Chapter 177 Unknown Ancient Corpse
It can be said that as long as you are from Shonan Province.
There is no one who doesn’t know about Mawangdui Han Tomb.
After all, this can be said to be a very famous tourist attraction there.
Many tourists go there for sightseeing every year.
"This Mawangdui Han Tomb is rated as one of the world's top ten ancient tombs and rare treasures."
"The discovery process of Mawangdui Han Tomb is also a very bizarre story."
At this time, Ye Zhen began to speak slowly.
"Back then there was a place called Mawangdui Street near here.
Archaeologists discovered two small mounds nearby.
After investigation, it was discovered that these two small mounds belonged to the Han Dynasty.
It shows that there is a group of Han tombs under here, but there was no time to excavate it at that time.
Twenty years passed in the blink of an eye, and it was 1971.
At that time, excavation work was needed to build a local hospital.
Something strange happened while the workers were digging the foundation.
When they were digging the soil, a will-o'-the-wisp actually appeared during the digging process.
After the construction worker saw such a strange situation, he immediately stopped working.
Because this will-o'-the-wisp is considered very unlucky by the ancients.
The workers said that the flames were blue and very scary.
Then some experts came to check it out, and they discovered that the dirt looked very strange when excavated.
Because some white paste actually appeared under the soil, and this white paste was very soft, like dough.
These construction workers have never seen such strange mud. ”
In fact, if these construction workers and civil engineering experts at the construction site have some archaeological experience.
Everyone knows that this white plaster mud was commonly used in tomb soil during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
The texture is fine, sticky, relatively moist, and has little water permeability.
It has a strong antiseptic effect. When the white plaster mud is wet, it is cyan.
Therefore, it is also called green paste mud, which turns white after drying.
Therefore, as long as those local masters and Mojin captains saw this white mud, they could confirm that there must be tombs from the Qin and Han Dynasties underneath.
"Of course, how do the experts at this construction site know what this white plaster mud is?
But he called some workers and drilled holes directly in this place.
I want to see what is underneath the white plaster mud.
Soon the workers used special drilling tools to drill directly into the white plaster mud.
I only heard a popping sound when the steel drill that punched the hole was pulled out.
Then some gas came out along the hole.
It happened that there was an overseer lighting a cigarette not far away, and suddenly the blue flame erupted from the hole.
It turned directly into a blue fireball.
The expert's eyebrows were burned off.
At that time, experts shouted for everyone to run.
Because of this, the construction here has been temporarily put on hold.
And they could see some blue flames erupting from time to time.
Later, they thought there were landmines or something like that buried here, so they asked professionals to come over and confirm.
Unexpectedly, the deminers said that this was not a mine at all, but that it might be an ancient tomb.
Then archaeological experts came on stage and they confirmed that this was an ancient tomb.
And it is a fire pit tomb also called Huodongzi.
This shows that the tomb is very well preserved and the gas inside has not leaked out.
At that time, those people wanted to collect the gas that caused the blue flame.
But several days have passed, and the gas in those tombs has long since disappeared.
So until now, what exactly is the gas that can trigger the blue fireball is an unsolved mystery. ”
At this point, some viewers who have read tomb-robbing novels became excited.
"This white paste mud is the characteristic of the ancient tombs of the Qin and Han Dynasties."
"This fire cave shows that no one has touched the tomb, so it is extremely valuable."
"So this tomb has been preserved for more than 2,000 years without any water or air entering it?"
"The technology of these ancients is so amazing!"
Archaeologists at the time thought so too.
This ancient tomb can be preserved for more than two thousand years, and the gas inside can still exert its effects.
It shows that the sealing is excellent, without any gaps.
some archaeologists said.
"This Huodongzi is a rare thing that comes across in a thousand years. It's not easy to find one that is still effective."
"That's right, I have been doing archaeology for so many years and have never seen this fire pit tomb."
"Don't think about it. Even if it does exist, it may have been stolen or leaked due to environmental problems."
"And fire pit tombs are rare."
The Huokeng Tomb has been recorded in ancient books. At first, everyone thought it did not exist.
I didn't expect that the ancients could actually create a fire pit tomb.
It's too shocking.
But what is shocking is what is inside this ancient tomb.
I only heard Ye Zhen continue to say.
“When this ancient tomb was discovered, the archaeological experts were very happy.
Because our country has such a long history, many ancient tombs have actually been robbed by predecessors once they are discovered.
There are actually only a handful of ancient tombs that have not been robbed.
However, there was actually gas spewing out of this ancient tomb, which gave experts hope that this might be a tomb that had not been robbed.
But during the excavation process, these archaeologists became heartbroken.
Because they discovered three robbery holes, the things inside were now more dangerous.
But the robbery hole disappeared above the white plaster mud, so the tomb has not been touched.
After digging through the thick white mud, we found a large amount of charcoal under the white mud.
There are ten thousand kilograms of charcoal, and this white paste is to prevent air from entering.
Because everyone knows the corrosiveness of oxygen, and this large amount of charcoal is to prevent moisture and absorb water.
This way the tomb can be well preserved.
The most surprising thing is that the layer under the charcoal is a bamboo mat.
The goose-yellow bamboo mats are layered on top of each other, tightly wrapping the coffin below.
When it was first unveiled, the color of the bamboo mat was bright yellow, as bright as ever, and very beautiful.
