Chapter 487 The Difference Between Archaeology and Collection

"Mr. Li is worthy of being an expert in the Forbidden City, and he can see the age of this thing at a glance, and he admires it."

Ma Shiwei clenched his fists and said to Li Yang with a smile, with a look of admiration on his face. He is not pretentious, he really admires Li Yang, but it is not easy to deduce the age at once from the surface, at least the time Li Yang said is much more detailed than what he referenced.

"Professor Ma, don't praise me first, I'm done, you should introduce us now, let us also learn and learn"

Li Yang chuckled, and at the same time looked at Ma Shiwei curiously, Li Yang also wanted to know what such a thing looked like in the eyes of archaeologists, and what was the difference between the opinions of their collection and appraisal experts.

Ma Shiwei smiled slightly, glanced down at the pair of little lions, and then looked up at everyone.

"This pair of lion cubs is a newly unearthed cultural relic, and the unearthed time is no more than a month......"

"No more than a month, how do you tell?"

Before Ma Shiwei finished speaking, Tang Xiaoxiao interjected, Li Yang frowned slightly, and finally sighed softly, this girl's IQ is very high, but her EQ is very low, and she doesn't know how to deal with people at all.

Ma Shiwei was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, and then said: "It's very easy to see, the nightmare soil on it told me"

Ma Shiwei pointed to the dust on the little lion, with a bright smile on his face, and he was not angry at all because he was interrupted by Tang Xiaoxiao.

"Nightmare?"

Li Yang's brows furrowed slightly, he seemed to have heard of this term, but he couldn't remember it clearly, this name was definitely not seen in books, as long as it was seen in books, he would definitely remember it.

"Yes, it is the nightmare soil, the nightmare soil is actually a kind of ancient burial soil, which is specially used by the royal family and nobles, this kind of soil is similar to the current clay, and has a certain antiseptic effect. In archaeology, the earth was only used by the Mongols and Liao, and the nobles of the Western Regions after that adopted better sealing techniques, and no one was using this kind of soil."

Ma Shiwei nodded slightly, Li Yang was not speaking, he gradually remembered where he had heard this word.

At the last exchange meeting, it seems that an expert mentioned this word, and there was also a nightmare in a treasure he picked up, but the expert did not explain the specific process, and Li Yang didn't particularly care.

"How do you know it's the Nightmare Soil up there?"

Tang Xiaoxiao asked again, He Jie's brows furrowed slightly, and finally shook his head helplessly, fortunately, Ma Shiwei's temper is very good, and if he is replaced by an irritable expert, he will probably get angry when he is questioned continuously like this.

"Dr. Tang, this is our expertise, the earth is white in the ash, and it will have the smell of rotten wood after three months of unearthing, the longer the taste, the weaker the taste, the smell of rotten wood on the lion is still very strong, so I infer that it has been unearthed for less than a month"

Ma Shiwei raised his head and smiled, didn't care about Tang Xiaoxiao's question at all, and explained it directly.

"Also, the nightmare soil has a strong adhesion, and the more time passes, the less likely it is to fall off, have you noticed that this is a bit too much of the dust that sticks to the stone lion?"

Ma Shiwei said again, and several people looked at the pair of stone lions curiously, even the special soldier Gao Yong was no exception.

"It's a bit much, indeed"

He Jie finally nodded, many of the stone lions' bodies have this kind of dust, at first He Jie thought that these ashes were not cleaned up, but now he knows that it is not like that, it is these soils that are attached to the stone lions themselves.

Ma Shiwei stretched out his hand, pinched off a little of the ash on the stone lion, and said with a smile: "The time of the excavation of this pair of stone lions can also be inferred from the thickness of the soil, according to my observation, the real unearthed time of this pair of stone lions is between 21 and 27 days, that is, between three weeks and four weeks."

"Awesome, you're so right"

Suddenly, someone next to him praised loudly, Li Yang and they all turned their heads, and a middle-aged man wearing a black casual jacket with a big beard was looking at Ma Shiwei in surprise. This man looked like he was in his forties, and Li Yang walked out of the store when they were squatting here, and he was listening to them all the time.

"You're the boss here, aren't you?"

Ma Shiwei stood up with a smile, and there was a scholarly temperament on his body, Ma Shiwei at this time was like a real senior archaeological expert, and he didn't have the appearance of taking the initiative to make friends with Li Yang on the plane.

"My surname is Han, I am Han Chinese, and I am also the owner of this shop"

The bearded middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, and stretched out his hands to shake Ma Shiwei, his eyes were full of admiration.

"Boss Han, can you take the liberty of asking, where did you get this pair of things?"

Ma Shiwei asked again, this pair of lion cubs has been unearthed, representing a nobleman's tomb has been discovered recently, Ma Shiwei still has a little regret in his heart.

