"The tooth is smashed."

"Look, it's a lot of it."

Kong Jianwen frowned, cleaning up the mud covering his teeth while tilting his head to discuss with Director Wen.

Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, and Lin Ya also gathered around and stretched out their heads to watch.

Because of the collapse of the coffin, these teeth have been hit by the coffin lid once.

This is also the reason why most of the jade in the coffin is broken into several pieces.

Even the sturdy teeth, under the effect of this impact, cracked several times.

Teeth, when people are still alive, are still very strong, and they are among the strongest bones in the human body.

However, after death, the teeth will gradually lose calcium over time, becoming crispy and brittle.

Lin Ya asked curiously beside her, "Professor Kong, is it crispy?"

She had a longing expression on her face, and she didn't know if she thought she was asking if she was making a delicious bread crisp.

Kong Jianwen shook his head: "It's not crispy, it's just that this one is cracked."

"Wow, there's a lot of teeth." Director Wen next to him took a bamboo stick with great interest and pointed to his teeth to teach on the spot.

"This is the upper jaw, this is the lower jaw."

"There may be more down there."

"That's a lot of problems."

"Get a physical anthropologist in place and have them take samples of these teeth!"

After death, the skin, hair, eyes, and bridge of the nose are unrecognizable.

However, because of the hard enamel of the tooth, the tooth can be preserved longer than the bone, so the difference is taxonomic and archaeological.

For scientists, small teeth may also be the key to solving the mystery.

Teeth are the hardest tissues in the human body, and once mineralized, they are usually not metabolically replaced, and retain information about the individual's diet when they were young.

Intact teeth are extremely valuable samples for analysis.

Through the scientific analysis of isotopic methods, it is possible to analyze the recipes of the Marquis of Haidu!

At the same time, according to this tooth, you can also know what diseases the Marquis had before his death!

Regarding Liu He's health condition, the Book of Han says that Liu He suffers from "impotence"!

What is the disease of dystrophy, in the mouth of modern scholars are different.

According to the analysis of some of the literature that records the life of the Marquis of Haidu, some scholars believe that it is a rheumatism.

Some say that impotence is a form of hemiplegia.

There are also experts who believe that Liu He may have spondylitis.

What is certain is that Liu He is not in good health and has difficulty moving, that's for sure!

And through this tooth, there is an opportunity to find out what disease Liu He is suffering from!

More importantly, these tooth samples are decontaminated and polished into tooth powder in a liquid nitrogen grinder, and it is possible to extract DNA molecules from them, which also plays an important role in the study of the DNA of the Western Han Dynasty.

The bones of Liu He, the Marquis of Haidu, are seriously decayed and ruined, and the remnants are like rotten wood, but the teeth are really preserved, which is undoubtedly a very precious discovery.

Before the physical anthropologists arrived, Kong Jianwen and Director Wen decided not to carry out follow-up archaeological cleaning work on the area of Liu He's face for the time being, but transferred the work to Liu He's waist and abdomen.

In Liu He's waist and abdomen, the most preserved cultural relics are all kinds of jade.

These jade objects have a lot of silt attached to them, and some of them have even been dyed inky black by the silt.

However, every archaeological worker is careful to treat these silts, and gently shave off the silt on the body with bamboo sticks.

And the sludge that is removed has to be collected.

In order to detect in the future and maximize the acquisition of cultural information.

Because of this silt, although it looks like mud, it is likely that it should be left behind by the decay of the original silk fabric in the tomb

under the item.

There is not a single discarded object for archaeological work.

Anything inside the coffin is an important cultural message!

The jade tube, amber crouching tiger, agate dzi, jade belt hook, and pieces of jade were carefully extracted and placed in the cultural relics box for preservation.

Each of these jade objects is exquisitely styled and exquisitely crafted, and it is clear that only the royal family can possess them.

Presumably, these jade artifacts were brought out by Liu He from the palace, and only these jade artifacts can be worthy of Liu He's identity as the "emperor" and accompany him to be buried in the inner coffin.

Chen Han was about Liu He's waist and abdomen at this time, cleaning two tubular jades.

After a simple cleaning, the jade was revealed.

The jade is of high quality, authentic Hetian white jade, and it is obviously a fine piece of Hetian jade.

It looks like a jade pipe, and it may also be a jade Xiao.

However, just as Chen Han was about to pick up this tubular jade, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a black "crystal" like thing at the tail of the jade.

This caused Chen Han to be surprised.

"Bring me a plastic sheet, there's something here!"

Chen Han shouted to his colleague to help hand over a board, and poked these "crystals" with a bamboo stick.

"This looks like melon seeds?"

After taking over a plastic plate, Chen Han carefully picked up something similar to a melon seed and put it on the plastic plate.

"No, it's more than one."

Under the position that Chen Han picked up, a piece of "melon seeds" appeared, which made him dare not move anymore.

"Ask Mr. Kong to come and have a look."

For the sake of conservatism, Chen Han decided to call the teacher to take a look at the situation.

Lying next to him, a colleague who was cleaning another jade artifact, turned his head to look at it, and hurriedly said, "Then don't move, it's a big piece, let's ask Mr. Kong to take a look."

Chen Han immediately raised his head and shouted at Kong Jianwen, "Teacher Kong, I found a piece of melon seed here!"

Kong Jianwen, who was directing Zhuang Yunpeng to clean up the coffin, turned his head to look at Chen Han and asked casually, "How many pieces?"

"A lot!"

"I have a piece full of melon seeds!"

Hearing this, Kong Jianwen immediately became energetic, picked up a pair of gloves, put them on his hands, and walked over.

Chen Han immediately said his guess: "Is this in Liu He's stomach? Haven't digested it yet?"

"This position should be Liu He's abdomen, right?"

The position of Liu He's head has been determined, which is of great help in locating the location of Liu He's body.

Chen Han made a slight gesture and could determine that the place he was cleaning up was Liu He's abdomen.

melon seeds were found here, and the biggest possibility is obviously that these melon seeds are in Liu He's stomach and have not had time to digest them.

In previous archaeological experiences, it was not uncommon to find undigested food in the body of the tomb owner.

Especially in the case that some tomb owners are suffering from acute diseases and die suddenly, it is more common to see food in the abdomen.

The most famous is Mrs. Xin Chai, in her body, a lot of melon seeds that have not been digested have been found.

Thinking of Mrs. Xin Chai, Chen Han's eyes immediately lit up.

"Teacher Kong, this can't be a melon seed too, right?!"