More than 20 years ago, the location where the "Golden Man" of the Cypriot royal family was unearthed is not far from here, and nearly two kilometers away on the other side is another core historical relic of the Lahat site in addition to the burial area of the nobles: an almost rectangular artificial structure with a small top and a large bottom.

The remaining height of the earthen platform is about 18 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a modern six-story building, with a top area of nearly 3,200 square meters, surrounded by two moats, the overall structure is complex and magnificent, and it is located on a divided natural platform, which is considered a dangerous terrain.

More than 2,000 years ago, the society was as unstable as it is today, and it was clear that the Cypriot ruling class was at least semi-sedentary, if not sedentary, in a mode of survival.

It is not a pyramidal tomb, but probably the foundation of the palace of a Cypriot royal tribe that ruled this large area around the 5th to 4th centuries BC.

Time passed, Zhang Nan and others looked at it, and the palace of the Sai people more than 2,000 years ago had long since ceased to exist, leaving only green grasslands and pine forests.

Zhang Nan was not interested in the ruins of the palace, and did not look at the remnants of the building construction on the earthen platform: even if there was, it is long gone.

For more than 2,000 years, there has been no shortage of people, and the rivers that come and go from the snow-capped mountains mean that there is no shortage of water, and the rich grasslands can support cattle, sheep and herders, and this is a typical autumn and winter pasture area.

Autumn and winter pastures meant that ancient nomads would build a large number of settlements, and they could build palaces here, that is, the best places to build settlements, and those building structures should have been used for a long time.

Zhang Nan was not interested in going to the distant Gaotai ruins to climb high and look into the distance, and Charitz Theron, who was originally interested, did not go, so he sighed a few words: "Brother, how do I feel so magical, such a remote place can have such a civilization."

God, more than 20 centuries, I really want to see how people lived at that time. ”

The core area of Central Asia is of course geographically remote to the horizon, at least in the eyes of the Westerner Charitz Theron.

Zhang Nan smiled at this and said: "You are infected by the environment here, blue sky and white clouds, snow-capped mountains and grasslands, and if you don't pay attention to your brain, you will run the train."

However, the charm of studying history lies here, and the touch of imagination and time and space is very interesting. ”

"Research?

Huh..."

Charlie looked disdainful, this person in front of her was a super gravedigger, or the kind of master who could unite with the army and get the local government to dig graves together.

Zhang Nan didn't care, "Research is not counted, let's explore the assembly."

Compared with the big mound, I am interested in the more than 80 tombs in the core area of the tomb here, and there may be a few "golden people" below. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at a group of experts from various countries surveying the terrain more than 20 meters away, and said: "They say that there are at least 80 tombs here, and there are more than 100 tombs that can be seen.

Even if there are no more "golden people" below, according to the habit of the Sai people to accompany them into the earth with their personal equipment, this large piece of land is definitely a real treasure trove..."

It's a treasure trove of virtually defenselessness!

The fences were like goods, and when I ran in, I found that they only had "fences", not "fences": there were sheep grazing in the east, because there were no fences there.

Nothing is finished, except for a nearly isolated museum and a handful of dwellings, and this large area is an open ranch.

According to the bearded man, there have been no tomb robberies here in recent decades, but judging from the findings of the excavation in 69, some tombs were destroyed in ancient times, but not all tombs were stolen.

Tomb robbery is the most rampant in two places in the world: China and Egypt!

But if you think about it, you can understand why this is the case: history and population density, there are many tombs under the ground in China and Egypt, and even if there are many in other parts of the world, it seems that the custom of thick burials is not developed.

The pointed hat people played with thick burials, but their tombs did not attract the attention of the archaeological community for a long time, even if there was no shortage of nomads here in ancient times, but it was still a model of vast land and sparse population.

The history of the Cypriots is missing, and countless peoples and tribes that have appeared here have no history at all, and they do not know the funeral customs of the Cypriots.

Except for people who are really full and have nothing to do, even the ancients would not fight the idea of tombs here.

Besides, the nomads who later occupied the area probably didn't know that there were burials beneath the low, near-time-destroyed mounds.

Even if you know, you won't dig it: "Golden People" are not everywhere, who will dig out some scrap copper and rotten iron to sell?

If there is no culture, there is no basis for playing antiques, let alone the market. As for the Soviet era, hehe, just like before the reform and opening up of China, in addition to national archaeology, fools only went to dig graves!

……

After turning around, Zhang Nan still sighed a little: "It's a pity!"

"It's a pity that you can't dig with an excavator?" Chariz Theron quipped on the side.

"There is no need for excavators here, and I didn't hear from them that the tombs here are relatively shallow, and the Cypriots don't like to dig deep pit tombs like the Huns.

It's just that time is limited, so I didn't have to stay here for a few more days, not only the Cypriots stayed here for two or three centuries, but even the remnants of the Mongols in the thirteenth century.

Layer by layer, layer by layer, if you dig slowly for a period of time to study... Well, it must be interesting to explore. ”

I don't have time, it's rare to be able to stay here for four or five days this time, this is the core area of Central Asia, and who will stay here longer.

After a walk outside, I went to the white museum and took a look: this museum is a kind of goods, some people live here to watch the door, but it is only open to the public a few times a year, and it is not usually open to individual visitors.

Again... It's not a casual either.

Even if someone comes, it is a visit organized by a unit or group such as a school, for example, in Almaty, some people will prevent them from participating here every summer.

Usually closed, the gatekeeper is a family of locals, and this area in this neighborhood is used as a pasture for sheep and cattle.

The level of cultural relics in the collection is some pottery, ironware, simple bronze, and some physical objects and replicas of ancient life scenes, including the "golden man".

The model wears a pointed high hat, and the blouse, pants, and boots are covered with glittering "gold sheets", which is very exaggerated and eye-catching!

Of course, these gold pieces are fake, and the replica pieces are supposed to be plated with some kind of golden chemical, which looks slightly weird, and probably has nothing to do with real gold.

The original is the first national treasure of Kazakhstan in the museum of Almaty: unfortunately, the Cypriots have no writing, and no one will ever know the name of the human bones in the suit of more than 4,000 pieces of gold.

The king who was buried in such a gorgeous costume didn't even leave a name, sad!