Chapter 1665: Flowers are bright and willows are dark
Seeing the stone wall here, Han Peacock knew that he had found the place. Of course, this place must be still some distance away from the real mausoleum, but after seeing this stone wall made of all stones, Han Peacock knew
, he was not looking in the wrong place.
Han Peacock had previously speculated that the general location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum should be in the Great Forbidden Land within thirty miles of the Nian Valley from Qu Neighbor Mountain.
However, this range is too large, and the location of Qi Nian Valley cannot be determined yet. Once the location is determined, we still need to find the Great Forbidden Area and find the Forbidden Area before we can lock down the thirty-kilometer range in this place.
The current location of Han Peacock is in the middle area between the Qulin Mountain and the Bindel Mountains, so it is not wrong to say that this is a valley, but this valley is too wide.
And this stone wall is closer to Bindel Mountain, so no one thought that the Great Forbidden Land would be here. Of course, no one thought that this would be part of the Qichaan Valley.
"How come no one noticed such an obvious landmark?" Looking at the stone wall, which was not majestic but was still considered a miracle on the grassland, Mu Ling was puzzled.
There is a lack of stone materials on the grassland, and it is certainly not simple for someone to be able to build such a long stone wall. You must know that this is not a city wall. In ancient times with low productivity, it was even more difficult to do such a thing.
"How do you know no one knows about this place?" Huangshan said with a smile.
Jin Yao said: "If someone knew, how could it be possible that Genghis Khan's tomb could not be found?"
"You know now that there must be Genghis Khan's tomb in this area, but what would you do if I asked you to look for it?" Huang Shan said.
Han Kongque said at this time: "Huangshan is right. Even if you know that this is a forbidden area, it is not easy to find Chengling. Just look at Kravitz. You know this person, right? Although he was not the first to find this place.
person, but he was the first person to confirm that this was the mausoleum of Genghis Khan."
"He knows about Genghis Khan's Mausoleum here? Then why has Genghis Khan's Mausoleum not been unearthed yet?" Jin Yao asked.
Huangshan smiled and said: "This area is so big, he must not be able to find it."
"There must be a reason, but we don't know. After Japan used satellite remote sensing technology, Kravitz also used it, but he didn't find it. I really don't know why." Speaking of this, Han Peacock was still a little worried.
, he didn’t know why Kravitz targeted this place and why he hadn’t found the real Mausoleum of Genghis Khan yet.
The failure of the Japanese at that time did not diminish people's interest in the mystery of Chengling. In 2000, another aerial remote sensing archaeological survey team re-entered the Mongolian grassland, using the precise GPS satellite positioning system made in the United States and the higher-definition
Satellite remote sensing images show the ambition of never withdrawing troops until Chengling is found.
The leader of this group of people is Kravitz. Murik Kravitz is a lawyer and a billionaire. At that time, his private property was estimated to be 50 million to 100 million U.S. dollars, all before he became a lawyer.
Earned from gold.
When he was 20 years old, Kravitz was serving in the US Army in Germany. By chance, he read "Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Mankind" written by Harold Lamb. From then on, he became fascinated by Genghis Khan.
Lamb's biographical novels made his blood boil. He felt that Genghis Khan's life was so amazing. From that time on, Kravitz began to collect and carefully read books about him, to the point of being so hungry that he would never have more.
to be satisfied.
Some people said that he was addicted, but in fact at that time, he even confidently declared to the world that there might be no one in the world who could understand Genghis Khan better than him!
In early 2000, 69-year-old Kravitz announced his expedition plan - to find the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in three years!
The expedition team he formed consisted of 15 people, including Bennett Bronson, Curator of Asian Anthropology at the University of Chicago Field Museum, Dr. John Woods, Professor of the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Chicago, and Shagdar Rumbila, Academician of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
top scientists.
Although ambitious, Kravitz's expedition was extremely difficult.
The Mongols respected Genghis Khan very much. When Kravitz first proposed the expedition plan to the Outer Mongolian government, the Outer Mongolian government was noncommittal.
In order to win approval, Kravitz spent almost all his savings and lived in Outer Mongolia for six years, trying his best to please the Outer Mongolians.
In order to eliminate the suspicion among Outer Mongolian people that he was a "gold digger," he held face-to-face meetings with Outer Mongolian scholars and officials whenever he had the opportunity.
After successfully passing the first level, Kravitz's archaeological expedition entered the second stage: confirming important locations in Mongolian history and searching for remaining cultural relics.
They marked more than 200 place names and road names that appeared in "The Secret History of Mongolia" on the map, integrated all the events that happened in the area, and drew the "Genghis Khan Historical Geographic Atlas" using the method of time and space connection.
