"In other words, judging from the form of the tomb, it can be determined that this tomb should be a tomb of the Tubo Kingdom, not the Tuyuhun Kingdom?"

Chen Han nodded as if he didn't understand.

His main study and research direction is the archaeology of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and at most he delves into the archaeology of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Further back, or later in archaeology, he would be a layman.

No way, the history of China is really too long, and the tombs of each dynasty are rich and the shape is different.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were a style, the Tang and Song dynasties were a style, and the Qin and Han dynasties were another style.

And there is also a complex funeral culture of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

If you want to study the tomb system and style of China for 5,000 years, it is really difficult for some strong people.

Before today, Chen Han thought that this newly discovered Xuewei No. 1 tomb was the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family.

After all, the old Xuewei No. 1 tomb discovered in 1982, that is, the "nine-story demon tower", was confirmed to be the royal tomb of the Tuyuhun Kingdom.

And this new tomb is only four hundred meters away from the old tomb in a straight line.

Standing on the platform, you can directly see the "nine-story demon tower" that resembles the shape of a pyramid!

Anyone would think that this tomb is also the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family.

No, strictly speaking, this tomb is indeed the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family.

Otherwise, it will not be buried next to the ancestors.

However, this tomb is not a tomb from the glorious "Tuyuhun Kingdom" period, but the tomb of the leader of the Tuyuhun tribe that remained after the fall of the Tuyuhun regime.

To use the Han Chinese as an analogy.

It is this tomb that is the tomb of the Han people during the reign of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the ruling regime has changed, the people are still those people.

It's just that these Tuyuhun tribes who lived under the rule of the Tubo State have no way to reproduce the glory of the Tuyuhun Kingdom.

There is no way to continue to use the monarchical burial system of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, so you can only use the funeral system of the Tubo Kingdom.

This kind of thing is not only done by the Han regime, but in fact the regimes of other ethnic groups also understand the truth.

Perhaps the Tuyuhun tribes under the rule of the Tibetan state no longer knew their own language and script, and only used the Tibetan dialect and early Tibetan.

"Sun and Moon"

After all, the Tuyuhun people are not like the Han people, they have a cultural heritage that has lasted for thousands of years, and they have a large population.

Even if a foreign tribe conquered the Han people, they could only give up their own culture and take the initiative to integrate into the Han civilization.

This was true of the Northern Wei Dynasty, founded by the Xianbei people, the Yuan Dynasty founded by the Mongols, and the Qing Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in China.

"It's a pity that there is no nine-story demon tower to dig." Chen Han sighed, and his interest immediately decreased.

Professor Ke raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Han with a smile.

He has also heard of this cutting-edge member of the institute's Xia Shangzhou Research Office.

"Not necessarily."

Professor Ke said with a smile: "The No. 1 tomb of Lao Xuewei was limited by technical problems back then, and only the top three floors were cleaned. ”

"But that was forty years ago."

"Now that science and technology have advanced, it's not like the next few layers can't be explored."

"It's just that the mainstream view in the industry is that if you can not dig, try not to dig, and protect it, and wait until the technology is more advanced in the future, and it is not too late to dig again."

"Otherwise, at the current level, it is not impossible to dig up the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang."

"It's just not necessary."

"Our generation of archaeologists should not be able to see the resumption of the excavation project of the No. 1 tomb of Lao Xuewei."

"But you're different, you're still young, and when you reach our age, maybe the excavation of the Xuewei No. 1 tomb will be restarted."

"When the time comes, you'll be able to participate."

In the face of Professor Ke's comfort and encouragement, Chen Han was completely indifferent.

This kind of statement, like "nuclear fusion can be successfully developed in 50 years", is a hoax of the century.

When is it enough to dig some protected tombs?

This is an indefinite answer.

At least in Chen's view, it is unlikely that this will happen in the next 50 years.

Unless one day the aliens come, they also give humans a bunch of Zenith technology, which can extract all the artifacts and relics of the underground tombs without any damage.

Otherwise, with the slow pace of archaeological technology research in the industry, this is really a "lifetime" thing.

"Okay, okay, everyone knows about the situation of this tomb."

"Let's get ahead of work!"

"There's still a lot of this graveyard that hasn't been cleaned up!"

Kong Jianwen waved his hand, interrupting the atmosphere of everyone's conversation and beckoning everyone to hurry up and continue working.

There are some differences between the tomb passage of this tomb and the tomb passage of the Central Plains tomb.

The tomb road of the Central Plains tomb, after digging down, will only have steps when it is close to the Yongdao, that is, the passage outside the tomb door at the bottom of the tomb.

But the tomb passage of this tomb, starting from the top, is composed of a stepped type layer by layer.

While cleaning up, Chen Han was counting.

In the eastern section of the tomb road alone, a total of nine steps have been cleared.

Each step is uneven, and the ends are curved in an arc.

The width of the steps is 0.4~0.6 meters from east to west, and the height is 0.2~0.26 meters.

The middle of the surface of the steps is more serious and smooth, and it can be seen that when this tomb was built, there were many workers who frequently went up and down the tomb road, so that the middle of each step was stepped on so smooth.

Moreover, in the process of cleaning the tomb road, Chen Han and the others not only cleaned up the fill on the steps, but also cleaned out turquoise, black and white cobblestone pieces, gold pieces and iron blocks.

There are also red clay and charcoal ash particles on some of the steps!

This shows that when the tomb was backfilled, the craftsman who built the tomb really had something to fill in, and all the things around it that could be used as filling were stuffed into the tomb.

"! There are martyrdom pits! ”

Zhuang Yunpeng, who was bending down to clean the west side of the ninth step, suddenly found a trace that was obviously not a step, but looked like a big pit.

In the pit, he saw a horse's head!

It's a real horse's head, without any skin or muscles, just a horse's head with a skull left!

He immediately sensed that something was wrong and shouted to everyone.

Everyone quickly gathered around.

The location of the ninth step is about the middle of the tomb, far from the corridor.

On the west side of the ninth step, there is a martyrdom pit, which is really special.

In general, in the burial system of the Central Plains, the martyrdom pit is either on a level with the tomb, or a pit is dug next to the tomb alone, or next to the road, which acts as a gatekeeper.

It is rare to see this, next to the middle and upper part of the cemetery, dig a pit to kill the horses.

"Clean up this martyrdom pit first!" Professor Ke immediately commanded.