Last time I mentioned that a sudden gust of cold wind blew by, and Wu Haode's teeth started to shiver with coldness. For a moment, his teeth also played a chorus of "gurgling" in cooperation.
Colonel Zhang saw that his lips were blue and his face was pale from the cold, so he hurriedly called for someone to bring a military coat and put it on Wu Haode. At this time, people suddenly felt as if the surrounding temperature was suddenly dropping.
Gu Zhenting noticed something strange at this time. He immediately became vigilant. His many years of archaeological experience have allowed him to experience many risks. Wherever there is an abnormality, there must be something strange. This is the experience he has summarized. Since that faint
After the musky smell appeared, the temperature began to drop, and it became more and more weird here.
"Except for guard A and a few necessary people, everyone else should exit." Gu Zhenting said calmly, "We don't need so many people now." In fact, many archaeologists have never had the opportunity to see this kind of weird scene in their lives.
When he arrived, they were both excited and nervous. No one wanted to miss this scene, and they wanted to know what caused the blood pool. So after he finished speaking, no one was willing to move their feet.
"Quick!" Gu Zhenting's face was serious. Gu Zhenting was usually a very serious person, but now he had a serious face and his attitude was so determined. Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to pick up their rain gear and walk out.
At this time, the four experts Gu Zhenting needed also ran in quickly, followed by four A-guards who walked neatly behind them.
As soon as these four experts heard the emergency call, they knew that there must be a tricky job. Just because you are not needed at ordinary times does not mean that you are not important. Everyone knows that good steel is used on the blade, so they were woken up in the middle of the night.
Later, they realized that after being idle for so many days, they were finally put to use.
Sure enough, as soon as I came in, I saw that Pit No. 7, which is never open to visitors, turned out to be like a Shura hell. Scarlet red and greasy blood was rolling in the pit. This shock was no less shocking than the pit in the legendary Palace of Hell.
Oil pan. And the strange musky smell that filled the air made people feel inexplicably depressed.
Several experts had expressions of varying degrees of shock on their faces, but Feng Shui master Liu Wensheng said "Huh", frowned, looked around again, and remained silent.
"What, what is going on? Who put a pool of blood here?!" Biologist Li Maocai asked Gu Zhenting in surprise. He and Gu Zhenting usually have some friendship, so he asked Gu Zhenting directly
.
"I just want to ask you about this matter." There was no expression on Gu Zhenting's face, although he was very worried at this time. "Everyone can answer this question from your own professional point of view, Xiao Wu, what happened tonight?"
Let me tell you what happened. Gu Zhenting came in a hurry and didn't know much about it. When he arrived, everyone surrounded him, and he didn't have the chance to ask Wu Haode what happened specifically.
"Yes, Professor." Wu Haode swallowed a sip of saliva, moistened his throat, straightened out his messy thoughts, and started talking.
It turns out that since more than a dozen bronzes were excavated in Pit No. 7 during the day that exceeded the scope of the Yin and Shang civilization, the archaeologists were shocked and extremely excited. This great discovery that subverted traditional thinking made them excited. And seeing this scene, Gu Zhen
Ting, I was even more delighted. This strange discovery was not about how much of a sensation this batch of bronze castings with Sanxingdui origin in Bashu would bring in the archaeological world, but about the greater secret hidden behind it. Ancient earthquakes
Ting could almost tell that there might be a bigger surprise buried under this pile of bronzes.
This group of archaeologists are all first-class experts at work, and they quickly cleaned out the floating soil and impurities on the bronze vessels. From the discovery of the first bronze mask at 10:15 in the morning, to about 6:30 in the afternoon,
Thirteen magnificent and huge bronzes have all been cleaned and recorded, transported out of Pit No. 7, sent to specific warehouses, and numbered and stored for further study.
This batch of bronzes is very well preserved, not only without any defects, but also not severely rusted. Compared with the deliberately damaged bronzes at the Sanxingdui site, they are even more precious. Pit No. 7 brings archaeologists
Unprecedented surprises also brought them unprecedented challenges. First of all, Pit No. 7 cannot be defined as a tomb. The reason is very simple. No human bones and burial objects were found here. And in other pits No. 1 to No. 6 discovered
A certain amount of bones and funerary objects were unearthed from the pits. There are more than 600 tortoise shells and animal bones with inscriptions on them. There are also a large number of jades, shells and pottery, and there are also many exquisitely smelted bronze ritual vessels, but they are completely
It is very different from Pit No. 7. It is a bronze ritual vessel from the Yin and Shang period of the Central Plains civilization. Cultural relics like this have been unearthed in historical archaeological excavations in Henan, and they are not particularly precious.
However, the ancient tombs here reveal puzzling mysteries everywhere. The biggest mystery is that none of the ancient tombs excavated here contains slaves buried there.
The phenomenon of human sacrifice is very common at the ancient tomb sites of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The excavation of the bones of slaves and livestock buried as victims is a significant feature of this period. The Yin and Shang dynasties at that time were very superstitious, and their ruling power was almost based on
On top of the mysterious divine power. At that time, it was generally believed that the soul of a person continues to live in the underworld after death, so rulers would bury the objects they used during their lifetime in order to continue to enjoy their life in the underworld after death. But here,
Among the six ancient tombs excavated so far, no bones other than those of the tomb owners have been found.
The size of these ancient tombs almost belonged to the owners of princes, but there was not even a single slave buried there. This was unjustifiable at the time. At that time, slaves, like livestock, were the wealth of the slave owners. Could it be that the owner of the tomb was alive?
Are they all misers and reluctant to be buried with them? Or are the tomb owners highly aware of the inhumane nature of human sacrifice? But in any case, it was definitely a good thing for the slaves of these people at that time.
The second weird thing is that these tombs are very dry. After excavation for six or seven meters, the excavation surface of the underground water layer has been reached, but the soil quality is about the same as when it was two or three meters away, and the soil is just wet. This phenomenon has also aroused the attention of archaeologists.
Interesting. Geologists have judged that the underground waterways here were originally very active, but digging such deep underground water is still not obvious, which obviously cannot confirm this inference.
After cleaning up the cultural relics, Gu Zhenting made a decisive decision and asked the staff to continue working and look for more clues. Chen Wenming was also very sure that there should be unknown discoveries in the soil beneath the bronze. His enthusiasm has not diminished.
The staff immediately started construction, trying to find more valuable things. However, the exploration shovel dug several meters deep and found nothing. There was neither a layer of rammed earth nor any other useful information. But the staff dug deep into the ancients and found nothing.
Zhen Ting and Chen Wenming's trust was far greater than the soil brought up by the Luoyang shovel. Their enthusiasm did not diminish at all and they continued to work. Gu Zhenting noticed that the soil brought up by the shovel was only moist, indicating that it was still far from the groundwater level.
It's deep.
The excavation continued, but Gu Zhenting couldn't bear it anymore. He was already over fifty years old, and although the long years of climbing mountains and ridges had built up a strong physique, he had been digging for two weeks with high intensity.
The work made him feel very strenuous. The workers excavating the soil had changed three batches, and the archaeologists under command also changed their duties one after another. At about 11:30 in the evening, he finally couldn't hold on any longer.
He had no choice but to let his assistant Wu Haode stay here and go back to the camp to rest for a while. Colonel Zhang, who was as strong as a lion, was still on duty outside the pit in high spirits. This colonel who always maintained abundant physical strength had a sharp vision and a more serious attitude.
He is meticulous, and he seldom talks to anyone except Gu Zhenting. In fact, no one dares to provoke him due to his fiery temper. And Chen Wenming, nicknamed "Magnet", has long gone back to the camp to sleep.