Chapter 18: The Crystal Skull

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Wang Longqian, deputy director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, signaled to Professor An Guangsha of the School of Humanities to talk about the method of identification of ancient ceramics. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis requires you to read through the history of Chinese ceramics, be familiar with the craftsmanship of all dynasties, and fully understand all kinds of historical knowledge. ”

"This is too demanding, no wonder Director Wang can buy such a hand-me-down boutique as Guiguzi descending the mountain!" Zhou Zhengtian said with a smile, and everyone laughed too.

"Don't interrupt!" Wang Lung glanced at Zhou Zhengtian.

"Yes, it is indeed very demanding, the five points just mentioned, as long as there is a point that does not match, it must be wrong, and even if it does, it may not be right. First of all, whether the tire is the texture of the ancient ceramics when they were fired, and whether the glaze is the process at that time, the ancient ceramics that can be handed down in the world are absolutely unambiguous in these two aspects! The modern imitation is generally made of chemical dyes, the color is frivolous, and the lack of natural feeling, which can be judged by the color and luster presented by the utensils.

Secondly, the shape is not beyond the times, for example, for example, Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue knife in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is beyond the times, because Guan Yu is a person in the Three Kingdoms period, and the Qinglong Yanyue knife only appeared in the Song Dynasty, and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms also clearly records that Guan Yu is stabbing Yan Liang under the horse in front of the White Horse Slope, which must not be the Qinglong Yanyue knife, but should be a weapon such as a spear!

Then the ornamentation and the style also have to match, the style is like our handwriting, everyone and everyone is different, the decoration is the style of ceramics, that is, the artistic atmosphere reflected. For example, the ceramics of the early Qing Dynasty, the monarchs at that time were relatively sage, giving the people a sense of heroism, the people were very confident in their hearts, and the craftsmen at that time made the ornaments were very domineering, ** The Chinese emperor after the war was tired of coping with internal and external troubles, and the craftsmen began to be uncalm and not so confident, and the ornaments made were relatively weak.

Then there is some historical common sense can also help the identification of ancient ceramics, I saw some TV series filmed recently, Di Renjie went to see Wu Zetian, the director in order to reflect the style of the Tang Dynasty, actually hung a "Mrs. Qiu Guo You Chun Tu" in Wu Zetian's room, this is a hard injury! Mrs. Qiu Guo is the third sister of Yang Guifei, and Yang Guifei is the concubine of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Li Longji is the third son of Wu Zetian's youngest son Tang Ruizong Li Dan, how can Wu Zetian get Mrs. Qiu Guo's turn to go to Youchun when Wu Zetian is in power! The identification of our ancient ceramics is the same, take the Yuan blue and white in my hand as an example, if Guiguzi goes down the mountain, this must be in line with historical common sense, because Guiguzi is a person in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, if there are three dozen white bone spirits, it is not appropriate, because Journey to the West was only written in the late Ming Dynasty. Of course, this is still basic common sense, if you want to judge the authenticity of ancient ceramics, you also need to consider all aspects! Take the piece in my hand as an example, because it is imitated according to the standard type, so there will be no mistakes in the shape, ornamentation and style, and the common sense problem just mentioned does not exist! It can only be judged by the tire, the glaze and the overall feel! ”

"Professor An, is it true that you can guarantee 100% identification with this method?" After listening to An Guangsha's explanation, Wei Dongbiao interjected.

"This definitely can't, it's related to the level of experts, even the top experts can't guarantee to see one accurately!"

"Hmm" Wei Dongbiao nodded, leaning into Wang Longqian's ear and said. "According to Lu Jinshan, Lan Xingyi's judgment has never been missed, she is a girl in her twenties, she must have no experience, it seems that she is not identified by Professor An's method!"

"Hmm" Wang Lung glanced at Wei Dongbiao, and then said to the experts present: "This identification method is still very complicated, is there any other way?" ”

"Director Wang, I have an idea!" Computer expert Cheng Ke spoke.

"Oh? Do you people in the IT industry also know about the identification of ancient ceramics? Wang Longqian was a little surprised.

"Not really!" Cheng Ke smiled modestly. "I listened to Professor An's speech, and got a little enlightenment, according to Professor An's method is indeed too demanding for the appraiser, but our society is now an information society, we can completely use the computer to replace people's work, we can enter the existing ancient ceramic standard type into the computer, and all the fetal quality, glaze, decoration and style are also input into it, so as to form a huge database, if there is an ancient ceramic directly placed under the scanner to scan, adjust the brightness and distance, through the computer a comparison, You can roughly compare the age, and when you compare it with Chinese history, it should be almost identified! ”

"Professor An, what do you think?" Wang Longqian asked An Guangsha again.

