After clearing away the funerary objects in the tomb, the final step of excavation comes naturally.

Open the coffin!

Theoretically, in order to ensure that the items in the coffin are not damaged.

It is best to open the coffin in a special room with constant temperature and humidity.

The coffin cannot be opened directly in the open air.

Unless you encounter the kind of coffin that is destroyed on site.

For example, if an excavator at a construction site digs out a coffin with a shovel, the only option is to open the coffin immediately and rescue it.

Tomb No. M-105 is obviously not damaged, and the coffin inside will naturally be transported to the Jingzhou Cultural Preservation Institute for opening.

Today's archeology has developed to a quite advanced level.

Anthropological studies of corpses have become an important part of archaeological research.

Although it is said that in many thousand-year-old tombs, only some bone fragments are left after being unearthed.

Some even have only a few teeth left due to imperfect preservation, or they have simply become powdery.

However, even so, most of the unearthed corpses will be sent for medical identification and scientific research.

It mainly analyzes the gender, age, cause of death and other information of the tomb owner.

Don't underestimate these studies, there are many major archaeological discoveries made through the study of corpses.

For example, the melon seeds found in the body of Mrs. Xin Zhui.

This not only allows modern people to understand the melon varieties during the Western Han Dynasty, but also provides a glimpse into the fruit food culture of the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty.

Not only that, many unearthed corpses have pathological research value. For example, through the study of corpses, we can learn about the diseases of the tomb owner during his lifetime and the cause of death...

The most important thing is that if a corpse that has not decayed for thousands of years can be found, like Mrs. Xin Zhui, the research value will be great!

It will definitely become an important model for studying Chinese humans two thousand years ago!

When the coffin from Tomb No. M-105 was transported to a workshop with constant temperature and humidity at the JZ City Cultural Preservation Office.

Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng, wearing masks and gloves, walked into the workshop and prepared to open the coffin.

Standing in front of the coffin, Lin Ya said excitedly: "It would be great if we could find a mummy that has not decayed for two thousand years!"

"If a lifelike mummy really appeared, wouldn't you be afraid?" Su Sa shuddered and said with some horror: "Just thinking about it, I can't stand it anymore."

Su Sa can accept white bones, and has even become accustomed to them, but this does not mean that she can accept the so-called "incorruptible mummies".

If it was really dry, like a dehydrated mummy, it would be fine, and it would be treated as bones.

But for someone like Mrs. Xin Zhui, whose muscle tissue was still soft when she was unearthed, and whose tissues and organs were still there, making her a lifelike "wet corpse", her little heart couldn't bear it.

In any case, Su Sa is still a girl, and she is still a young girl, and her ability to accept is not that strong.

But Lin Ya didn't care at all. She was looking at the coffin board as if she were looking at some rare treasure.

There was also an expression of excitement mixed with excitement on his face, and he kept muttering to himself: "It would be great if I could make a mummy!"

"No, it's best to be wet. Wet is more valuable for research. The organs and muscle tissue are all there!"

"Wow, my mentor and I have been together for more than two years, and we haven't even opened a coffin in person!"

The more she talked, the more excited she became, and her expression became more and more "perverted".

Chen Han and Su Sa, who were originally gathered around, quietly moved a few steps back, away from Lin Ya.

Her current state is really scary.

"Creak..."

The workroom was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop, but suddenly there was a harsh and unusual sound.

Coupled with Lin Ya's scary voice, everyone was startled.

"Shua——"

The five people turned back at the same time and looked at the location where the strange noise came from.

"call--"

"call--"

Gasps of relief sounded one after another.

It turned out that it was Kong Jianwen who opened the door of the workshop and walked in.

"What's wrong with you?" Kong Jianwen, who was all paying attention, touched his head and looked confused.

"Ahem." Chen Han coughed dryly and stepped forward to greet the instructor: "Nothing, everyone is waiting for you."

Except for Zhang Jianbo, all members of Chen Han's working group are doctoral students.

How could the team allow them to open the coffin independently?

The coffin can only be opened in the presence of the instructor Kong Jianwen.

"Everything is ready, right?" Kong Jianwen looked around suspiciously, and after finding that everything was normal, he nodded: "Then prepare to open the coffin."

"no problem!"

Everyone quickly started preparations for opening the coffin.

In fact, the preparation work is also very simple, which is to bring several wooden sticks one meter long and seven or eight centimeters thick that were placed in the corner of the workshop to the coffin.

These coffins, which have been buried for more than two thousand years, may look normal on the outside, but in fact most of them are very fragile and decayed.

Lifting the coffin board directly like in the Uncle Nine movie is definitely not possible.

If you want to open such an old coffin, you have to be gentle and gentle.

After a few thick wooden sticks were put in place, Chen Han stood at the southeast corner of the coffin, preparing to open the coffin.

Although the owner of tomb No. M-105 was said to be a minor nobleman during his lifetime, in fact, it can be seen from the coffin that he was not very "noble" during his lifetime.

Because his coffin only has one layer.

Coffin, that is, coffin and coffin set.

According to the system of the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor's coffin had four layers, the prince's coffin had three layers, the prince's coffin had two layers, the official had one layer, and the scholar was not.

But in fact, by the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, almost no one really followed this system, and they all went beyond the system.

By the time of "Xunzi·Lun Pian", it had become the emperor's coffin with seven layers, the princes with five layers, the officials with three layers, and the scholars with the third layer.

This system was continued into the Han Dynasty.

The specifications of coffins in the Western Han Dynasty were generally five coffins and two coffins for the emperor, four coffins and one coffin or three coffins and two coffins for the princes, two coffins and one coffin for the officials, and one coffin and one coffin for the scholars.

For example, in the Mawangdui Han Tomb, Mrs. Xing Zhui, the wife of a Chehou, was buried with four coffins and one coffin.

The tomb of a certain Changsha king and his wife found on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha used three coffins and two coffins.

The owner of Tomb No. M-105, which Chen Han and his colleagues led the excavation this time, only used one coffin and one coffin.

This shows that he was not a high-ranking aristocrat during his lifetime, but a minor nobleman below the fifth rank (the ninth level of the twentieth rank), and belonged to the "scholar" class.

But the little nobles are also pretty good.

As this was the first coffin-opening experience for Chen Han and others to practice their skills, this one-coffin-one-coffin arrangement was just right.

After rubbing his hands, Chen Han felt a little excited. He picked up a wooden screwdriver and inserted it carefully along the gap between the coffin board and the coffin body.

No matter how strong the wood is, it cannot withstand the erosion of two thousand years of time.

The nails that were once used to seal the coffin have lost their function.

Chen Han exerted a little force, and the coffin board was tilted up by him.

"Quick, insert the stick!"

Zhuang Yunpeng quickly inserted a prepared wooden stick into the gap opened by Chen Han.

After repeating this process six times, three wooden sticks were inserted horizontally between the coffin board and the coffin body to act as a support.

At this time, as long as everyone holds the wooden sticks on their left and right sides, they work together to lift the coffin board!
Chapter completed!