So far, the excavation work has revealed twelve animal burial chambers and accompanying burial chambers, covering a total area of more than 400 square meters. The scale is so large that these well-informed archaeological experts are stunned.
Endless.
Not to mention that this is a mausoleum hundreds of meters underground, even tombs on the ground are rarely of this scale. Since the excavation of this mausoleum, a record has been created.
The unearthed cultural relics that were judged to be used by the Xixia royal family also further verified the identity of the owner of the tomb. Now most people in the expert group believe that this is most likely the tomb of Wokuotai, the second great Khan of Mongolia. Even
Professor Meng is also more inclined to this statement.
So Director Guo is in a very good mood these days. Every time he thinks about the Yuan blue and white porcelain in the Zhuang Rui Museum, he can't help but take Professor Meng for a drink. It seems that the object has become his possession.
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"Director Guo, since I made the bet, I will definitely admit defeat, but...it seems like the result hasn't come out yet, right? You must be a little too impatient..."
Zhuang Rui held the diving suit in his hand and was about to go into the lake. After hearing Director Guo's words, he couldn't help but laugh and cry. How does this look like a senior government official? He is just chasing loan sharks.
"Hehe, it's just sooner or later, it's just sooner or later. I'm afraid you won't admit it, so I'll remind you..."
Director Guo laughed when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "Okay, you go to work. If you are lucky, you should be able to reach the main tomb today. When the time comes, you will make a decision. It will be useless for you to refuse to pay...
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According to the judgment of experts, the tomb below is most likely the residence of the tomb owner.
For today's excavation, the archaeological team has made a lot of preparations. Even hundreds of kilograms of formalin have been brought underground and an alloy coffin with excellent sealing performance has been made in case of emergency.
"Director Guo, let's wait until the answer is revealed. Then don't default on your debt..."
Zhuang Rui replied with a smile, put on his diving suit and jumped directly into the lake.
Only Zhuang Rui knew that the tomb below that was waiting for him to be excavated was not the main tomb, but the golden room that once made Zhuang Rui's heart beat.
"Teacher Zhuang..."
"Mr. Zhuang is here, let's start preparing..."
After Zhuang Rui arrived at a temporary office opened underground next to the underground river, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people. The group of people named Teacher Zhuang were all students of the school. As for the person named Mr. Zhuang, they wanted to follow Zhuang Rui in.
The old team members at the cemetery.
The excavation of new tombs was carried out by experienced "old" scientific expedition team members led by Zhuang Rui. Of course, the definition of "old" here is those thirty-four-year-old scientific researchers from various places who have archaeological experience.
Examination personnel.
Dr. Ren is also in this ranks, and is the deputy leader of the underground excavation working group. His status in the working group is second only to Zhuang Rui, but his prestige in the archaeological team is much worse than Zhuang Rui.
"Teacher Zhuang, can you also let us enter the tomb? There are several more sets of protective clothing..." a male student said boldly.
"Yes, Teacher Zhuang, I admire you so much. We also want to accumulate some experience in on-site excavation, so just agree..."
Due to safety considerations, these students who were transferred from the school were doing post-cleaning work and had not entered the tomb in the first place. Therefore, Teacher Zhuang, who had assumed important responsibilities at a "young age",
They all admired him endlessly.
"This... let's talk about this later when we have the opportunity. Our country's archaeological work will depend on you in the future..."
The voice of the female student who spoke made Zhuang Rui's body goosebumps. It's not that the voice was not pleasant, but the key was that when the voice was combined with the appearance, it was a bit terrible.
Among the girls studying archeology, although there are some young and lovely girls like Xiaolei, most of them are still... ahem, girls with beautiful souls.
"Teacher Zhuang, do you think the lower tomb is the main tomb? Who is the owner of this tomb?"
Most of these students participated in field archaeological excavations for the first time. Each one of them was like a curious baby, and the high-intensity cleaning work every day could not calm them down.
"Ahem, the tomb has not been opened. No one knows. Anyway, you will be able to enter in less than two days. Now everyone, please calm down..."
Zhuang Rui coughed, and the place suddenly became quiet. After more than a month of work, Zhuang Rui has established enough prestige in the hearts of the underground archaeological team members.
"Okay, you guys retreat to a safe position, Dr. Ren, let's prepare to enter..."
As soon as Zhuang Rui finished speaking, several old archaeological team members who were sitting in the room stood up one after another and put on the protective clothing around them, not daring to be careless at all.
