"He was an unparalleled hero during his lifetime, and he was also a warrior and an iron horse after his death. Genghis Khan did not disgrace his great reputation..."
Looking at the tomb, which was not very big but gave off a majestic feeling, Professor Meng couldn't help but feel emotional.
Although the entire tomb is not paved with gold, the oncoming atmosphere makes people truly feel the great pride of this great emperor.
During his lifetime, Genghis Khan conquered the north and south, never encountered an enemy in his life, demonstrated his martial arts all over the world, and even hung his longbow on the wall after his death. A different kind of grassland pride arose in the hearts of everyone.
"The Isfahan carpet, my God, it is so big. How was it woven? And how was it preserved?"
Dr. Ren's voice suddenly sounded in the tomb, interrupting everyone's thoughts and drawing the attention of Zhuang Rui and others to the carpet under the coffin in the center of the tomb.
This carpet not only carries the entire area of the huge coffin, but also extends far away, covering an area of fifteen or six square meters.
This kind of carpet, which combines wool, cotton, silk, gold and silver threads and other materials, is composed of vertical lines, horizontal lines and diagonal lines, repeating to form a central pattern, which looks extremely majestic and gorgeous.
Although Zhuang Rui majored in archeology, his industry was all related to antiques. He was no stranger to this kind of Persian carpet, which had entered China since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He then asked: "Brother Ren, this is a Persian carpet."
The origin of the Isfahan rug?”
"Yes, it must be, this... how on earth was this preserved?"
During Dr. Ren's PhD studies, he mainly studied the formation of the Silk Road and its profound impact on the Tang Dynasty and other countries around the world. As one of the most famous commodities on the Silk Road...Persian carpets, Ren Chunqiang also conducted quite in-depth research.
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The city of Isfahan is located on the Iranian Plateau at an altitude of 1,600 meters. It is an ancient cultural city with a long history.
The best carpets in the world are all produced in Isfahan and are used in Persian palaces, European royal families, the Holy See and aristocratic classes, either spread on the floor or hung on the wall like precious oil paintings.
The prestige of Persian carpets today is largely due to Isfahan. Isfahan carpets are made of the best kirq wool in the world and are woven on the warp and weft of silk. They are still considered to be the best in the world.
Persian rug.
The preservation life of ordinary carpets is only two to three hundred years at most. Today, Isfahan carpets from the 16th and 17th centuries are extremely rare.
At an auction in the UK last year, an Isfahan carpet measuring only 60 x 80 centimeters in length and width sold for a high price of US$6 million.
One can imagine what kind of shock it would bring to the international collecting community if a carpet as large as the one in the tomb was displayed.
"Okay, Xiao Ren, you are responsible for dealing with this carpet. Others will embalm the weapons first, and put the coffin last..."
Professor Meng was very dissatisfied with Dr. Ren's gaffe. None of the items in the tomb was worth less than this carpet. The reason why he did not support Ren Chunqiang like Cuo Zhuang Rui was because he
This disciple’s vision is not broad enough.
After hearing Professor Meng's instructions, everyone got busy. The gold and silver in the tomb, especially the iron objects, have a high probability of oxidation after being sealed for thousands of years. Now they look extremely sharp. Maybe they will become sharp once they are taken out of the tomb.
Got rusty.
Zhuang Rui walked to the weapon rack and reached out to take a saber with a rotten scabbard in his hand. As early as when he used his spiritual energy to observe the tomb chamber, Zhuang Rui noticed that the saber contained
The spiritual energy is extremely strong.
This is a typical early Mongolian saber. The blade is thinner than modern military sabers. It is only about two fingers wide and lighter. The lines are very smooth. The handle is slightly curved towards the blade. This curved handle is more conducive to the rider.
Take control and not easy to let go.
"Xiaozhuang, come, try the knife..."
Professor Meng couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhuang Rui playing with the saber fondly. He took out a stack of kraft paper used to wrap cultural relics and placed it on the ground in front of Zhuang Rui.
"Okay, let's see how the weapons used by Genghis Khan compare to my fixed light sword..."
Zhuang Rui agreed, and carefully held the handle of the saber with his gloved right hand. Although the original wooden handle of the saber, inlaid with various gems, had decayed, there was still an iron bar-mounted handle.
"Ho!"
Zhuang Rui let out a muffled shout, raised the knife above his head with his right hand, and slashed hard at the kraft paper stacked high on the ground.
"clang……"
The sharp blade flashed an arc in the light, and silently cut into the kraft paper. Then due to inertia, it struck the ground again, making a crisp sound.
"Damn, so fast?"
