Under the effect of luminol reagent, after turning off the lights, there was an obvious blue light in the dark laboratory!

The blue glow wasn't so conspicuous, at least not at all when there was light in the room.

But when you can't see your fingers and it's pitch black, it's very eye-catching!

Several researchers and Chen Han were a little excited!

"It's lit up!"

"Blue!"

"I didn't expect that the bloodstains from 3,000 years ago could be useful!"

"It's obvious, you see, this piece feels blue!"

In the pitch-black laboratory, in fact, several researchers and Chen Han couldn't see each other, and it was really very dark.

But everyone was still communicating excitedly without hindrance.

This touch of blue is enough to prove that these red spots on the gold mask are most likely bloodstains!

Although luminol reagent is only an iron ion reagent, which is a chemical reaction with iron ions in the blood, it does not necessarily mean that the effect is bloodstains.

After all, it's not just blood that carries iron ions in the world.

But!

Iron ions that are directly free of the outside world are very rare.

In fact, through the test of luminol reagent, it can be basically determined that these erythema are blood stains.

Red, speckled marks, can be acted upon by luminol reagent.

There are too many similar conditions, then it is infinitely close to the truth!

"Okay, successfully completed a mission!"

The lights were turned on again, and everyone in the lab applauded.

Chen Han also said with a smile: "In this way, there is a new research direction on the sacrificial culture of Sanxingdui people." ”

"The speckled appearance of these blood stains is more like a splash, which shows that in the process of sacrifice, the Sanxingdui people should have carried out a killing ritual on the spot!"

The so-called sputtering type is the mark left by the blood after it is sprayed out of the human body.

As we all know, blood pressure in the human body is not the same as external air pressure.

Therefore, when a person's aorta is damaged, such as a throat cut, or a wrist cut.

In fact, there will not be a situation of slowly bleeding and waiting to die like in the movie, but the blood will be splattered out on a large scale, just like a fountain!

The shape and marks of the blood that is splattered in this way on the object will obviously not be the same as the blood spilled on the ground.

Therefore, in the field of criminal investigation, it is common to speculate and restore the homicide process at the scene of the homicide according to the shape of the blood spatter.

The red spot on the gold mask actually looks like a spurt of blood.

This is also why when they saw the red spots, Zhuang Yunpeng and Chen Han guessed that it was bloodstains.

Now it has been established by modern scientific means that it is really bloodstains.

In Chen Han's mind, a situation of Sanxingdui people's sacrifice had already emerged.

Hundreds of slaves, carrying countless bronze objects, came to the side of the sacrificial pit that had been dug, and then put the bronze, gold, ivory and other objects into the sacrificial pit in order.

Moreover, in the process of placing these sacrifices, there will also be a priest or high-ranking nobleman of the Sanxingdui civilization who will hold a sacrifice ceremony next to the pit.

It is unclear what the ritual process will look like, but it is certain that one of the steps is to crush prisoners or slaves to the edge of the pit and behead them or cut their throats.

Countless blood was splattered into the sacrificial pit through the wounds on the corpse.

The commoners and nobles who watched this sacrificial ceremony on the sidelines were not only not afraid, but cheered and jumped very feverishly!

Because the sacrifice represents the strength of the tribe!

In the land of China 3,000 years ago, the act of "sacrifice" was generally inseparable from war and harvest.

In the Shang Dynasty, large-scale sacrificial activities were usually carried out after an expedition against foreign enemies, or after a victorious crusade.

Sometimes, during the harvest time, sacrifices are made to announce the ancestors!

The Sanxingdui civilization at the same time as the Shang Dynasty, obviously their sacrificial culture should also be inseparable from war or harvest.

The eight sacrificial pits found so far are about the same age, and the difference between the upper and lower ones is no more than 200 years.

In other words, in the past two hundred years, there have only been eight sacrifices, and some of them are large and some are small.

The small sacrificial pit is only a few square meters, and the large sacrificial pit is more than ten square meters.

This shows that there are not many cases that can make Sanxingdui people sacrifice so solemnly, and it may only be carried out once in decades.

Otherwise, the productivity of the Sanxingdui people is not so high, and they can make so many bronzes and gold objects every year.

Chen Han himself speculated that at least the sacrifice of Pit No. 8 should be related to foreign wars.

This bloodstained bronze is not found in every pit.

At present, only pits 2, 5, and 8 have this kind of sacrifice with red spots sticked.

This shows that maybe the Sanxingdui people don't sacrifice blood every time they sacrifice.

And under what circumstances does a sacrificial ritual require a blood sacrifice?

In terms of the consistent behavior of Chinese civilization and even world civilization, blood sacrifices are generally carried out only when they go out on expeditions and conquer victories.

When going out on the expedition, the blood sacrifice later evolved into the "sacrificial flag", which can strengthen the momentum of the army, let the soldiers see the blood first, and stimulate the stimulation.

And the blood sacrifice after the victory is generally to kill prisoners and sacrifice ancestors, in order to show the prestige of the tribe and show merit to the ancestors!

This behavior has also continued to later generations, until the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are still prisoners to the emperor, and then worship the ancestors in the temple to pray!

Obviously, some of these sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui site are sacrificial acts related to the conquest of foreign enemies.

Perhaps it was to sacrifice to the ancestors and gods before the expedition and pray that they could bless the war with all the best.

It is also possible to come back after the victory to worship the ancestors, tell the ancestors the news of their victory, and send sacrifices!

These behaviors were common in the business culture of the same period.

There is no need to even learn from Shang culture, it can be said that primitive civilizations in all parts of the world have spontaneously had such bloody acts.

This should be an act that belongs to the innate birth of human beings since their self-development.

The driving force behind this behavior is fear.

Yes, fear was actually the driving force behind the sacrificial acts of ancient humans.

Because of the fear of defeat and death, the fear of starvation due to lack of food, and the fear of the world after death, the ancient ignorant human beings pinned these fears on the ethereal faith.

There is ancestor worship, there is god worship.

In order to eliminate these fears in the heart and seek a "blessing".

It is also because of the fear of failure, so the Sanxingdui people will carry out a large-scale sacrifice before the expedition, and if they win, they will consider this victory to be the blessing of the ancestors and gods, so as to sacrifice and thank the ancestors and gods again!

That's why we have these huge sacrificial areas!