Chapter 439: The Ancient Silk Road
"In fact, the most surprising thing is that the dried corpses unearthed in Esker and the dried corpses unearthed in Yanbrak and Wubao are actually surprisingly consistent with the cultural attributes shown by the Shanshan Yanghai Cemetery and the Subexi Cemetery.
And there is another amazing discovery in the unearthed dried corpses, that is, the skulls of these dried corpses are actually perforated, which is shocking, this phenomenon is somewhat similar to the skull perforation, that is, the scalp and skull are drilled, which is a folk treatment in 18th century Europe.
Many ethnic mystics believed that making a hole in the skull could improve the ability to sense, and due to the lack of scientific evidence, head piercing has been abandoned by modern medicine.
In fact, the stranger is still behind, the phenomenon of skull perforation is far more than staying in the eastern Xinjiang region, the dried corpses unearthed in the ancient tombs excavated in northern and southern Xinjiang have found this phenomenon, these artificial perforations do not have the same position on the skull, the hole is square, there are also round, concentrated distribution or scattered on the skull, the length, width and diameter are mostly about 1 cm.
What makes people wonder is who the nomadic tribe who galloped in the Hami Oasis 3,000 years ago?
It's just that there are several purposes here that have been destroyed by tomb robbers, and some things have even been taken away, and useless ones will be discarded at will, which has caused great difficulties to find out the cause of this place. ”
The wind had already stopped, and at this time the sun was shining on the earth, and after getting out of the car, Zhang Yang and He Xiaoman walked in the desert with the two little guys, and they also felt the heat on their bodies.
Climbing up the sand dunes with flowing water-like lines, the wreckage of the former ancient castle and now slowly unfolded in front of the two of them and everyone in the live broadcast room.
The castle is built on the mountain, the area is not large, look at the external outline of the two adjacent earth and sand buildings of the upper and lower floors, the east and west are about 50 meters long, the north and south are about 10 meters wide, the height of the wall is about 6 to 8 meters, and the thick sand at the top and the bottom of the pile is about five or six meters high.
From the direction of the building, the castle sits in the south and faces north, with wind-eroded cliffs in the south, Yadan Tulin in the east and north, and only a trumpet-shaped open surface in the west.
In the shooting picture of the drone from the height, it can be seen that the top of the castle is flush with the sand mountain, the Yadan on the west side has become a cross-section, the wind erosion is serious, the castle on the east side is larger than the castle on the west side, and there are two castles with regular square holes, which seem to be lookouts, and there are holes in the cliffs facing south, which seem to be to observe the lookout of the south.
Listening to the name 'castle' is a bit of a tall feeling, like the Western medieval castle, but those who really see it know that this is just a large earthen house built on the mountain, and you can see that the construction materials are very old, and it belongs to the Bronze Age with slow development and progress, which is very much in line with the construction method at that time.
Zhang Yang didn't go up, he didn't plan to go in here to take a look, because there was nothing to see inside, and it didn't look like the buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties were well preserved.
"It is said that there is also a secret passage in the ancient castle, which is a place for people to store food and other things, so it can be seen that the ancient castle has been in use since the Bronze Age to the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties.
After all, this is a legendary castle on the ancient silk road, and it is the hub of Loulan in the west and Dunhuang in the east.
Speaking of the original meaning of Esker is 'broken city', and in fact, this kind of broken city can be seen in many places in the north and south of Xinjiang, but when it comes to the most pocket-sized, it is indeed the Esker Castle in Hami, which is the one in front of us, which is next to the fifty miles of arch worship, which is the nearest post station from the sea road to the Hami oasis. ”
Speaking of which, Zhang Yang suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed the next place to go to the live broadcast, and he wanted to let the people in the live broadcast room guess it, but no one guessed it until now, and he subconsciously said it just now.
He stopped in time, and couldn't help but look at the reactions of everyone in the live broadcast room, only to find that no one noticed the three words he said in the paragraph just now, and while breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, he also secretly sighed, in fact, even if he said this name, it is estimated that few people will know.
After all, this kind of history, especially a location on the ancient silk road, should not attract people's attention, which is why the people in the live broadcast room have not guessed his next destination.
Actually, if you really want to talk about it, if a famous place like Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave, you say that you say the next place in one attraction, there may be people who can guess it.
"Okay, guys, in fact, speaking of this place, it has a lot to do with the location I'm going to go to live streaming, for example, this is equivalent to a bus stop, and the next place I'm going to go is a place similar to the previous stop or the next stop.
I've come to this point, everyone should be able to search for it on the Internet, just now I said a few keywords, and even pointed out the name of the next live broadcast location!"
In fact, it's not that Zhang Yang doesn't want to tell fans, but he thinks that this kind of active understanding is more interesting than passive reception.
The castle has been finished, and the time is close to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yang plans to drive away from the Devil's City and continue to the next destination, by the way, he clicked with the people in the live broadcast room, these people have not been able to guess, he himself is also uncomfortable, this is the ancient silk road, such an important place, everyone has appeared in the textbook, and no one has guessed where he is going next.
Get in the car, restart and drive outside, along the ravines between the vast desert Gobi Desert, find the right direction, and look for a canyon road that can be used by vehicles.
"Sorry, I can't guess, I don't want to guess, it's a waste of brain cells!"
"I really can't imagine that, after listening to Brother Yang say so much, I doubt that what he said should be a historical place, is there any scholar who has come out to explain?"
"I seem to have a little concept in my head, Brother Yang's road to the west should be a very famous road, I should have some ideas, I need to check some information!"
"Today's young men, they only know about history in the Tang, Song, Ming, Yuan and Qing dynasties, but they still don't know about more niche or some historical nodes!"
"Lao Ge, haha, I didn't expect you to come too, you old guy, it's not that the young men don't know now, it's that their life pressure is really too great, it's not like this is our kind of work!"
"Yes, what Lao Zhang said is very right, in fact, I hate very much some people who claim to be experts now, saying that young people don't know about history, I really want to smack their faces, if you have the ability, you can also say a 123!"
"Yo, my old Ge actually saw your old Zheng Tou surfing the Internet, it's rare, that's right, you're right, now there are indeed some people who like to abuse and claim to be experts to harm young people!".
"Lao Ge, my Lao Zheng can't go online, you must know that this is my little brother Zhang's live broadcast, haha, I'm here to learn, old man!"
"Phew, a lot of age, shameless, people can understand a little bit when they call your son brothers!"