More than ten years ago, a golden coffin was unearthed in Taiyuan city, Shanxi province, China. Although we all know that ancient people paid great attention to posthumous matters after death, the appearance of such a completely gold coffin is also extremely rare.
However, after the coffin was dug up, experts at the scene did not rush to open it immediately. They proceeded to find out the data related to the coffin’s true secret first.
After the coffin was dug up, experts at the scene did not rush to open it immediately. (Illustration).
The appearance of ancient artifacts and tombs in modern times in China seems to have become a familiar topic in the archaeological world. The most common starting catalyst is probably the restoration activities in this country. It is known that more than ten years ago, the famous Long Tuyen pagoda in Son Tay was undergoing a major restoration. During repair work, the construction workers here accidentally discovered a mysterious ancient tomb.
After receiving the news, Son Tay archaeological experts quickly went to the scene to rescue the ancient tomb. When they began their exploration, the special thing they noticed was that this ancient tomb had a huge difference from normal tombs. There are up to 5 layers of coffins here, classified by materials: stone, wood, bronze, silver, gold. Among them, the appearance of the golden coffin has attracted everyone’s great attention.
This coffin is made entirely of real gold, its upper part is also carved with many delicate patterns.
According to experts, this coffin is made entirely of real gold, and its upper part is also carved with many delicate patterns. After consulting relevant historical documents, experts believe that this golden coffin must have a certain connection with religious culture.
Although the ancients attached great importance to funerals, a coffin cast entirely in gold is still extremely rare. After all, in ancient society, the person who could buy a coffin made of pure gold must have been a rich person or had a superior family background. Experts also predict that many valuable historical and cultural relics will definitely be found in this tomb.
In many previous archaeological excavations, some cultural relics were seriously damaged due to oxidation.
Faced with that situation, many experts hope to discover the mystery of the owner of the tomb by opening the golden coffin. However, when experts brought the golden coffin back to the laboratory and tested the opening of the coffin, they discovered that to open the golden coffin, they must first remove the special red silk bow tied on the coffin. golden wealth.
After inspection, it was discovered that the date of this golden coffin fell around the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has a history of thousands of years, which means that if the red silk strip on the golden coffin were to come off, oxidation would be inevitable. Thus, the red silk on the golden coffin will also lose its original precious historical value.
In fact, in the archaeological process, oxidation is a very common phenomenon. After all, the cultural relics excavated from ancient tombs all have a history of hundreds of thousands of years, because the long-term deep underground environment also makes it difficult for them to immediately adapt to the light and air conditions above. ground.
In many previous archaeological excavations, some cultural relics were seriously damaged due to oxidation. For the development of Chinese historical research, these oxidized cultural relics also make experts very regretful.
Gradually, with the development of the times, experts have also realized the importance of protecting cultural relics. Nowadays, if it is not absolutely necessary, experts will not open ancient tombs and excavate cultural relics therein. This shows that with the continuous development of the new era, the importance of protecting human artifacts is also constantly increasing.
Faced with that situation, experts were forced to give up their desire to open the golden coffin. During the past 10 years, they also hoped to be able to discover the mystery inside the golden coffin with the help of special techniques. Although up to now, experts have not been able to find a reasonable way to open the golden coffin, everyone understands the root cause of this problem.
Up to now, experts have not been able to find a reasonable way to open the golden coffin.
Archaeologists still hope that with the continuous development of science and technology, they will be able to find the secret inside the coffin one day. Until that time, the question of what was inside the coffin remained unanswered.
Previously, after preliminary analysis of this golden coffin, they could see that its value was very high, so if the conditions were not yet ripe to excavate it, this would be an act of destruction. history.
From some previous archaeological activities, we can see that if cultural relics are not well preserved after excavation, they will also lose their original value due to many different reasons.
However, archaeologists still hope that with the continuous development of science and technology, they will be able to find the secret inside the coffin one day. Until that time, the question of what was inside the coffin remained unanswered
