654. Chapter 20 The Looting of Tomb No. 2
"Let's put it this way! We hope that there are some remnants of Tomb 2, but judging by the situation we have cleaned up, the situation is not optimistic. The contents of the tomb were almost looted by the tomb robbers, and the tomb robbers were very calm, and the tomb was relatively clean--the number of burial goods in the tomb must not be a small number--this is a princely tomb--In the Han Dynasty, only prince-level people used this high-standard tomb type. ”
"The burial chambers we have seen in the past are all masonry structures, and we have never seen this form of burial chamber."
"This form is called 'boxwood inscription', and we have excavated several tombs of Han Dynasty princes before, all of which are tombs of this type."
"Have the other two tombs been opened?"
"Tomb No. 3 has not yet been opened, Tomb No. 1 has been opened, and the press conference at half past five will reveal the cleaning of Tomb No. 1. I'll tell you about it first. In parallel with the salvage excavation of Tomb No. 2, we cleaned Chamber No. 1. The cleaning was divided into three stages, the first stage was the antechamber, the second stage was the ear chambers on both sides of the coffin, and the third stage was the coffin room. ”
Professor Koo uses a lot of jargon. He saw that Ouyang Ping and his comrades were a little dazed, so he took the trouble to explain: "The tomb of the Han Dynasty mausoleum generally has three parts, the feudal emperor has the concept of treating death as life, so when they built the mausoleum, it was completely built in accordance with the type of the palace, the palace has a front and back court, the front hall of the tomb is the place where the deceased activities and governance, the coffin room is the place to sleep, and the ear room and the front hall are the places where the burial goods, utensils and food are stored. Professor Koo said as he drew a diagram of the structure of the burial chamber on the ground with a small stick.
"The funerary goods were mainly concentrated in the coffins, transepts, and vestibules. We found a large number of gold, jade, lacquerware, wooden Yong, and two swords, one long and one short, in the coffin," Professor Gu said, taking out a notebook from the pocket of his trench coat, flipping to one of the pages, pushing his glasses above the bridge of his nose, and then continued, "We have cleaned up a total of 180 cultural relics in the coffin, among which the cultural relics are mainly gold, jade and wooden Yong, a total of 68 gold, 46 jade and 18 wooden Yong. There are also nine pieces of lacquerware - from an archaeological point of view, the archaeological value of nine pieces of lacquerware is immeasurable, after more than 2,000 years, the color on the lacquerware is as bright as new, which cannot but be said to be a miracle; We cleaned out the bronze and jade objects in the ear chambers on both sides of the coffin, which were commonly used in daily life, a total of ninety-nine pieces. ”
The newspaper that Director Ma showed to the comrades had a detailed report on these lacquerwares.
"Are there any burial goods in the front room?"
"Yes, the most valuable thing is the three bronze tripods and a set of bells neatly placed in the front hall."
"In this way, the burial goods in Tomb No. 2 must be no less than that in Tomb No. 1, at least the same as the number of burial goods in Tomb No. 2." Ouyang Ping said.
"Judging from the location, there should be more burial goods in Tomb No. 2 than in Tomb No. 1, and the specifications are much higher than those in Tomb No. 1."
"Why is that?"
"Chamber-2 is in the center, chamber 1 is a little south to the east of chamber 2, and chamber 3 is a little south to the west of chamber 2. The central axis of chamber 2 is at the center point of the line connecting chambers 1 and 3. ”