Chapter 1245 Archaeologist: Believe in Science (20)
"Everyone can see the archaeological things in museums and the research and academic results of experts and professors. They become things that all members of society can enjoy. But if they fall into the hands of tomb robbers, haha, they will either be sold overseas or
It has become a collection of capitalists. In short, as an ordinary person, you will never have the chance to see it in your life. Moreover, due to tomb robbing, a large number of cultural relics have been destroyed and a large number of cultural relics have been lost overseas. The history behind these cultural relics has just disappeared in the long river of history.
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"Nowadays, our country's archeology is conducting rescue excavations. In other words, archaeologists are there to clean up the mess of tomb robbers, or the infrastructure construction has caused the ancient tombs to be dug out. In that case, if the archaeologists do not dig, it will be
The loss is really huge. Many of the cultural relics that you can see in the museum now were snatched by archaeologists from tomb robbers. Many police officers even died heroically to protect the national cultural relics, but everyone
Instead of condemning the tomb robbers, we condemned the archaeologists instead. Isn’t this a typical example of being too nice to the evil people and too evil to the good people?”
"I think that when commenting on archeology, we need to look at the current historical background. In ancient times, parents paid attention to the body's hair and skin, and the development of surgical skills was also hindered. But now, we use surgery to treat diseases and perform autopsies on corpses.
This is something that everyone is accustomed to. Can you say this is immoral? The concept of treating living people is evolving, so why not take a longer-term view when treating dead people? Since the principle of archaeological workers is protective excavation,
Unlike tomb robbers, they are not harming the interests of the general public. On the contrary, they are making contributions to the entire human race. Why do you have to accuse others of being state-run tomb robbers?"
"Today, everyone is equal and open-minded. Many people donate their organs to those in need before they die, and donate their bodies for scientific research. If we simply look at today's society based on past customs, then their contributions will be worthless.
Is it worth it?”
"The people who can own the big tombs are the ancient princes and nobles. When they were alive, they enjoyed a lifetime of unearned glory and wealth. When they died, they had to bring the sweat and blood of the working people into the tomb. Does this make sense? Is this moral? The tomb owner
The purpose of building such luxurious tombs is not for future generations to dig up, nor is it that working people work so hard to make money so that their hard-earned money will fall into the pockets of princes and nobles. Finally, they will be buried underground without any practical significance. Now they can be dug out for use.
Archaeological research reflects the hardships of ancient people and the superb skills of craftsmen, but it is a kind of respect for the working people of ancient times. What we should be arguing about now is not at all the difference between archeology and tomb robbing, but how we should improve excavation technology.
How to better protect the excavated cultural relics.”
"Those who say they haven't enjoyed the things they excavated have something wrong with their brains, right? It's not that you haven't enjoyed it, it's that you haven't enjoyed it at all. Isn't it the visual enjoyment and pride brought by the treasures passed down from generation to generation in the museum?
Aren’t the popular science and research works and papers written by experts and professors? All the archaeological results are of service to the entire people. There is no doubt about this.”
Some people said on the Internet that today's archaeologists are just a bunch of losers. In terms of technology, they are not as good as tomb robbers. It is better to recruit the tomb robbers and serve the country.
Anyway, there is all kinds of worship to tomb robbers.
Others refuted this view.
"Comparing the skills of tomb robbers and archaeologists is like comparing the skills of chefs and surgeons. A good chef can peel meat from bones very quickly and accurately, but a good surgeon cannot. Therefore,
Can you judge that chefs are technically better than surgeons? Of course not, because chefs dissect completely regardless of whether blood vessels, fibers, nerves are intact, or what the various organs are for, as long as they are peeled off, while doctors
But you have to make sure that your heart is still beating when performing surgery on you, and that your organs can still function normally after the operation. The same is true for tomb robbing and archaeology. Tomb robbing is only for money, and of course you can pursue speed.
If you can’t dig anymore, just blow it up with a bomb. They are not responsible for the damage anyway, but it’s different with archeology. They want to preserve everything inside, so can they pursue speed?”
"Do you really think that tomb robbers are as tall and handsome as written in novels? Do you really think that tomb robbers are craftsmen who stick to their principles? Wherever you go, people call you Tianguan Xiaowei? It's funny. Grave robbers have been since ancient times.
The existence of being despised, especially in the current society, tomb robbers are a shady industry. However, anyone with hands, feet and ambition will not become a tomb robber. Most of those who do are
People with criminal records or gangsters who are just messing around live a life of stealing every day. They can obviously make money with their own hands, but they are just lazy and want to get rich overnight. However, most people fail to get rich overnight.
, but squatted in jail."
Gu Mo also took a look at the various comments on the Internet.
Everything has two sides, and since there are two sides, it will inevitably cause controversy.
But confusing archeology with tomb robbing made Gu Mo realize how failed China is in popularizing and educating cultural relics.
Under the impact of the wave of economic globalization, history has become an unpopular major at some point.
When it comes to archeology, most people think of treasures rather than cultural relics. They ignore that excavation of tombs is only a part of archeology. House sites, city sites, and animal and plant remains are all within the scope of archeology. They also completely ignore the historical significance of archaeological work.
Instead, they superficially link archeology with economic benefits.
Because archeology cannot create social benefits, criticizing archeology becomes "social positive energy"
The country is probably aware of this problem, so it is now vigorously promoting "study history to understand reason, study history to increase trust, study history to respect morality, study history and practice it"
But this process is definitely long and cannot be accomplished overnight.
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While Gu Mo was busy with the archaeological work on the ancient tomb, Li Kangzai was still locked up.
However, Lee Kang Jae didn't panic at all. He panicked for a moment when he was first arrested, and then calmed down completely.
He is from the Bang country, not the Chinese country. The most that the Chinese country can do to him is to send him back to the country. It is impossible to do anything to him.
Look, even if he was a prisoner, Hua Guo still found a doctor to treat him and provided him with good food and drink, for fear that he would die.
After he recovered, Lee Kang Jae faced interrogation by the Chinese police.
Lee Kang Jae refused to admit that he came to rob the tomb.
