simplified Chinese characters.
This speculation was quickly dismissed, because it was indeed a bit far-fetched.
You know, the overlap between conformity and Chinese characters, this probability is actually very small, it is said that Chinese is the most difficult in the world to learn, and our current Chinese characters are slowly evolving.
Even if it is an overlapping symbol, how can it be so coincidental that it can be read coherently into a sentence?
In fact, there are countless question marks in the minds of many archaeologists about the appearance of these simplified Chinese characters, but the current information is very limited and cannot answer this question at all.
Looking at this stone from more than 1,000 years ago, no one can tell their own story for it.
And all of this, perhaps, can be verified one day in the future.