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"Is it another burial pit?" Liu Jingfeng couldn't help but frowned.
The light of the flashlight swept across the bones one by one, and Lin Ran's flashlight stopped on a dog bone: "This is not a burial pit, just an animal buried with it."
Although the Eastern Zhou Dynasty had entered a feudal society, the long-term wars caused many places to retain the customs of the Shang Dynasty.
Although slavery has been abolished in many places, slaves do not have the means of production and can only be attached to their masters. They just changed their names from slaves to servants, and what they do is almost the same.
After the owner dies, these slaves will be treated as objects and placed in the tomb.
However, during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were hundreds of schools of thought contending again, with mixed praise and criticism.
Therefore, a very cruel scene appeared. On the surface, benevolence and justice were proposed, and the burial system of sacrifice was gradually abolished.
In fact, they did not execute noble servants, but locked them in the outer room of the tomb and let them gradually wait for death.
There were many handcuffs and shackles on the ground to prevent them from opening the door and escaping.
In fact, there is no way to escape. The soldiers at the door will be guarding it for at least a year.
During the year, if not suffocated to death, they would starve to death.
There are more than 40 skeletons on the ground. Of course, they are not human. They are all cattle, dogs, and sheep. Only the ones under the stone pillars are human skeletons.
"The tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty are relatively simple. After all, resources were scarce at that time. As a prince, he spent most of his time fighting and then died on the battlefield. It would be good to keep the whole body, and the requirements for the tomb are naturally not high. It was the unification of Qin After the Six Kingdoms, the standards were gradually established.”
Lin Ran briefly introduced the information about the tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and all the native masters present looked like they were being taught.
"I can't tell that Brother Lin knows so much about going to the tomb, I admire him." Liu Jingfeng said.
"I have read some relevant reports." Lin Ran changed the topic, "The mausoleum should be composed of three parts. The front is the tomb chamber, the back is the side chamber, and there is a passage in front."
Without further ado, they immediately headed to the tomb.
There was a coffin placed in the center of the huge tomb, and a circle of ordinary coffins were placed around the coffin.
"So many coffins?" Huang Hao was also dumbfounded. Could this be a group tomb?
"No, these should be the tomb owner's favorite servants." Lin Ran counted a total of twenty coffins around him.
Xu Ning immediately opened the switch and pried open the two coffins. As expected, as Lin Ran said, there were no burial objects inside, not even clothes. They were killed and put directly into the coffins.
"Hey, actually if you look carefully, you will find that their postures are different." Lin Ran sighed. Although Duke Yan Zhao Ji Shuang is considered a virtuous minister, in fact, his thinking still has feudal limitations.
It is no different from Eastern Zhou tombs found elsewhere.
The tomb owner, the owner of the coffin, and the servants buried with him all suffered tremendous pain during their lifetimes.
They were locked in a coffin and suffocated to death. Of course, they had no burial objects, because they were the burial objects of the tomb owner!
After hearing these words, Xu Ning was naturally not in the mood to open other coffins.
"We'd better open and close the coffin quickly." Liu Jingfeng suggested. Every time he thought about these tragedies, he felt a little desolate.
After all, he climbed up from the ranks of common people. In the feudal era, he would not have been given this opportunity at all. Some people were destined to be others' appendages after birth, without even the freedom of life and death!
The method of opening the coffin is much the same as before. The tomb owner is about 1.8 meters tall. Even though he is a man, he also wears jade jewelry. The most conspicuous thing is the bronze medallion with an animal face pattern placed on his chest.
Lin Ran recognized it at a glance. It was the square mirror inlaid with turquoise and four animal patterns that was collected by the Canadian Museum in his previous life!
Sure enough, it was stolen by Warner in the West Village Tomb!
This cultural relic not only shows the noble status of the owner of the tomb.
During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the functions of bronze medal decorations were widely discussed in academic circles, but overall they were nothing more than utensils, decorations, ritual vessels, and witchcraft tools.
The specific function of this bronze medal is still unknown. Because it fell into the hands of a foreign museum, its specific value has not been explored.
Now it is finally back to its original owner!
Lin Ran took it off without hesitation and pocketed it.
Although there is currently no way to confirm that the tomb owner is Ji Shuang, he gave the direction. As long as the coffin falls into the hands of the archaeological team, his identity will soon be known to the world.
After arriving at the main tomb chamber, the group immediately headed to the side chamber.
The side room is where the formal funerary objects are placed. There are six copper frames, each with three layers.
There are two hundred items neatly placed on it!
This time it's a big profit!
Liu Jingfeng and others' eyes widened. Although these things will eventually be sold to the museum at a low price, how can they not be excited when the treasures pass through their hands?
Lin Ran also had the same mood.
Square mirror inlaid with turquoise and four animal patterns, bronze standing figure holding a staff, pottery pot decorated with inlaid dragonfly eyes...
Pieces of cultural relics seen in Canadian museums are now displayed in the tomb!
In fact, Lin Ran didn't need to say more. Liu Jingfeng and his group were already busy. Their backpacks were so full that they even wanted to take away the shelves.
"The shelves do have research value. We can't let Warner take them away." Lin Ran was not willing to leave them behind.
But they have more important things now.
"You didn't leave any cultural relics behind, right?" Lin Ran and the others spent nearly an hour putting everything into their bags.
Everyone brought two big bags and they are now full!
"Okay, let's take the next step." Lin Ran glanced at the tomb. Although he wanted to continue exploring, as long as the integrity of the tomb could be preserved, he would have plenty of time to study in the future.
A group of people walked out of the mausoleum, but they did not walk out directly. Instead, they asked Wang Jinpeng and A Ming if anyone was around.
A Ming looked around vigilantly. He and Wang Jinpeng had been keeping tabs on the situation, and any disturbance would not be hidden from their eyes.
"No." A Ming said firmly.
"That's good." After receiving a positive answer, a group of people appeared in front of the two of them carrying a large bag.
A Ming and Wang Jinpeng couldn't help but be overjoyed: "So many things? More than last time."
They even wanted to take a look, but were stopped by Lin Ran.
He glanced at the time, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
A Ming ran to bring the car over. Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning quickly moved two large boxes from the car, and then moved all the cultural relics back to the car.
The two boxes contained the handicrafts from Lin Ran's workshop!
Properly made by craftsmen!
A genuine artifact from "last week"!
It is more or less related to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!
"Quick! Let's put these handicrafts back on the bronze shelves." Lin Ran gave instructions, "Xu Ning, did you bring the adhesive tape?"
Because they are handicrafts, they are treated much more rudely and placed haphazardly on the shelves.
Then, Huang Hao closed the tomb door from the inside and climbed out of the hole, while Xu Ning completed the final bricklaying work.
The concealment operation has been completed, and now we are waiting to collect the money!