Professor Chen repeatedly waved: "can not open! Regardless of this Mexican port prince husband and wife buried coffin, is David ah. Let's do not have conditions, the environment is also inappropriate, if opened, would destroy the sealed coffin, and inside items. Let's visit The purpose is to submit an assessment report to the higher authorities to apply for excavation, or the legacy of these ancient civilizations given due protection. go back and give them to record the patriotic to do with Chu Jian Hao Jiuhang a report to write by me personally. "
It seems I was not had a chance to see the coffin there any good things, and a professor knows the point, is still inevitably a bit disappointed at the moment with them crawl back into the sacrificial layer between the upper.
Shihmen between worship had originally been sealed with a lot of animal skins, were I used chopped flat shovel, and Professor Chen said that these are the sacrifices in order to maintain between the dry, isolated Holy Well water vapor. Regardless of the ancient Mexican people have brought sacrificial animals living between the slaughter, immediately after the blood had just ripped off the mask to even take the hides and skins, attached to the Shimen gap, while cattle and sheep meat and offal were cut clean, leaving only the bones , Shek Mun until the next festival will once again open. This slaughter of livestock peeling Eviscerate, wooden blocks tied mummified the bizarre ritual is to maintain the Holy Well of water, it never dried up. Ancient people believed that life in the desert of the soul from the sacred water, and Darwin's theory of the origin of life to some extent speaking, has been very close.
We can not use those skins to seal Shek Mun, in addition to the camel around there are no large animals, but Shi Jiufeng camels for us, especially precious, can not peel camel skin closed the door, you use several layers of tape affixed to live.
Archaeological team in the Western night city break for three days, then proceed south, and finally entered the locals called "black desert" Sand Sea, where we shall see the desert in Populus euphratica, no undulating sand hills, surrounded by drop sand dunes are similar, like a one ± â ± â the bread, a myriad of, to any point of view, is the same scene, without the slightest signs of life.
I was OK with them into the force have been over before this piece of desert.
An edge over the old man smile said: "This is a yellow sand hell Well, even old people are not willing to Hu, he came Well. I am Well, it would only come once a bit, is not this time Well is now. Either Your cadres lords, and Hu's favorite white camel Well, I die a hundred times does not come citizenship. "
Complain go complain, security forces filled by people living in the desert known as maps, not Langdexuming, his familiarity with the desert, just like a woman playing with pots and pans. Although he is also the first time that his life into this piece of taboo black desert, but the sand with his two fox-like eyes, can be found that those who obstinately shawo the shuttle grass, Artemisia and other plants, he is to follow the traces of these plants , and had fought in the desert for many years of experience in order to lead the team forward.
Desert has the largest inland river system, but the Tarim River and other river systems, many of which are infiltrated in the sand. The surface, barren desert, in the deep underground, perhaps the underground river raging torrent.
A number of specialized plants grow in the desert on the pulse of that little bit with groundwater rising to the desert surface water vapor and the tenacity to survive. In fact, apart from a small number of plants here, there are many animals, but most are cold and dark of the night and come out to feed.
In the Han dynasty and even earlier when the Taklimakan known as the "old home", when the extent of desertification in this region is not serious, the river has not yet penetrated the ground everywhere in the oasis towns, Xu Fort, Buddhist temples, coaching inns. Innumerable caravan carrying silk, spices, tea exchanges here, until the Yuan Dynasty, the famous Italian Marco Polo who was also with the caravan to the Central Plains through here.
Until the Ming dynasty, when the Ottoman Empire, the rise across Europe and Asia, the war blocked European and Asian continents, commercial trade. That era, the oceans are times, navigator have opened up new routes between the main trade routes shifted from land to sea, this great era also known as the era of geographical discovery.
Coupled with the growing encroachment of the desert, living environment, harsh desert in the large and small countries on this completely decay, the former prosperity and glory are gods away.
The black desert is the first to be abandoned by the gods of the land, where the civilized world to the Jin Dynasty stopped until today, the black desert, is still dead.
