Chapter Three Archaeological Discoveries
September 15, 654 in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Yue started the live broadcast again.
She has a father who is the deputy director of the National Museum. Influenced by her family environment, she has been fascinated by history since she was a child. As the top scorer in the college entrance examination that year, she did not hesitate to study the unpopular archeology major.
Although she is still a graduate student, she has already started to participate in archaeological work. She hopes that through live broadcast, netizens can understand the charm of history and reduce the denigration and misunderstanding of archaeological work.
"Hello everyone."
"I am Yueyue who loves archeology."
"We are inside Oxheart Mountain."
“The scenery nearby is so beautiful.”
"We will search for ancient tombs along the river where artifacts were found."
"Professor Tang is personally leading the team this time. I believe we will find something soon. Please wait patiently and wish us good luck!"
"..."
Wang Yue hasn't finished speaking yet.
Suddenly the sky and the earth began to shake.
"not good!"
"It's an earthquake!"
"Everyone, stay safe!"
This team of more than 20 people included guides who were familiar with the mountain roads and experienced geological experts. They quickly led everyone to a relatively safe open area for refuge.
Wang Yue was so frightened that she encountered this kind of situation for the first time. The noise lasted for half an hour before it began to subside. Some netizens had already called the police, and she quickly comforted her.
"Don't worry, everyone!"
"It is inevitable to encounter special situations in the wild."
"We have a professional team that is capable of dealing with all kinds of emergencies."
Guide Liu said: "Professor Tang, there are many safety hazards after the earthquake. It may be dangerous to continue exploring."
Professor Tang Biqing is a hale and hearty old man. Although he is over sixty years old, his body is very strong. He is a leading figure in the domestic archaeological field and the commander-in-chief of this archaeological operation.
He nodded and said: "Safety first, we can only pause now."
At this time, a strong, dark-skinned, short-haired young man with a simple and honest face ran over, his face flushed and he was dancing.
"professor!"
"major discovery!"
"We're about to discover something incredible!"
Li Qiang is a doctoral student who has been with Professor Tang for two years. He is hard-working, taciturn, and very steady. He has never been so out of character like now.
Wang Yue asked curiously: "Brother, what did you find?"
“I can’t explain it clearly, you’ll know just by looking at it!”
Everyone had no choice but to move forward for another ten minutes, when a hill appeared in front of them. The earthquake caused a landslide nearby, exposing a black building buried under the hill to the air.
"This is……"
The hillock should be a mound of sealed earth.
There is a very large tomb buried in it.
When Professor Tang saw the ancient mysterious reliefs and lifelike Buddha statues with different expressions, his breathing became rapid and tears filled his eyes. He realized that he had encountered the most important discovery in his life.
The audience in the live broadcast room was shocked.
"Fuck!"
"Is this an ancient tomb?"
"Are you sure this is a tomb?"
"It looks like a temple no matter how you look at it!"
"Awesome! Scheduled to be a national headliner tomorrow!"
"..."
Three hours later.
Two helicopters landed at Oxheart Mountain.
Professor Tang's team is suspected of having found a large imperial mausoleum, which is completely different from any known imperial mausoleum. It is definitely the most significant discovery in archaeological history in recent decades. The country attaches great importance to it and quickly dispatched a team of experts.
"Professor Tang!"
"How is it going?"
Director Zhang and six old professors hurriedly walked into the temporary command center, eager to learn about the situation from Professor Tang. Professor Tang sent the prepared information to everyone and introduced it.
"We have completed the preliminary survey!"
"The style of this tomb is completely different from the tombs in the Central Plains."
"It is trapezoidal, symmetrical on all sides, with a total of 9 floors, about 48.5 meters high, 218 meters long on a side, and covers an area of more than 47,000 square meters. The entire tomb is a stone structure, all made of black volcanic rock."
Everyone took a breath of cold air.
They exchanged photos with each other and marveled at them.
“Although the area covered cannot be compared with Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum.”
"But it is definitely quite big if placed in the imperial mausoleum."
"The most incredible thing is that the entire stone tomb is made of black volcanic stone. There is no such stone production area nearby. It must have been transported from other places with a huge cost of manpower and material resources."
Unimaginable!
Subverted the perception!
Tomb styles vary greatly in different eras.
When society was stable in the Han Dynasty, funerals were grand and rich burials were popular.
The situation in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was turbulent, and people died like grass, so thin burials became very popular.
Such a large stone tomb, even in the feudal dynasty during the prosperous period, was an extremely laborious and costly super project that could not be completed in just a few decades, let alone the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties when political power changed frequently.
"Judging from the photos taken so far, the stone tomb is expanding layer by layer from top to bottom. The outer walls are covered with reliefs and scriptures. There are stone wall niches every few meters. It is expected that there will be six to seven hundred stone statues of seated Buddhas."
Professor Tang continued to introduce: "The content of these Buddha statues and reliefs outside the stone tomb alone exceeds that of the four major grottoes. It has huge academic value and is enough for many scholars to study for most of their lives!"
“Incredible!”
"What a miracle!"
"It is simply the pyramid of the East!"
“This discovery is enough to shock the world!”
Director Zhang Donghai was shocked but also puzzled: "Although statues were popular in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the four famous grottoes are all from this period, there has never been a precedent of so many Buddha statues carved on tombs."
Professor Sun Lao said: "Yes, it is more like the big pagodas in South Asia and Southeast Asia than a tomb."
Professor Li nodded: "Hey, after what you said, I suddenly discovered that this stone tomb is 60 to 70% similar to Borobudur in Indonesia, regardless of its appearance or architectural style!"
"really."
"I have studied ancient tombs all my life."
"I have never encountered a tomb like this."
"Such a large-scale tomb requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources. It can definitely be called a super project. Why is there no record left in the history books? This is completely unreasonable!"
mystery!
So mysterious!
The thirst for knowledge is burning!
They arrived at the same time and were deeply worried. The discovery of fragments of cultural relics downstream by the villagers showed that the ancient tomb may have been severely damaged, and it was directly exposed to the air due to the earthquake, which undoubtedly made the situation worse.
No one knows how many precious cultural relics are in this tomb.
Once these things that have been sealed underground for more than a thousand years are exposed to air or soaked in water, the probability of being destroyed is very high, which will cause heavy losses to Chinese civilization!
Rescue excavation is urgent!
Xiao Yu has been watching the live broadcast, but instead of going through the live broadcast room, he uses the Book of Creation to directly observe everything from God's perspective. Sitting at home is no different from being there in person. This feeling of controlling everything behind the scenes is really not bad.
【Luck 1!】
【Luck 1!】
【……】
The mysterious tomb has been on the hot searches and news one after another, and is rapidly becoming a sensation, so it has generated some luck feedback.
Xiao Yu noticed that there were several large burial pits near Ran Yu's tomb.
After Ran Min became emperor, he only lived for two short years. In order to prevent Ran Yu's achievements from being erased in later generations, he took the time to renovate Ran Yu's tomb, hid the historical truth deep in the tomb, and buried it nearby.
One hundred thousand barbarians were buried with Ran Yu.
One thousand seven hundred years.
The hero is finally exposed!
Xiao Yu decided to continue observing behind the scenes.
With the Book of Creation, he can secretly guide the judgment of the archaeological team leader, allowing them to excavate the tomb faster. At the same time, he can also create some strange phenomena, increase the topic and cause a greater sensation.
The layout is good this time.
The return should be a sure thing.
Chapter completed!