Zhuang Rui didn't expect the saber to be so fast. He quickly pulled the saber out of the pile of papers and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the blade was not damaged. If the cultural relics were damaged due to this experiment, it would be a very serious matter.
A serious archaeological accident.
"A magic weapon, a real magic weapon!"
Before the people in the tomb could recover from this scene, in the command post a hundred meters above the heads of Zhuang Rui and others, an old man danced and shouted, his expression extremely excited.
You know, the ancient steel smelting technology was much behind modern times. But for some reason, many weapons handed down from ancient times are extremely sharp and incorruptible. What substances are mixed in them? Even if they are
Modern technology cannot know it.
However, such magical weapons are rarely unearthed, just like Zhuang Rui's fixed light sword. Even if they are available, they can only be used for some optical tests and cannot be handed over to these experts for long-term research, so there has always been a lack of relevant research items.
This old man was an expert in the study of ancient cold weapons. Seeing that weapons from a thousand years ago could still be so sharp, he suddenly became excited and wanted to reach into the screen and grab the saber.
Professor Meng heard the command's call through the headset and couldn't help but smile and said: "Old Li, be patient. There are so many weapons, some of which you have researched..."
Not to mention anything else, it can be judged just from the carpets and weapons in this tomb that all the items placed here were the highest level of world craftsmanship that could be achieved in Genghis Khan's time.
Every item here is probably a rare and precious orphan item. The so-called orphan item means that there is no identical item in this world.
After witnessing the sharpness of the thousand-year-old saber, the staff in the tomb were also very excited. However, when maintaining and sorting these cultural relics, they became more and more gentle, because a careless move may cost hundreds of millions.
Objects were damaged.
After more than five hours of work, the cultural relics placed outside the tomb have been embalmed. Even the carpet exposed outside the coffin was carefully preserved by Dr. Ren lying on the ground.
Seeing that everyone was exhausted, Professor Meng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's take a rest first. These items will be kept in the tomb for the time being. After the coffin is opened, they will be transported out..."
Zhuang Rui walked up to Professor Meng who was standing in front of the huge coffin and asked: "Teacher, are you ready to open the coffin? This big guy is not easy to open..."
The coffin, together with the foundation, is two meters tall. It is impossible to open it from the ground. You have to set up a ladder and exert force from several directions at the same time to open the coffin lid.
However, there is a prerequisite for this, which is to find the joint between the mortise and tenon joints of the coffin and coffin. Professor Meng had been observing in front of the coffin just now to determine the position of the mortise and tenon joints of the coffin and coffin.
"Well, it should be about the same..."
Professor Meng nodded, pointed at the head and tail of the coffin and said: "There are eight mortise and tenon wooden nails, but there are no gaps at the joints. The crowbar cannot be inserted at all. I am afraid it will damage the coffin. Alas, what a pity.
This is the best golden nanmu..."
Looking at this coffin, which is as solid as iron stone, has a beautiful shape, and glows with golden light under the light, Professor Meng can't help but shake his head. This coffin board alone is a precious cultural relic worth tens of millions.
You should know that golden nanmu is resistant to corrosion and insects, does not get cold to the touch in winter, has a warm and soft texture, and has a fine and smooth texture. It has always been a royal item. For example, the golden nanmu Buddhist niche in the Lama Temple in Beijing is the three treasures of the palace.
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Even the famous old man Qianlong once had a bad reputation for the golden nanmu. At that time, Qianlong took a fancy to the golden nanmu in the Minling Tomb, so he used the repair of the Minling Tomb as a cover to tear down the fine nanmu.
Use the materials to build Shouling for yourself.
There are indeed records in historical materials that Qianlong repaired the Ming Tomb and transported back a large number of Ming Tomb materials including golden nanmu. Zhuang Rui saw with his own eyes when he visited the Qing emperor’s cemetery that the building materials of the Qing Tomb were used.
Contains a large amount of golden nanmu from the Ming Dynasty.
Since golden nanmu was on the verge of extinction at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there is no new wood on the market now. Even if there are, they are all old objects that can be called antiques. Therefore, the value on the market now is higher than that of small leaf sandalwood.
The furniture is no less generous.
"Teacher, this tomb has been open for a long time. I think it's time to open the coffin, right?"
Under normal circumstances, Zhuang Rui might feel pity for these golden nanmu, but thinking about the crystal coffin inside the coffin and the jade seal that carries the imperial culture of China for many years, even if this is used
Even Zhuang Rui wouldn't feel bad if the coffin with exquisite materials was completely dismantled.
"Okay, get ready to open the coffin..."
Professor Meng is also a decisive person. Relatively speaking, the protection work of this archaeological excavation has been done to the extreme. A slight loss can be tolerated.
