657. CHAPTER XXIII

There is also a door between the vestibule and the coffin, and there is a cloister inside and outside the door.

Professor Koo led everyone into the cloister and then into the coffin.

Standing on the cloister, one can see the bottom of the coffin, and the height of the coffin is about 1.5 meters.

Now, everyone finally understands what is called "coffin", the so-called "coffin" is "heavy coffin", into everyone's sight is three coffins - is the coffin in the coffin, the middle coffin is the smallest volume, between each layer of coffin, there is a gap about four centimeters wide.

"Professor Gu, why is there a gap between the coffins?" Liu Dayu asked.

"There is some charcoal in the void, charcoal is used to absorb water, and charcoal is placed in the void of the coffin to absorb moisture in the air and ensure the dryness of the coffin."

"Three coffins, are there three coffin lids!" Han Lingling asked.

"Yes, there are indeed three coffin lids, and there is charcoal between each coffin lid. When we open the boxwood on the top of the burial chamber, the lids of the three coffins are open. ”

Ouyang Ping looked at the boxwood inscription around the tomb, and the height of the boxwood inscription was about 2.5 meters.

An archaeological team member cleans up charcoal and sludge at the bottom of the coffin.

On the coffin, there are some large and small gaps, and the surface of the coffin has peeled - the paint layer on the surface of the coffin has gradually lost its moisture and is warped. After more than 2,000 years, the coffin decayed quite badly.

Professor Gu knocked on the coffin with his hand, and his voice was a little muffled, judging from the sound alone, he knew that the coffin was more seriously rotten, and the soil at the bottom of the coffin should have entered the coffin from the gap around the coffin with the flowing water.

Professor Koo's words confirmed our judgment: "When we entered the tomb, there was about 10 centimeters of water in the coffin and 30 centimeters of water in the cloister. ”

Exiting the coffin, Professor Koo walked to the east wall of the front hall, where there was a rectangular cave about 70 centimeters long and 55 centimeters wide about 50 centimeters from the ground.

"This is the cave - this is where the tomb robbers enter the tomb. The size of this cavity is the same as the size of the cavity on the soil seal. Above is the cross-section of the robbery cave-" Professor Gu pointed to the fourth-level earth steps.

There is a shallow ditch at an angle of 75 degrees on the soil steps corresponding to the rectangular robbery hole on the boxwood inscription, and this shallow ditch is part of the robbery hole. It was through this hole that the tomb robbers reached the east wall of the tomb and then pulled out a rectangular hole from the boxwood. There was a lot of black mud on the ground inside and outside this rectangular cave, and everyone could smell the same smell from the black mud as the rope ladder.

The soil of the sealing layer is loess.

Ouyang Ping finally found "12 here." 6 "The second point of convergence between the homicide case and the theft of the Han tomb."

"Professor Gu, when you entered the tomb, did you find any relics from the scene?"

"No, the tomb robbers carefully cleaned the tomb when they left it, they left nothing in the tomb, and we carefully examined the outside of the cave - around - including the place where the earth was piled up, but found nothing."

"According to the depth of the robbery hole, the amount of earth must be very large, so much soil, where are the tomb robbers piled up?"