The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

The king’s tomb in the Pyramid of Khufu has a five-story weight reduction room on top, which can withstand the huge weight above. Otherwise, the mummy of Pharaoh Khufu would not wait for the tomb thief to patronize it. NS.

The vertical tomb of the Mastaba tomb in front of you is about nine meters deep. How much can the rammed sand weigh?

Zhang Nan's math is not very good, but think about it, there should be more than 70 tons-if it is only divided by flat slabs, how thick is it to ensure that the slabs will not break?

This physicist's mathematics problem Zhang Nan can't be calculated, and an expert must come. Zhang Nan can only dig, not build it, and it doesn't matter whether or not it does not matter; the designer and builder of the tomb cannot be like him, and this problem must be solved.

The ancients 4600 years ago could think of and solve such professional mathematical problems, and then think about the weight loss room in the Pyramid of Khufu. I really don’t know how the ancient Egyptian engineers had their brains at that time!

Except for the ancient Egyptians, what are people doing in other parts of the world?

It’s already well developed to the stage of clan society. Most of them are still wearing animal skins. As for tombs, they are probably buried directly in animal skins. I don’t even know what the coffins are, but the ancient Egyptians used less. Heavy room.

It really hurts without comparison!

Fortunately, Zhang Nan doesn't need to envy the current Egyptians, because they really have nothing to do with the ancient Egyptians, they are totally different things.

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The Mastaba in front of me is a tomb for the unlawful pharaoh. It is only an official burial tomb. Although the level is not low, it is estimated that it is not enough. Like the king’s Mastaba tomb, it was directly put down with a giant gate stone weighing tens of tons. thing.

The strength of the sealing stone is not enough. It is obviously a good idea to add a weight reduction board-because of the weight and level. Such a Mastaba tomb can't use the complicated weight reduction chamber structure in the pyramid. Cross the quartz slabs and get it done.

But speaking of it, the tomb is directly under the weight reduction board or there are other structures that are not easy to say for the time being, this requires the removal of two huge and thick weight reduction boards.

This job is not easy to do at night, and the miners need to lift two weight reduction boards together, otherwise it will be bad if they fall down: they need to recalculate the weight and change a tripod with a stronger load-bearing capacity to the pulley block.

Take your time, don't rush.

Besides, this time it is also archaeological. Even the soil of the tomb tunnel dug up by the miners is not dumped directly. It needs to be screened and inspected by William Brin's team to see if there are any first-class cultural relics inside.

As a result, I found a tool from 4600 years ago—a prototype hammer head that was over-used and somewhat damaged, with a wooden hammer handle more than 20 cm long attached to it.

The work below is about to come slowly-it doesn't matter if you cover your head and dig the soil, but after you find the weight reduction board, you need to draw and take pictures again. These are all procedures and must be done.

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On the morning of the 14th, everyone gathered. The miners who started work in advance had already cleaned up all the remaining sand under the tomb passage, and they were waiting to find a way to remove the weight plate.

Because the two sides of the weight reduction board are basically tightly connected with the tomb road wall, only four holes can be cut on the plaster surface on both sides of the two stone slabs, and then the steel wire rope wrapped with wear-resistant rubber strips is passed through. Tighten.

Both slabs must be fixed when lifting, otherwise when the first one is moved, the second one will fall down!

It's small, using industrial endoscopes and wire hooks—not brought by the miners, the archaeological team originally had them.

For archaeology in Egypt, it is best to have an endoscope.

The situation proved: there are two stone slabs under the weight reduction slab, the same two, but they are laid horizontally, covering the tomb crossing completely!

Zhang Nan also went down to check the situation through the endoscope. Fortunately, the two large stone slabs below should be fixed on the edge of the reserved tomb passage. The size is not as wide as the plastered tomb passage. Otherwise, the stone slabs will be taken. You have to find a way to stand them up.

Don't care about the sun anymore, let's do it.

At 11 o’clock at noon, two weight-reducing slabs were picked up one after the other-no crane was prepared. After the slab was hoisted, a few steel pipes were laid at the entrance of the tomb, and a few short steel pipes were placed horizontally above as rollers. Drag the rope aside.

Almost the method used in ancient Egypt, except for the set of pulleys.

While waiting to lift the weight reduction board, I asked William Brin about pulleys, because I remember that the earliest image records of pulleys in China appeared on the portrait tiles of the Han Dynasty, about two thousand years ago. .

There is also a discussion about pulleys in the book "Mojing" written in the Warring States Period, but that will not exceed 400 BC. It is hard to say whether there are pulleys in China earlier, because there are no words, images or objects.

Even if archaeology can use its imagination, it must have physical proof, otherwise the whole world will not recognize it at all!

4600 years ago, the Xia Dynasty had not been established.

Even if Professor William Brin has some impure motives for archaeology, he is definitely capable and knowledgeable. He told Zhang Nan: "It is difficult to determine whether the pulley technology was mastered in early ancient Egypt. There is no evidence.