You know, when opening the first few tomb chambers, the scientific expedition team once conducted experiments with rabbits and mice, and the results made everyone's hands sweat.
The animals without any protective measures immediately became restless after entering the tomb. Although nothing happened at the time, more than a dozen rabbits and mice began to die one after another after staying inside for a day.
This result shocked everyone in the archaeological team. Fortunately, they were cautious at the time and required the archaeological team members to wear protective clothing and oxygen masks to enter. Otherwise, I am afraid that the largest tragedy in the history of Chinese archaeology would have occurred.
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Naturally, professionals will analyze the reasons for the formation of toxins in tombs, but archaeological work cannot stop because of this.
After a week-long experiment, Zhuang Rui and others discovered that this problem could be solved by draining the gas in the tomb to create air circulation.
Although the interval was only a few hours, those animals have lived until now without any illness or disaster in the tomb chamber where the air has been replaced.
This also made the leaders of the archaeological team heave a sigh of relief. If this problem cannot be solved and the tombs have to be cleaned with oxygen and protective clothing, then it is estimated that it will not last for 358 years. Don't even think about this tomb.
Meet the world.
And even if the tomb cleaning work is completed, it is not open to the public. You can't give out an oxygen mask to every tourist, right?
The tomb doors leading to the next tomb chamber have long been found, but these tomb doors fit very well. As long as they are not opened, not even a trace of gas will escape. At this moment, Zhuang Rui took five archaeologists with him.
The team members and a CCTV reporter stood in front of the tomb gate.
Compared with Zhuang Rui and others, they still have more time to rest. The work of the two CCTV photojournalists is not easy. They use cameras to record every scene in the tomb almost 24 hours a day. Their eyes are like rabbit eyes.
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"Damn, this door can't be pushed open. If another person comes up..."
An archaeological team member in front of Zhuang Rui was holding a crowbar and pinned it to the bottom of the tomb door. However, no matter how hard he tried, the tomb door remained motionless.
"It still doesn't work, Team Leader Zhuang, is the door broken or is there a Dragon Breaking Stone inside? This... don't even bend the crowbar..."
After another person came up, the two crowbars were used at the same time, but the straight crowbar bent down from the middle. There was nothing they could do about the tomb door. Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at Zhuang Rui.
"Let me try..."
Zhuang Rui took a step forward. Of course he knew that the tomb door was not broken, but behind the bluestone slab, there was a door made of gold that was as thick as centimeters. With the weight of this gold door, naturally it was not the two people.
Able to push away.
Taking three crowbars in his hand, Zhuang Rui inserted them into the gap dug under the door. He exerted force with both arms and let out a "hi" sound in his mouth.
"It's moving, it's moving..."
The tomb door trembled slightly, and then moved the ball under the door. The tomb door, which was originally motionless, slowly opened inwards.
A beam of strong light immediately shined into the door, and at the same time, the camera lens was also focused on the tomb door, which only opened a gap.
The archaeological experts on the ground also held their breath at this moment and stared at the picture on the screen without blinking. They were looking forward to new surprises in this tomb chamber.
Like the experts on the ground, the underground staff also had their eyes widened and turned their heads desperately to look inside along the light. If this is really the main tomb chamber, then their names will be recorded in China
in the annals of archeology.
"Light...light, this...what kind of light is this?"
At this moment when everyone was full of expectations, both the experts on the ground and the underground staff were suddenly blinded by a bright light, making it impossible to see clearly what was going on inside.
This reflected strong light was a bit abnormal. In this strange thousand-year-old tomb, anything could appear. For a moment, the staff below were a little panicked.
Although this gold is attractive, it does not emit any light color in the dark. However, under the illumination of the strong light, a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared. Zhuang Rui was not checking it just now, but it was also reflected by the light.
Jin Guangyao couldn't open his eyes. After hearing the commotion around him, he quickly shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, calm down..."
"Kaka...kaka..."
Zhuang Rui was shouting, and his hands were not idle. The door of the tomb was still slowly opening, and everyone's eyes were just reflected by the bright light before, and now they all became quiet.
"Yellow...gold..."
"All... all gold?!"
"Oh my god, this...how is this possible?"
When the tomb door was fully opened, all kinds of exclamations shook the heads of everyone wearing headsets, but no one cared about it at this moment, because the appearance of these golds had already caused their brains to freeze.