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In late 2000, the expedition narrowed the scope of its investigation to three locations.
The first location is a mountain where Genghis Khan is said to be buried.
But halfway up the mountain, the expedition team's horses stopped going up.
Finally, the expedition members boarded a helicopter and climbed to the top of the mountain, but they found nothing worth celebrating.
The second location was named "Muri" by Kravitz because it was the result of his own research.
The expedition team discovered 150 ancient tombs from different periods here, but none of them were complete mausoleums.
The third location is the most mysterious and tortuous one, and it is also a location that makes Kravitz and the American media ecstatic.
In July 2001, the expedition team accidentally met a 76-year-old shepherd on the way. He said that he accepted his father's destiny and had been caring for a stone wall for decades, and that behind the stone wall, an important person was buried.
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The shepherd family has been guarding this place for 40 generations, but why they guard it here is not very clear.
This location is Ugligeqihelimu in the north of Bindel Mountain. According to the "Secret History of Mongolia", Bindel Mountain was once the place where Genghis Khan offered sacrifices and worshipped. In addition to the memorial tablets of more than 400 Mongolian clans, there are also
There are inscriptions written in various languages.
Therefore, there are legends that the remains of Genghis Khan's father are buried there.
The expedition team believes that this group of tombs is probably the Chengling Mausoleum they are looking for!
Under the guidance of the shepherd, the expedition finally arrived at this section of stone wall.
It is three to four kilometers long and is entirely built of stones.
At the foot of the mountain within the stone walls, they found 60 graves that had not yet been excavated.
By analyzing the age of the porcelain pieces found on the ground, the expedition team found that they were consistent with the age of Genghis Khan's life.
After a period of investigation, Kravitz announced to the world that he had found the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan!
However, Kravitz and the others failed to start, and soon they retreated inexplicably.
Some people say that they were driven away by the locals, while others say that it was because of the presence of poisonous snakes. What is the reason, outsiders cannot tell clearly.
However, one fact has always existed, that is, the mausoleum of Genghis Khan has never been unearthed. If this is really the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, why does no one visit it?
No matter how well the Outer Mongolia protects it, it will definitely not be able to stop the tomb robbers from visiting. Therefore, there must be a reason why no one comes here.
So, Kravitz is gone, but more people are still trying to find the "key" to unlock Cheng Ling's secret.
In fact, the archaeological circles of each country have their own advantages in searching for the tombs: Mongolia’s advantage lies in its superior geographical location, China’s advantage lies in historical materials, and Japan and the United States’ advantages lie in abundant funds.
Genghis Khan's mausoleum contains a large number of rare treasures, and the handicrafts inside are even more spectacular than the terracotta warriors and horses unearthed from Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.
This is not alarmist, because the tomb of Genghis Khan may contain priceless treasures that he collected from more than 20 kingdoms. These are the reasons that attract private archaeological teams to carry out the mission.
Therefore, there is no shortage of treasure hunters within hundreds of kilometers near Ulabaatar, and there are many people carrying high-tech equipment.
For example, Han Kongque and the others encountered a group of people who used a lot of instruments, some of which were like mine detectors, and some of which were unknown black boxes hanging around their necks.
These people stared at the meter index attentively, or listened to the sound coming from the earphones and fiddled with a few knobs or switches.
They used satellite photography technology to take photos of every corner of some suspicious areas. The aerial photos were as dense as a mosaic, and then used theodolite and distance meter to conduct field surveys.
The theoretical basis for these people's investigation is that if Genghis Khan is buried somewhere, there must be abnormalities in the surface data.
However, some people believe that hundreds of years have passed and the river may have changed its course and flowed directly through the tomb. Therefore, some experts have accurately drawn maps of lakes and rivers to look for abnormal drainage channels.
However, these people have still not been able to usher in the "moment of witnessing the miracle". They have excavated two to three hundred ancient tombs, but none of them have been completed.
Han Kongque also used some modern technology, but he didn't use too many instruments, so his group was not eye-catching.
Therefore, even if they found the place where Kravitz and his colleagues dug, no one would pay attention to it.
Han Peacock led Mu Ling, Jin Yao and Huang Shan, walking casually on the grass in the mountains, sometimes riding in a car, sometimes getting out of the car and walking.
Judging from their appearance, no one would associate them with treasure hunters.
It is also for this reason that Han Kongque and the others have been approaching their target without encountering any obstruction from the locals.
"This is actually not the location of the mausoleum." After wandering around for half a month, Han Kongque finally came to the conclusion with a wry smile.
"What? This is not the location of the mausoleum?" Huangshan asked with his eyes widened.