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The tomb is the end of all paths, a door to nothingness. —George Bernard Shaw
In traditional Chinese culture, the event after death is a very important thing, and this kind of thing will become very grand in the elite. Although there are many forms of ancient Chinese tombs, the most common form of burial is earth burial, so there are many known and unknown ancient tombs in the vast land of China. These ancient tombs often have some funerary goods, so in The history of China, there has been a different kind of "profession" - tomb robbers, many of which are well-known figures, such as Cao Cao.
Speaking of tomb robbers, many archaeologists hate it, after all, they have destroyed many ancient tombs, causing huge losses, and the ancient tomb that this article is going to talk about is an ancient tomb that has not been stolen. The tomb was found in Inner Mongolia, and during its excavations, experts found that it was a very rare joint burial tomb, the owner of the tomb was a husband and wife, and the posture was snuggled up to each other. After careful study of the tomb, experts say: 1,000 years have finally been found. So who is buried in this tomb, and what did the experts find in the tomb?
In 1985, a reservoir was being built somewhere in Inner Mongolia. Workers discovered an anomaly during the construction process, and soon after, archaeologists came here, and after investigating and exploring the site, they thought that there was a large tomb here, and then protected the place. 1 year after the discovery of the tomb, the superiors agreed to the excavation of the tomb.
With the hard work of many archaeologists, this ancient tomb finally appeared in front of the world. In the process of excavating the main burial chamber, archaeologists found an abnormal situation, it turned out that this ancient tomb was a rare joint burial tomb, and the two tomb owners maintained a posture of snuggling with each other, which could not help but make many archaeologists very happy. After the excavation of the entire tomb, archaeologists found a total of 3227 cultural relics, including valuable artifacts such as gold, silver and jade, which highlighted the noble status of the owner of the tomb.
In the study of excavated artifacts, archaeologists found a stone stele inscribed with an epitaph. Experts carefully identified the stone stele and found many valuable contents, which not only confirmed the identity of the owner of the tomb, but also made the expert sigh: 1000 years finally found.
According to the inscription, this ancient tomb is a joint burial tomb of Princess Chen Guo and a donkey horse. Many people may have never heard of Chen Guo, in fact, this Chen Guo is not the historical Chen Guo, but a kind of canonization. Princess Chen Guo lived in the Liao Dynasty. After that, the experts combined the inscriptions and historical materials to have a deeper understanding of the princess of Chen Guo.
This Princess Chen Guo had many titles, and finally received the title of Princess Chen Guo, and this Princess Chen Guo was not the daughter of the Emperor of liao, but the daughter of the emperor's brother.
According to historical records, this Princess Chen Guo married at the age of 16 and died at the age of 18, and the reason for this is very intriguing. Although archaeologists do not have a positive conjecture as to the cause of the princess's early death, we have to mention her husband, who is her uncle, who is more than 10 years older than her. The fact that a niece married her uncle may seem difficult for us to accept now, but it is a tradition of the Liao state.
In the Liao Kingdom, in order to ensure the purity of the royal bloodline, the Yelü royal family could only combine with the Xiao surname, which led to a problem - the marriage of close relatives. Modern people know that the marriage of close relatives will lead to many physiological and genetic problems, and the early death of Princess Chen Guo may be related to this matter. However, the specific reasons for the princess's early death can only be told by archaeologists after investigation and research.
After talking about the owner of the tomb, let's talk about the funerary products. In the tomb of Princess Chen Guo, archaeologists found a large number of funerary items, many of which have high archaeological and artistic value. The owner of the tomb has many objects, each of them has a pair of gold masks, and there are great differences in shape, the feet are wearing silver boots decorated with gold, and the princess has more luxurious utensils, such as crowns, earrings, necklaces, extremely luxurious. In addition, archaeologists also found many murals in the tomb, painting many auspicious patterns, providing information for the study of Liao tomb culture and customs.
The discovery of the tomb of Princess Chen Guo is a major discovery in the Chinese archaeological community, and has even been called "the miracle of Khitan culture". The reason for this name is that on the one hand, the tomb of Princess Chen Guo is well preserved, there are many funerary products, and there is no trace of tomb robbery, on the other hand, this is too little intact in the Khitan tomb that has been discovered. Through the excavation and study of the tomb of Princess Chen Guo, archaeologists have a deeper understanding of the history of the Liao State and broaden the horizons of studying the history of the Liao, which is of great significance