"Well, there is some truth in what he said, and this can indeed be used as a reference, but in terms of art, I don't think it is possible for machines to replace people!" An Guangsha said cautiously.

"Is there any other way? I can accurately locate the age! Wang Longqian turned to everyone and asked.

"I've heard of a method!" Zhou Zhengtian said unhurriedly.

"You?" Wang Longqian thought that Zhou Zhengtian was still making fun of him, and glanced at Zhou Zhengtian with disdain.

"Of course, have you heard of physical methods?"

"No, then let's talk about it!"

"This method has begun to be used in the identification of ancient ceramics, that is, thermoluminescence dating. An ancient ceramic, on the day it is fired, constantly absorbs and accumulates external radiation energy, and this energy is related to the length of time after firing. By measuring the radiant energy accumulated in this ancient ceramic, it is possible to determine the length of the firing time, and achieve the purpose of dating, and the accumulation of this radiant energy is as accurate as the annual rings of trees! ”

"I've heard of this method too!" An Guangsha said. "At present, the international community mainly uses this way to break the age of ancient ceramics!"

"Since there is such a good way to break the dynasty, why can Director Wang still buy such a heirloom treasure as Guiguzi descending the mountain?" This time, Feng Wenjing teased Wang Long.

"I know it's fake, and I can buy it for 400 yuan to fill rice and noodles, and I haven't suffered a loss?" Wang Longqian was a little unconvinced.

"You didn't understand what I meant, I mean, since there is such a good dating technology, then why are the people who sell such heirloom treasures not extinct!" Feng Wenjing explained.

"The operation of this generational technology is more complicated, and the thermoluminescence measuring instrument is also more expensive, and generally large institutions only have this identification technology, ordinary people will not use this technology, and the machine is not easy to carry. So we ordinary people have to rely on their eyesight to visit an antique stall! ”

"But I've heard that some big institutions still buy fakes, and they should be carefully selected to buy an antique, and of course they don't let go of the measurement, which shows that this thermoluminescence dating is not completely reliable!" Feng Wenjing was still skeptical.

"It's not that thermoluminescence dating is unreliable, it's that there is a little problem in the operation of thermoluminescence generation!" Zhou Zhengtian hurriedly explained.

"Oh? Does that require any action? Wang Longqian asked.

"Well, that is, it needs to be sampled!" Zhou Zhengtian said a little hesitantly.

"Sampling? What can be wrong with sampling? Wei Dongbiao interjected.

"I just need to dig up a small piece of ancient ceramics!"

"Huh? If you dig up a piece, even if the identification is correct, there are still people? Wang Longqian felt that it was still not compatible with Lan Xingyi's ancient ceramic dating technology, and rejected Zhou Zhengtian's proposal in disappointment. Is there any other way? Aren't there a lot of ways to break the age in chemistry? Wang Longqian turned to chemistry professor Wang Tong.

"That's right, there are indeed some dating methods in chemistry, mainly carbon-14 dating technology and uranium-238 dating technology, which are all dated by half-life, that is, after each half-life, the content will be reduced by half. The half-life of carbon 14 is 5730 years, which is mainly determined for the age of less than 50,000 years, like the bamboo slips in the Han tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha; The half-life of uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years, and some geological ages can be used to determine the age of different bottom layers. However, ancient ceramics are silicate products, which contain almost no carbon, and the carbon 14 dating method is powerless! ”

"What do you say? Silicate products? Wang Longqian suddenly remembered that Feng Wenjing had mentioned to him about the Pisces jade pendant, which was also formed by compounds of silica and silicate. At the beginning, Feng Wenjing seemed to have said that silicate products store information and can be read under a certain electromagnetic field!

"Yes, ceramics are all fired from china clay, and the main components are silica and alumina!" Wang Tong explained.

"Then do you think there will be any information recorded on this ancient ceramic?"

"This..."Wang Tong suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Professor Wang, what do you think?" Wang Longqian hurriedly asked.

"If there's any information, it's an old legend about the Crystal Skull!" Wang Tong said very mysteriously.

"Crystal Skull, you mean the legendary Crystal Skull of the Mayans?" Merlin was thrilled.

"Why, you've studied it too?" Wang Longqian turned his head and asked Mei Lin.

"Of course, I've studied everything to prevent the end of the world!" Merlin said unashamedly, still not changing her chattering nature.

