This ancient tomb group of the Three Kingdoms was unearthed. I would like to thank the relocation of Luoyang Zoo, but it was robbed 6 times - Introduction.
[The main author of this article: An Ning]
was looted by tomb robbers 6 times. What else can be left in this ancient tomb located in Luoyang ?
is of course empty! Even the floor tiles were plundered.
I would like to say that it is the most tragic tomb in ancient times, I am afraid it is not an exaggeration! Which unlucky guy is
? He will not be at ease after death?
A seal that was accidentally left out by a tomb robber in the back room of the tomb, revealing the noble identity of the tomb owner. He was the commander of the three armies who were circulating in the Three Kingdoms period - Cao Xiu .
What is the relationship between General Cao Xiu and Cao Cao and , and what is the relationship between the two’s tombs? There are many doubts.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao met Cao Xiu before he attacked Dong Zhuo. At that time, because of his outstanding swordsmanship, Cao Cao regarded Cao Xiu as his thousand-mile horse and entrusted him with important tasks.
. In real historical facts, Cao Xiu appeared as Cao Cao's nephew. After Cao Xiu became emperor in Cao Pi , he also served as the Grand Sima , and had great military achievements. He was ordered to conquer Dongwu .
How did Cao Xiu’s tomb be excavated?
We have to start with the magical place that is full of imperial tombs in Luoyang.
In history, Luoyang has experienced 13 dynasties that have been established in all sizes. In a place called Mangshan in Luoyang alone, there are hundreds of thousands of ancient tombs discovered, including 24 imperial tombs.
The discovery of Cao Xiu’s ancient tomb was actually due to the relocation of Luoyang Wildlife Park.
In July 2015, workers in charge of demolition of Luoyang Wildlife Park accidentally discovered that there was actually a tomb ruins hidden under the zoo.
is just digging, and a suspected torch group is dug out. This is not a rare thing in the eyes of local villagers in Luoyang. They are now professional. They can determine whether this is an ancient tomb based on the soil and rammed earth steps alone? The number of rammed earth steps in
shocked archaeologists that the owner of the tomb is very likely to be prominent.
Then, the Katan, which we often see in the excavation of the ancient tomb, came on stage.
. The Luoyang shovel that we often saw in the Nanpai Sanshu novel " Tomb Raiders' Chronicles " also played a magical role.
"Kan Detective", to put it bluntly, refers to using Luoyang shovel to quickly define the distribution range of underground ancient tomb sites.
The scientific name of Luoyang shovel is - scoop .
When the Luoyang shoveled down, archaeologists were shocked. The ancient tomb buried under the Luoyang Wildlife Park had a span of more than 50 meters. You should know that this area and scale are probably worthy of the imperial tomb.
But if it is really an imperial tomb, why is this ancient tomb so depressed that it doesn’t even have the “decoration” to be surrounded?
If it is really an imperial cemetery, at least there are burial mausoleums around it? This is an ancient funeral tradition that has been continued since the pre-Qin, Han and Tang dynasties.
rich and honored during his lifetime. After his death, he also wanted to create a large-scale burial tomb to demonstrate the glory of the tomb owner during his lifetime. Why doesn’t this tomb have these burial objects that show their status?
Events start from the Mangshan in Luoyang.
Mengshan is also known as Beimeng. It has an altitude of only 250 meters, with mountains, waters and plains. Therefore, this place has always been recognized as the top Feng Shui treasure land by people.
There is a saying that even among the people of Luoyang - born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in Beimeng after death.
Since this tomb can be chosen in Mangshan, it at least means that the owner of the tomb is of good status, but there is no burial and no landslide. In addition, there are many landslides under the tomb, which shows that the ancient tomb is very likely to have been visited by tomb robbers.
Sure enough, archaeologists quickly issued 6 obvious thieves under the tomb.
You should know that Luoyang has always been a region where tomb robbers are rampant.
is also very ridiculous. Even the "Luoyang Shovel" mentioned above was first invented by tomb robbers.
Just steal it once. This ancient tomb was washed by tomb robbers 6 times. The earliest batch of tomb robbers can be traced back to the Tang and Song dynasties.
What kind of resentment is this? Or it was the tomb robber who knew who the owner of this ancient tomb was, so he repeatedly came to steal it, trying to find some more residue?
Indeed, after our archaeologists carefully excavated, they found that the cultural relics in this ancient tomb, which was initially judged as , were not even left with scraps. How tragic is
? Even the wall tiles were scraped so much that there was no brick residue! It can be imagined that all the tomb robbers could not take away were smashed.
cemetery is so big? Let's use a set of numbers to show it -
is 21.1 meters wide from north to south, 15.6 meters long from east to west, and there is also a slope tomb passage about 35 meters long and 9 meters wide.
This scene makes archaeologists feel heartbroken. There are no cultural relics with clues and valuable information. Only pottery that even tomb robbers do not like can be restored through multiple restoration techniques.
At this time, who is everyone’s noble identity to the tomb owner? Is it an emperor, a subject or a general, and I have no hope.
The mountains and rivers are full of roads, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers.
I am afraid of being serious in everything. Just when archaeologists did not completely give up hope, a seal was found in the back room of their ancient tomb that even tomb robbers had not found.
Why do you say so? It is because this seal is too small and too small, and the surface of the seal is seriously corroded.
Tomb robbers are not trying to study history, and of course they will not care about it, but any text information that appears in the tomb may be of great help to us study the identity of the owner of the tomb. The font on the seal is Xiaozhuan . The two characters on it are suspected to have their names engraved. Archaeologists did not recognize them, so they had to ask experts in the field of Xiaozhuan research to help identify them.
The expert was overjoyed when he saw the seal. The owner of the seal was Cao Xiu.
Inferred from this, then the owner of this extremely dilapidated tomb is very likely to be the famous general of the Three Kingdoms - Cao Xiu.
You should know that in the archaeological world, there has always been an infinite desire to explore the Cao Wei family tomb group, but it is often unavailable. This is the first time in archaeological history that there is a clear understanding of the large tombs of the Cao Wei family in . Its appearance indicates that there are likely other Cao Wei family tombs hidden around the ancient tombs.
This discovery is so important!
Even though archaeologists did not unearth any valuable cultural relics in Cao Xiu’s ancient tomb, the seal alone witnessed Cao Xiu’s identity is already a huge gain from this archaeology.
Think about it, if the archaeologists had not given up their hope, so they searched carefully and found the seal, Cao Xiu's ancient tomb would have been regarded as an unknown tomb and submerged in the hundreds of thousands of silent tombs in the Mangshan Mountains of Luoyang.
The archaeological community has been conducting research on the Cao Wei tomb, but by the time we find it, many cemeteries have been looted by tomb robbers.
Cultural relics are lost, and the documents are hard to find. The history of living is disappearing little by little. This is a huge national loss that cannot be recovered from the number of auctions and the amount of value realization.
Only by talking about the past can we discuss the present, and only by talking about the archaeological history can we witness the future.
The famous general of the Three Kingdoms was desolate behind the ancient tombs. However, as his true identity surfaced, it provided a very good case for the archaeological community to study the tomb groups, scales and cultural relics of Cao Wei tombs, and provided many important clues for the subsequent confirmation of the Cao Cao's tombs .
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