But as soon as it came into contact with the air, the bamboo mat quickly turned black and broke when touched. All the archaeologists present felt sorry for it. ”
Hearing this, some viewers couldn't help but think of what Ye Zhen said at the beginning that oxygen is poisonous.
Others' bamboo mats have isolated the air environment and have been preserved for more than two thousand years.
It can survive longer if it is not dug up. However, after the tomb was opened and the bamboo mat came into contact with the air, it was immediately corroded by oxygen.
"Sure enough, this oxygen is poisonous."
"Is it possible that the owner in this tomb is not actually dead?"
"Are you still alive? You can't find anyone alive in there."
"I've watched "Tomb Raiders"! There must be live rice dumplings in this situation!"
At this time, Ye Zhen continued: "After opening the bamboo mat, you will find the body of the coffin.
This coffin is very huge, 6.67 meters long, 4.88 meters wide and 2.8 meters high.
What is this concept? 2.8 meters is equivalent to the height of our current floor.
Such a huge coffin tightly wrapped the contents inside.
What is inside this coffin?
After opening the coffin, we found a tic-tac-toe structure inside.
There are four levels in the coffin. After opening the first level, there is a tic-shaped tomb inside.
The coffin of the owner of the tomb is in the middle, surrounded by thousands of rare treasures in well-shaped grids.
All these burial objects are exactly the same as when they were freshly buried.
This made the archaeologists on the scene exclaimed. They had never seen such a scene before.
Because most of their archaeological work has already been carried out with rescue excavations.
Many tombs have been visited by tomb robbers.
This is the first time that a Han tomb that has not been touched is still so well preserved.
Archaeological experts then opened the third floor and saw the coffin with the body inside.
In ancient times, the tallest coffin was the emperor's four-story coffin.
No matter how noble your status is, you can't go beyond the fourth level.
So this looks like a very high-end tomb.
But they also knew at that time that the coffin must be very well preserved.
It cannot be opened directly in a place like the wild.
Then the innermost coffin was moved indoors, trying to preserve the contents as much as possible.
Because those things outside and the bamboo mat that has turned into ashes have already been explained.
As soon as the things inside are opened, they may be reduced to ashes.
Because during the excavation process, they found lotus roots that had not been eaten more than 2,000 years ago in a lacquered wood box.
When it was first opened, the lotus root slices inside were still as white as new.
Like freshly cut from the kitchen.
But in the next second, it turned into something like ashes in the air.
It was precisely because of these two things that they felt the coffin should be opened indoors.
But after opening the coffin, they were dumbfounded.
Because the body was soaked in some brown liquid.
There was no way to tell what the corpse looked like.
Some experts initially thought it might be sewage seeping in from groundwater.
But anyone with any brain knows that this tomb is so well preserved.
How could there be underground water inside the coffin?
These people drained the brown liquid.
But at that time, this clever man collected two bottles of the brown liquid.
Then they opened the multiple layers of silk. This wrapped silk could prove the noble identity of the owner of the tomb.
Because the patterns on this silk look like high-end goods.
At first I thought there wasn't much silk, but who knew it was wrapped in more than 20 layers of silk.
After opening some silk, everyone present widened their eyes.
Because they suspected that they were wrong.
At first they thought that more than 2,000 years had passed and the corpses inside should have turned into skeletons long ago.
But what they saw was a "living person".
Some archaeological experts even thought that the owner of the tomb was not dead but still alive!
After testing later, it was discovered that this was simply a miracle.
After more than 2,000 years, this corpse is still elastic.
And the joints can still move, and even the blood vessels are still clearly visible.
Because the personnel at that time injected preservatives into the ancient corpse.
The blood vessels can still move.
This made the staff at the time stand on end, and even the hair on their heads was clearly visible.
They have never encountered such a situation. ”
After hearing Ye Zhen's description, some people who heard about the Mawangdui ancient corpse for the first time were shocked.
"After more than two thousand years, it is still well preserved and the skin is still elastic! How is this possible?"
"Is there a possibility that she is not dead yet, but was poisoned by oxygen after the museum opened."
"A dead body can actually be preserved in such good condition for more than two thousand years."
"Can it be done with today's technology? I think it's very difficult."
The amazing thing about this Mawangdui ancient corpse is that even with the use of modern technology.
No one said it was possible to preserve a corpse for two thousand years.
Not to mention it is so well preserved.
Ye Zhen then said something even more shocking.
“What’s the most outrageous thing?
The skin and hair are very well preserved, and the fingerprints are also very clear.
Even if the skin is still elastic, the brain and the organs in the body are still intact.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would have thought that the corpse was fresh and had only been buried for a few days at most.
And undigested food was also found in the ancient corpse's stomach.
It was found that she had eaten melon before she died and there were 138 melon seeds in her stomach.
It shows that she liked to eat melons very much during her lifetime, and this melon was the murderer who killed her.
She ate too much melon.
Causing the gallbladder to push stones into the duodenum.
This induced coronary heart disease and sudden death. ”
I didn't expect that this would actually lead to death.
In fact, this ancient corpse was still as alive as when it was discovered.
At that time, some experts said that this ancient corpse was unknown and wanted to burn it immediately.
Otherwise it will cause very serious consequences.
Some people really believed it at that time because this ancient corpse was too evil.
After more than two thousand years, the skin is elastic and the hair and blood vessels are clearly visible.
It's really hard to believe.
(End of chapter)