The shape of this pair of lion cubs is the rain lion of the Western Regions, which is an auspicious beast that prays for peace, which is a dragon and lion in Chinese, and is generally used by the royal palace nobles to carry out the tombs.

This type of lion was more common in the ancient Liao, Mongolia, Western Xia and Uighurs, and the lion Ma Shiwei deduced that it should be used by the Western Liao nobles. Since it is a nobleman, the tomb will not be so small, it is a pity that Ma Shiwei is useless to find this ancient tomb now, the lions of the town tomb are all scattered outside, and the fate of the tomb can be imagined.

"This is what my brother-in-law gave me to help him sell, my wife is a Tibetan woman, and my brother-in-law is also a Tibetan."

Boss Han said softly, and hurriedly said: "This pair of things was picked up by my brother-in-law next to a newly dug tomb more than twenty days ago, and the tomb was dug up a few days before he picked it up."

Boss Han looks like a rough man, but he is actually very careful and knows some laws and regulations, so he deliberately explained, unlike his brother-in-law who has not read many books and does not understand these at all.

It is precisely because of his understanding that he admires Professor Ma so much, this ancient tomb was indeed excavated more than 20 days ago, and his brother-in-law told him when he sent these things, people just looked at it a few times and said it so accurately, it is indeed a person with real skills.

"Dignified? It's a pity, I didn't expect that there would be tomb robbers in Tibet."

Ma Shiwei nodded, and there was a look of regret on his face, he thought that Tibet was an undeveloped virgin land, but he didn't expect that those tomb robbers had already reached here.

"Professor Ma, amazing"

He Jie suddenly stretched out his thumb, Li Yang's eyes also had a strong admiration, Li Yang could see the age of these things, but he definitely couldn't tell how much time they had been unearthed, this is the essential difference between collection and archaeology.

"Why don't you win the prize?"

Ma Shiwei chuckled lightly and shook his head again: "After I go back this time, I must do a project, for the topic of Tibet, the situation here needs our attention."

Several people are not talking, this is a matter within Ma Shiwei's profession, they just want to express their opinions and don't know what to say, even Li Yang can't get involved, archaeology and collection can be said to be very different.

"Boss Han, can I ask another question?"

Ma Shiwei turned his head and asked the rough-looking shopkeeper again, and the bearded Boss Han hurriedly nodded: "You say"

"I want to ask you, where did your brother-in-law find this pair of lions, and how much are you going to sell them for?"

Ma Shiwei is very interested in this ancient tomb, but he also knows about this mission, he wants to ask it and wait for the task to be completed before coming to investigate, or inform his colleagues, let colleagues come and have a look first, even if it is a stolen ancient tomb, it has a certain research value for archaeologists.

"My brother-in-law is from Zada County, and the lions were picked up from them, so I don't know where they are."

Boss Han shook his head, Li Yang and He Jie were slightly stunned, Zada County, isn't this this place they are going to this time?

"As for the lions, take them if you want, I can see that you are a real expert, and it may be more useful to put them in your hands."

Boss Han looked at the pair of little lions placed at the door, and said slowly, he gave this pair of little lions to his brother-in-law because he wanted to sell them for a hundred yuan, but seeing that the other party was a person who understood these things, he didn't dare to ask for money, and the origin of this thing was not correct after all.

"The money still has to be given, and it is not easy for you to open the door to do business, and I am very grateful that you are willing to tell me so much"

Ma Shiwei shook his head, took out his wallet from his pocket, and took out three red tickets, which were at most one hundred and one for the little lions outside, but the shopkeeper was so real, he was embarrassed to give less.

Boss Han hurriedly excused himself, and the two argued for a while, and finally Ma Shiwei bought the pair of little lions for 100 yuan. It is not legal to buy and sell such things, Ma Shiwei knows this, but this phenomenon is very common in China, and it is not the first time he has bought unearthed things, and he has long been used to it.

The two little lions are not heavy, Ma Shiwei asked the shopkeeper to take two plastic bags, carefully put the little lions in, and prepared to take them back and study them well when they are fine.

Ma Shiwei stood up, and Li Yang slowly walked towards the store.

There is still a good thing in the store, and now looking at the appearance of everyone, it is obvious that they are leaving, and they really go to buy it next time, and I don't know what time it will be here, and I don't know if this thing will be here next time, Li Yang can only take the initiative by himself and go inside first.

This shop mainly deals in some Han souvenirs, in fact, Han things are also a little Tibetan style, and Han things are not popular here.

There were a lot of wooden Buddha statues and wooden boxes and the like, and Li Yang stood next to a shelf and carefully looked at a wooden rectangular bowl-shaped object on it, which was something he accidentally found under the three-dimensional picture.

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