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Jiangsu found the Western Zhou tombs, unearthed eggs from 2800 years ago, netizens: hatched Western Zhou chicks.
The ancients adhered to the attitude of "death as if they were born", before they died, they would build luxurious mausoleums for themselves, and they would also bring in a large number of precious funerary items, China has five thousand years of Chinese civilization, after the change of dynasties, the history of time, a lot of historical memory disappeared in the long river of time, but with the development of modern archaeology, these ancient tombs unearthed cultural relics have become an important way for future generations to understand history and restore history. Today's Xiaobian introduced this Western Zhou tomb, unearthed 2800 years ago eggs, netizens: hatching Western Zhou chicks!
Jiangsu as Liu Bang's hometown, the birthplace of Han culture, in modern times found a lot of large tombs, Liyang Shangxing town a construction site, excavators accidentally found a tomb, the archaeological team heard the news, quickly rushed to the scene for investigation, to determine that this is a large mound tomb in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the unique mound tomb in the Jiangnan region, different from digging holes into the ground, in the process of burial, the deceased is placed on the flat ground or stone bed, and then piled into a steamed bun-shaped sealing soil, the central point is the center of the circle, expanding outwards.
After a comprehensive cleanup, the tomb unearthed hard pottery altars, primitive porcelain cups, clay pottery, cooking utensils, ding, food vessels and other cultural relics, due to the large number of excavated utensils, experts speculate that these should be storage vessels, which can be seen that the tomb owner is not an ordinary person, should be a person of higher local status. One of these excavated cultural relics has attracted much attention, the diameter of the clay pot is 21cm, the height is 21cm, the whole body is full of ornaments, gray-brown, beautiful shape, experts named "Western Zhou Geometric Printing Pattern Four Series Hard Pottery Urn".
In fact, what attracts attention is the contents of this Western Zhou geometric printed four-series hard pottery urn, and the experts open the clay pot into the eyes of a jar full of eggs, which are tested to be very thin, with a diameter of about 3.1 to 4.2 centimeters. According to expert research, these "Western Zhou eggs" are about 2800 years old, and they are the earliest eggs found in China.
As soon as the news was announced, it triggered a heated discussion, and even some netizens with big brains proposed: incubating the Western Zhou chicks. However, experts explain that because of their age, these eggs have been petrified, and in order to protect cultural relics, they still maintain the appearance of the excavation and are collected in the Nanjing Museum.