From night to around 8 o'clock in the morning, two more coffins were dug out on the left and right sides of the first black coffin.
The three coffins were placed side by side, about 1.5 meters apart from each other. Rotten hemp ropes were found in the soil. They could not be picked up and would break when touched.
We speculate that during ancient burials, these three coffins were connected to each other with ropes.
"Triple thin coffin burial."
I have never heard of this strange burial method, and this is the first time I have seen it.
In the morning, a ray of sunlight hit the bottom of the pit and happened to shine on the coffin in the middle.
I don’t know how many years it has been buried in Mangshan. This is called the real "reappearance of the sun".
Robbery pit tombs are different from brick chamber tombs or stone chamber tombs, because the burial objects and coffins are scattered in the soil. If you want to take out the things, you can only dig up the soil.
The dug hole is not very big when viewed from above, but becomes larger when you come down, like a sweet potato cellar.
I wonder if there is such a hole in your hometown?
On the mountain or halfway up the mountain, you suddenly see a cave entrance. The entrance is not big, but there is a lot of space after entering.
Even the elderly people in the village don't know what this kind of hole is for. It seems like it appeared out of thin air one day. Most of the holes are empty. In some cases, some scattered bones can be seen.
In fact, the holes you see are most likely "robbery holes in ancient tombs." It was possible before the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States Period.
"Give me the crowbar, damn! Why is it so tight!" Douyazai was sweating profusely. He wanted to forcefully pry open the coffin lid!
Brother Yu lit three cigarettes and buried them in the open space in front of the coffin. He clasped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, you three. In order to live, we ask for a little money. Don't mind."
I said: "Don't pay tribute to Brother Yu there. You are strong. Come over and help."
"coming!"
Put the tip of the crowbar along the seam of the coffin and smash it in with a rock. The three of us worked together.
"one two three!"
"rise!"
"It's open, it's open!"
Just hear a squeak.
The coffin lid was lifted up by a crowbar. Yuan Bao saw this and quickly stuffed a stone to support it.
Pulling out the crowbar, I prepared to take a look.
He grabbed my head and said, "Wait, run through the air, don't you smell anything?"
After sniffing, I can indeed smell a smell. We call this smell "rotten coffin smell".
Smelly, but not too smelly, I'm trying to think of how to describe it... By the way, it's like spoiled hard-boiled eggs in the summer, the smell is overpowering.
These three coffins are very narrow, and a fat person cannot lie in them. They are different in size from the coffins I have seen before, and they do not comply with ancient regulations.
"The coffins in the world are seven feet three, and all the people in the world are buried in six and a half feet."
It used to be said that a man of seven feet would live in a coffin after death. The extra "three" inches were used to place some burial objects.
Of the three black coffins excavated, the middle one is fine, but the coffins on the left and right sides are obviously smaller, about four or five feet in length, and they feel like they belong to a child.
The ventilation was turned on for more than half an hour, and I said it was almost done, shall we do it?
"Well, drive on and stay away."
opened.
At first glance, the coffin was filled with some kind of "black mud" and smelled like rotten eggs.
"Damn it! This is copper money!"
Dou Sprout has sharp eyes, so I didn’t even notice him. He didn’t mind being dirty, so he even grabbed a handful of copper coins, including dozens of them.
I took a look and said it was five baht from the Western Han Dynasty.
The five-baht coin is easy to identify because the square hole in the middle of the coin is relatively large.
"How much is this?" Dou Sprout turned to ask me.
I said, "Put it aside for now. Tons of five-baht coins were unearthed in Han tombs. They only cost one yuan each and can buy three steamed buns."
"Fuck, why is it only one dollar?" Dou Sprout looked disappointed and threw it into the bucket.
"Huh? I saw it again! There's a big jade bowl buried there!"
"Big jade bowl? Where?"
"It's right there!" Bean Sprouts took two steps and reached out to dig.
Indeed, it was basically buried in the black mud, with only a little outline showing, like a jade bowl.
I said, why are your fucking eyes so sharp? You can see this.
In this case, if the archaeological team is doing it, they will take pictures first, then take a small brush and brush it little by little for a long time.
But Dou Sprout looked excited, so he just took it out with his bare hands.
"Fuck, no!"
Dou Sprout looked at it and threw it away.
This is not a big jade bowl, it is a dead man's skull, turned upside down and buried in the mud. It looks like a bowl.
Jade swords were also found, two rusty short-handled bronze swords, indicating that the owner of the tomb was a male. If it was a female, there would be no such things as swords and weapons in the coffin.
Just when we all thought this was a Han tomb, something was discovered that overturned this conclusion.
Another kind of copper coin was discovered. After washing the mud with water, the inscriptions on the copper coin could be vaguely seen.
"Oizumi Fifty".
"The head..." I said in surprise: "This is not from the Han Dynasty, this is from the Xinmang period!"