"What does this have to do with the end of the world?" Wang Longqian asked suspiciously.

Merlin opened the conversation: "There is an old legend among the American Indians: in ancient times, there were 13 crystal skulls, which could speak and sing. These crystal skulls contain information about the origin and death of mankind, which can help mankind solve the mystery of life in the universe.

According to the legend of the ancient Mayans, humanity has been destroyed four times, and the earth is divided into five 'solar ages' from beginning to end, and each solar age will end with a thrilling apocalypse. The first civilization of mankind is called the Gendaya civilization, the people of this civilization are about one meter tall, and the men have a third eye, which is emerald colored, and the eyes have different functions, and they have superpowers such as prediction and lethality, so this civilization is also called the superpower civilization, and it was finally destroyed in the continent and sank.

The second civilization is called Mesopotamian civilization, which is a continuation of the fugitives from the previous civilization. But people quickly forgot about their superpowers, and the third eye disappeared. They have a special hobby of food, and all kinds of experts have appeared, so it is also called food civilization, which is destroyed by the transformation of the earth's magnetic production.

The third civilization is called the Muria civilization, which is also a continuation of the fugitives of the previous civilization, the ancestors of this civilization began to notice that the energy produced by plants when they germinated was very huge, and through the improvement of the invention of the machine that uses plant energy, so it is also called the bioenergy civilization, which was destroyed by the sinking of the continent.

The fourth civilization is the Atlantean civilization, this civilization is the colonists from Orion, they inherited the previous civilization, have the power of light, they fought a nuclear war with the previous civilization, and caused the destruction of the earth under the ravages of fire and rain.

The fifth civilization is our existing civilization, which in addition to being able to develop high technology, is also rich in emotions and has created a large number of literary masterpieces, such as "The Love of the Apple Tree" and the like. Then came the Fifth Great Destruction, and sentimental humanity was on the verge of destruction, which according to the Mayan calendar would occur on December 22, 2012, in the year 3113.

Of course, this last havoc can be prevented, and according to legend, people must collect all the crystal skulls by December 21, 2012. That day was the end of the Mayan calendar, which had been circulating for 5,126 years. Unless the 13 skulls are gathered together and placed in the correct position, the Earth will fly off the axis. In doing so, the supernatural power of the skull could save the planet and prevent the end of the world! Merlin spoke eloquently.

"Hahaha, hasn't 2012 passed a long time ago, haven't all those apocalyptic legends proven to be false?" Wang Longqian said with a smile.

"The doomsday prophecies of the Mayans should have been processed, but the height of the Mayan civilization cannot be ignored." Wang Tong said very solemnly. "The Maya calendar was very precise, and they accurately calculated the rotation period of the sun at a very early age, just like China, how many years earlier than in the West! They calculate the operating time of other planets with the same accuracy, and a more difficult phenomenon to explain is that the rotation and revolution of our moon are both one month, which means that the moon we see is always towards the ground, that is, the Chinese so-called rabbit side, and we cannot know what the back ground is like. However, the Mayans accurately mapped the far side of the moon, and we modern people did not see the far side of the moon until we had an artificial satellite around the moon, and it was exactly the same as the Mayan topographic map. ”

"Does that mean anything?" Wang Lung asked incomprehensibly.

"Accurate topographic maps of the far side of the Moon rely on highly developed aerospace technology, which in our minds was simply impossible to do in the ancient Maya, and there is a possibility that these accurate topographic maps were left over from more developed extraterrestrial civilizations! If a civilization can travel through the stars, then when they come to Earth, they can look at the far side of the moon by the way, or take a few pictures for the Maya to refer to, then it will not be so difficult to map the terrain of the far side of the moon. ”

"What does this have to do with the Crystal Skull?" Wang Longqian was still confused.

"Since the topographic map on the far side of the moon was drawn with the assistance of extraterrestrial super civilizations, it is very likely that the crystal skull is also the civilization information left by the higher civilizations, and maybe the higher civilizations have the ability to write the signals of civilization into the crystal skulls and store them!"

"But these are legends!" Wang Longqian asked very sharply.

"I used to think that these were legends, but then people found a crystal skull in the pyramid of the Mayans, and there were too many mysteries on this crystal skull that are difficult for modern humans to explain, and the legends of the Mayans became even more confusing!" Wang Tong tried his best to explain.

"What do you say? Found a crystal skull? Wei Dongbiao asked curiously.

"yes!"

"And what about the unexplainable mysteries of this crystal skull?"