This new Xuewei No. 1 tomb has a total of four side chambers, numbered North 1, North 2, South 1, and South 2.

As can be seen from the numbering, these four side chambers are located on the north and south sides of the main chamber and are symmetrically distributed.

The shape of the side chambers is generally the same, it is a wood and stone structure, and the plan is rectangular in the east-west direction, and the size is also about the same.

The four side chambers are more than three meters long and no more than 3.5 meters long, 2.4 to 2.5 meters wide, and the depth is a uniform 2.9 meters.

At least, the height of the chamber of this tomb is still good, it is almost three meters.

This is much better than the tomb of the Nanyue King that Chen Han and they participated in excavating, at least in the tomb room, there is no need to worry about hitting the top of the tomb with a slight jump.

However, the timber on the two side chambers on the north side has now been removed.

There are 11 sheds in the side room, and the thick and thin heads are staggered and placed side by side, and the gaps between the sheds are filled with stones, which is the capping of the side room.

The four walls of the side wall are stacked with stones, the wall surface is flat, and the stone wall is sandwiched with square wood, a total of three layers, each layer is in the same plane, and the four walls of the main burial chamber are made in the same way.

This is also a major feature of the Tuyuhun tombs.

It is that when Tuyuhun built tombs, he would use a lot of wood, not only stone.

Maybe wood has some important significance in Tuyuhun culture.

At least the Tibetan country does not have this culture.

Considering that the birthplace of Tibet is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and wood is a scarce resource on the plateau, it is obviously not very luxurious to build tombs for the dead.

The side chamber and the main burial chamber are connected by a passageway, which is open close to the partition wall of the adjacent side chamber, facing north and south.

The length of the aisle is a little more than one meter six, the width is only one meter, and the height is also very low, only 1.5 to 1.6 meters, which does not match the height of the side rooms at all.

With such a low aisle, for modern people, if you want to pass, you have to bow your head and bend down to barely pass.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, this height should not be considered high.

When he lowered his head and walked through the aisle to the north 1 side room, Kong Jianwen said suspiciously: "Could it be that the average height of the Tuyuhun people is one meter five to one meter six?" ”

"Quite possibly." Professor Ke chimed in: "Steppe nomads are generally not tall. ”

"The average height of an adult male in modern Mongolians is 168 cm, which is still a better situation in modern nutrition."

"According to the record of the Song Dynasty Zhao Gong in the "Mengtar Records": Most of the Tartar people are not very long, the longest is only five feet two three, and there is no fat."

"In other words, the Mongols in the Song Dynasty were not very tall, the tallest was only five feet two three, and there were no obese people."

"In the Song and Yuan dynasties, one foot is 31.68cm, and five feet and two or three are 165 cm, which is still the tallest person."

"This shows that the average height of the Mongols in the Song Dynasty was estimated to be between 155 and 160."

"This can also be proved by the Mongolian horses, which are loved by the Mongols."

"Horses are a weapon of ancient warfare, and the Mongols relied on Mongolian horses to conquer Eurasia, but the biggest feature of Mongolian horses is their short stature, with an average shoulder height of 120cm to 135cm and a weight of 270kg to 370kg."

"So judging from the war horse, the Mongols can't be tall, otherwise the war horse will be tired and half dead first."

"And Xianbei is an ancient nomadic people who rose on the Mongolian Plateau after the Xiongnu, and their ancestors were the Donghu people who were defeated by the Xiongnu Maodunshanyu."

"Considering that Xianbei started earlier than Mongolia, and the living situation is not as good as Mongolia."

"It is estimated that the average height of Xianbei adults is between 150-160."

"It's about the same height as this passage."

"In this way, this passage does not interfere with the passage of the craftsmen who built the burial chamber and the subsequent slaves who carried the burial goods."

The average height of ancient people was really not high.

Don't look at the height of the ancient Japanese, they have always been widely ridiculed by the Chinese.

But in fact, in ancient times, humans in the world were not very tall, and not only the Japanese were short.

In East Asia, those northern nomads, adult males are only a little more than 1.5 meters tall, and more than 1.6 meters are already tribal warriors.

In the West, before the Industrial Revolution, the average height of Chinese and Europeans was about the same, between 162 and 165.

It's just that after the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the improvement of living standards has also increased.

So in fact, at least before the 18th century, the height of the Chinese people was already the best in the world.

Even compared with the Romans of the same era, in terms of height, figure, and strength, it is half a pound and eight taels.

It is only in modern times that Europeans have a unique diet and some genetic advantages that the height and body shape of Europeans have begun to widen the gap between Asians.

As archaeologists who often wander around the underground tombs.

They were most impressed by the height of the ancients.

It's not just because of the bones of ancient people unearthed in the tombs, which can measure the height of the person.

I also thought that the earlier the ancient tombs, the lower the building height.

Especially the aisles.

Because of various factors such as the amount of work and load-bearing, the aisles of ancient tombs were basically built a little higher than the height, or simply about the same height.

It is just enough to accommodate the craftsmen to enter and exit normally during construction.

Therefore, when shuttling back and forth in the aisles of these ancient tombs, archaeologists can best feel how much the difference between the height of the ancients and modern people is.

Generally, the height of the aisle is between 1.7 and 1.8 meters, which is already a very high aisle, and the capping of the side room is sometimes more than one meter high, at most two meters.

Therefore, when it was found that the height of the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal family was 2.9 meters, everyone was so surprised.

It's just that I didn't expect the aisle to be so short, less than 1.6 meters.

Big and tall people like Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng almost bowed their heads and bent over before they barely passed the aisle and entered the side room.

While passing through the aisles, they also found traces of door frames and thresholds on the sides and at the bottom of the aisles.

It's a pity that due to serious damage, the shape is no longer clear.

This also casts a dark cloud on the situation in the side room.

The aisles are all damaged, and the side room is still in good condition.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng entered the room on the north side 2, the first thing that caught their eyes was a wooden bed.

The wooden bed is rectangular in plan, located on the inside of the four pillars of the tomb, and is 3 meters long from east to west, 2.2 meters wide from north to south, and about half a meter above the floor of the tomb.

However, the wooden planks that were originally laid on the wooden bed were seriously damaged by theft, and only part of the southwest corner remained.

The coffin, which was supposed to be on the wooden bed, was no longer visible.

"Sure enough, it was stolen." Chen Han said with a sigh.

"Lao Chen, look, there are a lot of silk fabrics and leather in the tomb!" Zhuang Yunpeng patted Chen Han on the shoulder and shouted excitedly.