At present, the earliest evidence of pulleys in the world throughout the year should be an Assyrian relief from the eighth century BC, with a very simple pulley engraved on it, which can only change the direction of force. The main purpose is to facilitate the application of force. Give any mechanical benefits.

The ancient Greeks classified pulleys as simple machines, but that would not be until the fourth century BC..."

Well, the ancient Egyptians are really awesome!

After lunch, I continued to work. This time not only the experienced Sanchez went down to the tomb in person, but Qiu Bo also went down to the bottom of the tomb.

The blower kept sending fresh air to the bottom, Qiupo and Sanchez, plus an old Zamorano were wearing gas masks, and they also brought military gas detectors.

Because there is a space between the stone slab and the wall of the tomb, there is no hole, so use a crowbar first.

Can't pry!

No way, chisel it.

He didn't dare to use a jackhammer that vibrated too much, so he used a chisel made of steel bars, and Sanchez went down from the edge with a hammer in his hand.

At the moment of drilling through, Sanchez immediately let go, Qiu Bo put the extension test tube of the detector into the hole-the tester immediately alarmed!

Take a closer look: the oxygen content is too low.

After a while, Qiu Bo gestured to the top of the tomb crossing—no problem!

He took off the gas mask that made him a little dull, and the two miners also took off the masks-they also often wear masks, usually attached to gas cylinders, which is a habit.

But it is always uncomfortable to wear this thing on this hot day, since it is not dangerous, I should take it down as soon as possible.

Qiu Bo looked sweaty, and originally wanted to say a few words with the two around him, but in the end he didn't speak: the buddies from Chile basically don't understand English, let alone Chinese.

Zhang Nan and William Brin sat down to the bottom of the grave in a hanging basket. The five people were crowded in a space of two meters long and 1.5 meters wide.

With an endoscope, he was the first to see a space that had been closed for 4600 years. Zhang Nan did not let this opportunity go. He loved this feeling to death!

No one can grab it, Mr. Professor honestly leans forward and waits.

The lens tube was stuffed in, and as soon as he entered the space below, the scene displayed on the screen in front of Zhang Nan surprised him!

The camera is facing a face!

Okay, it's a mural, or it's in color.

The camera rotates, and there are three murals in the tomb, one is smeared with plaster. There was a long black table on one side, nothing else.

What about mummies and coffins?

Zhang Nan knew the reason, but William Brin behind was even more anxious, saying: "This is an anterior room, and the master of the tomb is not low-level!"

In the front room, the table should be the sacrifice table. It is most likely made of wood. It has not collapsed after 46 centuries. The dry desert environment is not good enough for the preservation of cultural relics-except for ancient Egypt. It is estimated that there is no lacquerware.

If there is an antechamber, there should be a main room — in all likelihood, it's behind the wall without frescoes!

Don't dig in a hurry, because there are murals, so the murals that have been closed for 46 centuries inside and the table slowly come in contact with the outside air.

Don’t open it rashly, because you don’t know how well the murals below are attached. The colorful murals cause irreversible damage.

It's the same sentence: We are not a tomb robber, so don't rush it for a while.

Evacuate, cover the ground tomb passage with a transparent plastic sheet, and focus on the excavation of the inclined tomb passage on the north side~www.readwn.com~ Watching the actions of the nearby guys after the brother came up, Charlize Theron felt very strange: She also knew that the tomb below was not destroyed, why didn't she dig it?

Zhang Nan told her the reason, at least two or three days later.

The miners fought on the second tomb passage, and as a result...

I dug to the end that evening, and it was just a rough space filled with gravel and sand. Not only was there no murals, but the surrounding walls, ground and ceiling were very rough.

William took two students to search the sand and stone carefully, and finally found the broken clay pot.

It was stolen here.

Charlize Theron couldn't stop his curiosity, and joined Zhang Nan to enter the tomb to see the excitement. After finding that there was almost nothing, he complained: "Damn the tomb thief, don't leave any!"

On one side, Zhang Nan smiled awkwardly, and said viciously in his heart: "You little nun, I've been a tutor too!"

She didn't ask why the other tomb passage and the front room would remain intact: Maybe the tomb robber had an accident after digging the first tomb passage, infighting?

caught?

Even war-tomb robbery is most common during war.

In the past 46 centuries, everything is possible.

During the meal, Zhang Nan told Charlie: Ancient Egyptians like to steal tombs. Pharaohs of later dynasties would actually use the coffins stolen from the tombs of the pharaohs of different dynasties. It's even less trouble to use your own tomb as a funerary.

Pharaohs did this, let alone other ancient Egyptians. Many of them should be picking up hoes when they are busy and going to tombs when they are free.

Ordinary people rob tombs are still trivial-what kind of tomb robbing is the most terrible?

Official thief!

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