Why do you say that.
Because coins minted by later dynasties cannot appear in the coffins of previous dynasties!
Xinmang and the late Western Han Dynasty were very close, and many bronzes were completely consistent in style and could not be subdivided. Just like the blue and white porcelain of Xuande and Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, "Yongxuan is not divided into families."
The coffin was well preserved, but only half of the skull of the tomb owner was left. The other bones were not seen, and they were probably turned into foam and mixed in the mud.
We also unearthed a palm-sized bronze mirror with grain nail patterns and a flattened lacquer box. The contents inside were strips of wood, which should be the "famous thorns" of the Xinmang period.
The name card is the originator of modern business cards. Each wooden board is 15 cm long and 3 cm wide. It may record the name of the tomb owner, when he died, etc. Unfortunately, the calligraphy on the name card can no longer be seen clearly. .
He was very careful and wrapped these fragile thorns with plastic wrap. He said that when he went back, he would soak them in a potion from the archaeological team, and maybe he could see the calligraphy on the thorns clearly.
After eating a few simple bites, we took the time to open the smaller coffin.
In addition to some scattered blackened human bones in this coffin, we were surprised to find that several small holes had been artificially dug out on the upper side of the inside of the coffin. In the holes were placed some small pottery dogs, pottery pigs, and pottery pigs. The cows are each as long as a finger. They are beautifully made and look cute.
"Fengzi, look, is this a vCd disc?"
I was speechless. I said it was not a CD, it must be a jade. If you don’t believe me, pick it up and take a look.
Dou Sprouts dug it out and saw that it was really a plain jade.
That's what opening a coffin is like, you never know what strange things you're going to touch until the end.
Brother Yu found two small stone balls. They were solid, without patterns or eyes. They were just two balls wrapped in mud.
When I asked the leader, even the knowledgeable leader didn't know what the ball was for. Bean sprouts even doubted, "Is this a fossilized human eyeball?"
After cleaning until the end, we dug out a bluestone lion cub with a broken leg and an open mouth.
I suddenly had an idea and tried to put the stone ball into the lion's mouth.
Just in time, it suddenly dawned on me that the ball had been in the lion's mouth before, and it was the same thing.
Looking at these cute little lions, pottery-made puppies and pigs, etc., plus the fact that the coffin is one size smaller, we speculate that these are toys and that this is a child's coffin.
There are men and children. The remaining coffin is most likely that of a woman, a family of three.
It turned out that the expectation was correct, the last coffin contained a woman.
This burial object also has the most, not to say dazzling, but also a dazzling array of things, far more than the burial objects in the male coffin.
In the Eastern Han and Western Han dynasties, many women had a higher social status than men. For example, in the tombs of Xin Zhui and Dou Zhou, there were more burial objects than men. The Changxin palace lantern, the best lantern in the world, was unearthed from Dou Zhou’s tomb, but the men did not. .
"Be careful, handle it gently, this thing will break if you don't handle it properly."
Brother Yu carefully picked up a wooden paint box. You can still see the original color paint of the year. This is a cosmetic box. When you open it, there are many compartments inside. You need to take it up and clean it.
This thing is very fragile, so I warned you to be careful.
The female body was not preserved, but the skull was intact. I don’t know if the three members of their family were poisoned to death. Everyone’s bones were very black and looked like they were painted with black paint.
A piece of Han Badao jade cicada was found around the skull. The head of the jade cicada turned black with soil, but the cicada's body was still white and shiny. The fine Hetian white jade used should have been held in the mouth originally, so this kind of The jade cicada made with the Han Badao technique is also called "Hankou Jade" and is of very high grade.
Lacquer box, high-grade jade cicada, cosmetic box, bronze mirror, white jade...
More and more things came out of the small coffin. My eyes lit up. When I saw these things, the fatigue caused by not sleeping all night disappeared.
After cleaning the bottom of the coffin, I accidentally found a small oval bead with a diameter of less than one centimeter. I almost missed it.
After wiping the mud on the surface, a very eye-catching golden color was revealed.
It's shiny and has eyes on the top, it's pure gold...
Holding the beads between his first two fingers, he said excitedly: "This should be a set of gold barrel beads from the New Mang era. There are 16 beads in one string. Find it quickly!"
"Damn it, we didn't come to Luoyang in vain this time, we got it!"
It was difficult to find gold beads as big as the thumbnail of a little finger in the mud of a coffin. After rummaging over and over, I only found twelve, and I couldn't find the rest. I don't know where they were buried.
The leader suggested: "If you can't, put all the mud in a bucket, lift it up, and go to the river to wash it. This set of gold necklaces must be collected no matter what."
I said okay, let's do it.
Bean Sprouts just turned around to get the bucket, suddenly! I heard Xiaoxuan, who had been guarding the pit, shouting anxiously: "Something's happening!"
"What should I do? A cowherd is coming!"
