Chapter 329: Ban Qing Treasure
"It's a pity! It's really disturbing to see that the two secret rooms can't be dug! ”
Sun Yuyao smiled and comforted: "Forget it, after all, in other people's Indian land, you can't dig blatantly." There are many treasures www.biquge.info pen, fun and pavilion, and this time it is not in vain, and the import quota of 500 tons of red sandalwood is also a lot of wealth. ”
There is no way to say anything now, even if Wu Tianyuan knows that the secret room is there, there is no way to dig it. Fortunately, the last two chambers are not near the temple, they are far away. The Indians are expected to not be unable to find a place for a while, and when the limelight passes, they will discuss with the polar bear to see if there is a chance to get it?
"You go and help me collect some antiques from Southeast Asian countries, but I didn't expect poor India to have hundreds of billions of dollars in treasures!"
This time, Wu Tianyuan was also an eye-opener, he had never looked down on the poor place of India, but he didn't expect that it would be hundreds of billions of dollars as soon as people came out! I haven't made much money from a single transaction in two years.
"You should have paid more attention to the smaller countries around you, such as Myanmar, Thailand, and even Cambodia!" Sun Yuyao sneered: "These countries are all king systems, the people are poor, but the ruling class is very rich, and several countries also produce gold and precious stones, and they don't know how to say anything about you!" ”
This time, Wu Tianyuan really had a long memory, and he wanted to go to Europe to hunt for treasures all day long, thinking that it was the territory of the invaders and there were many treasures. But he didn't figure out a reason, why the invaders came to Southeast Asia, not because there are so many treasures here!
Gold and gemstones are produced, Myanmar also has jadeite and huanghuali, ruby is also famous all over the world, I didn't expect it?
Two days later, Wu Tianyuan found a new clue, Ban Qing Treasure!
In 1962, a clerk of the Ministry of Arts of the Kingdom of Thailand kicked out a shard of pottery with a pattern while walking on a weedy path in the small town of Ban Thanh. Out of professional habit, he brought the pieces back to Bangkok. He deduced from the color of the pottery that it was a prehistoric product, but it was not noticed because the banqing was too small.
In 1966, Stephen, the son of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand, came to Ban Thanh and, passing by a road construction site, saw many broken pottery dug up by bulldozers at the place where the stone was piled up. He was fascinated by the pattern on it, so he picked up a large and beautiful clay pot and brought it to Princess Chanhe in Thailand.
Although the pot is broken, the pale yellow background has a deep red pattern that the artist can wave as he wants, as well as a precise geometric pattern that has been carefully conceived. This color combination is not only eye-catching but also quite pleasing to the eye, and the beautiful patterns make the pottery have a strong artistic appeal.
Princess Chanhe noticed that this pattern was different from anything found in Thailand, but rather a bit like ancient Greek pottery patterns. This princess, who loves art, out of her sensitivity to cultural relics, personally went to Banqing. She went door-to-door to collect artifacts, and in the end, she brought back not only a large amount of pottery, but also a lot of bronze products.
Knowing that it would be difficult to obtain royal approval for large-scale excavations of tombs in Thailand, where Buddhism is prevalent, the princess decided to turn to foreign forces. She took photographs of all the pottery and printed it into a book for distribution abroad, and after the publication of the pictures, it caused a sensation all over the world, because no other place in Asia had ever seen such pottery unearthed, and archaeologists from at least a dozen countries gathered in Banqing to find out the origin of these pottery.
In 1968, Elizabeth, a famous American art historian, sent some pottery fragments to the archaeological research center of Philadelphia University, and it was determined that the pottery of Banqing was made around 400 BC, almost as old as the age of the Lianghe civilization.
It's hard to believe that Thailand has a history of up to 1,500 years. Later, I tested the Banqing pottery pieces many times, and the results were the same. Could it be that Banqing was once one of the cradles of the world's ancient civilizations?
In 1974, with the funding of the United Nations, the excavation of ancient tombs in the small town of Banqing began. On the first day of excavation, expectations were not very high. It's hard to imagine that this town, with a population of less than 5,000 people, has a long history of growing rice for generations.
However, when digging to a depth of 5 meters, a layer of soil that archaeologists know and dream of appears, which is a six-layer well-demarcated tomb, the deepest layer is from 4000 BC, and the shallowest layer can be traced back to 250 BC, surpassing the documented history of Thailand.
By 1986, Ban Qing had excavated 18 tons of various cultural relics, including a large number of bronzes and gold and silver ornaments. Some people say that the treasures of Ban Thanh are never-ending because there are thousands of ancient tombs here, surpassing the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The geographical scope of this unknown civilization far exceeds that of the Mazhi civilization and is no less than that of the Indus civilization.
The most striking thing about Banqing culture is the bronze products, and there are continuous innovations in production technology. In the early tombs, the unearthed bronze adzes and bronze hand pots had a tin content of only 1.3%, and the production was relatively crude, strictly speaking, they can only be regarded as red copper products. As early as around 1000 BC, the Banqing people made a variety of elaborate bronze bracelets, necklaces, rings, and long-handled spoons.
In addition to bronze ware, a small number of iron tools have been unearthed in the underground of Banqing, including iron anklets, iron bracelets, and bimetal spearheads and axes. In the late bronze works, there is a collar forged in bronze with a tin content of up to 20%. Because the copper content is so high that it is easy to break, it must be forged into multiple strands and then twisted during production, and it is still a mystery how the Banqing people mastered this important technology.
"Go to Banqing Town!"
Wu Tianyuan immediately decided to set off and go to Banqing to hunt for treasures, this time they are all ancient civilizations, especially bronzes, the Tianyuan Ancient Civilization Museum is just right for exhibition, even if it is the first shot, it is off to a good start!
With the help of the polar bear, the group sneaked into the vicinity of Banqing, Wu Tianyuan locked the location of the treasure through a bronze fragment, and soon found an ancient civilization site, and after excavating overnight, he collected more than 200 bronzes and some gold and silver jewelry.
In this way, he stayed in Banqing for half a month, collected a total of thousands of ancient civilization cultural relics, and finally returned with a full load, and finally added the first batch of collections to the new museum!
"It's finally open!"
Hu Jianmin sighed: "I thought you kid wasn't going to look for ancient civilization collections? There has been no movement, and today it is open! ”
"Nonsense, don't you see me running around every day? Is it easy to get something back? ”
Wu Tianyuan rested for a few days before relieving himself, the number of ancient civilizations is too small, every country is a treasure, and it is displayed and studied in the largest museum, and it can't be bought with money!
Human beings are very interested in prehistoric civilizations, hoping to obtain mysterious powers through research, such as the Mayan civilization, Atlantis, ancient Babylon, ancient India, and even China has many mysteries that cannot be explained by current technology.
Originally, Wu Tianyuan really didn't think about collecting the relics of ancient civilizations, and he was quite satisfied with getting some antiques by himself, at most he was getting some Western artworks, oil paintings and sculptures. As a result, the three landowners built 150,000 square meters of art centers at once, and there were only three museums!
Now the Chinese Pavilion has been basically perfected, only two Van Gogh paintings in the Western Pavilion are Sunflower Town Pavilion, and the Ancient Civilization Pavilion is even more fucked, and it is easy to get some Banqing bronzes, which is also the first batch of collections. (To be continued.) )