We start from the first day encountered a slight sandstorm, the sky yellowish, but not sand, but also just obscured the sun, you can hurry during the day.
Shirley Young took it in this notebook left behind by the British explorer, walking, and an ability to discuss the road over the line. Recorded in notebooks from West night city, those explorers who found a place in the vicinity, there are a large number of stone graves, they are ready to come back further excavation, so notes the line drawn in detail.
Anli full experience and Shirley Young's notebook, although not precisely positioned, but from the distance and azimuth to provide us with a great help.
Camping at night, when security forces found a convex full, the crowd at the sand dunes on the puzzle of a debris-resistant wall, the camel to settle down, and then at the leeward side of sand dunes, point fire heating.
On this day go very hard, though the wind is not, but it blew people upset, security forces said at least Laolaodaodao typhoon season is now in the black desert, there is an average of two days of this weather, no wind, when vicious sun travelers who will drain the last drop of water points.
Fat Man said: "The hot spot is good, sweating to lose weight, sun drying, the idea is gratification, but such a constant wind, and the roads can not even say if indeed feel oppressed."
Anli-man you know what, here is the black edge of the desert if it tries to enter the depths of the five-day be considered, although I did not go off, but know some friends went off, they all came back from the black survivors of the desert .
Black desert scary, not fall into the quicksand son, is not able to auto gnawing money on sheer incompetence gold ants bite, nor is it the black storm. Legend in the deep there is a dream place for people to go after, you will see lakes, rivers, beautiful, sacred animal, snow-capped mountains, oasis, who they are tired and thirsty people who are naturally beautiful Ben Zhao desperately walked away, but Until thirst worn out, have left and have not
To. Actually, that is the devil layout of the trap, to lure people to die in it. Let's bless the General Assembly, however, Hu, Allah Hu A Well.
Shirley Young said: "They may see a mirage in the desert, I wonder what people really easily be confused."
Is Yuehua Jian, Ye has also come to mind Shirley Young aside, the two's whispered muttering a few words, Shirley Young turned to me and said: "We go back a little something Nazuo dunes."
I know that leaves are heart may be convenient to go to her timid dare themselves to pulling Shirley Young to accompany her. They both nodded to her, asked: "The carrying flashlights and whistles, something happens on the energetically to blow the whistle Kuaiqukuaihui."
Shirley Young promised to soon as the heart and leaves are hand in hand towards a dune not far behind.
Fat Man asked do I still have wine.
I said no, and even bring a bucket of liquor was also Jiabu Zhu you so drink, drink a few mouthfuls of hot water quickly to bed, over a 56 days if can not find the source of water by that time, even the rations of drinking water per person per day should be reduced.
Say this is just scare fat, even if can not find the underground river in the desert, I also have the means to ensure for everyone a minimum of drinking water.
But that is a last resort, a lot of trouble, but it really useful, I have learned over time when soldiers desert to survive surgery.
An initial power over life and death refused to enter the black desert, the most important reason is that a black desert, there is no fresh water, underground although underground river, but it simply can not dig so deep, from the Haloxylon the root of this desert grassland of digging down, 35 meters below, only the wet sand and salt water, Yue Heyue thirsty.
This approach is also an edge at least understand, I told him repeatedly studied its feasibility, private agreement, not a long walk with Haloxylon place, would never again take half a step forward, he This agreement .
Survival in the armed forces had received training in the desert know that the desert of Xinjiang shallow Office, multi-mineral content is more salty brine, the neck in the desert roots digging down, you can turn up wet sand and salt water, through the Simple sun evaporation, filtration treatment, you can get a small amount of fresh water, though a small, but sufficient to maintain human life.
Then sand a little too big, across the sand dunes after the burst of sharp whistle has passed over, everyone is surprised to hand, so he took a shovel engineer, rifles toward the site of the incident. Fortunately, from the very very close, less than two hundred paces distance, three-step and make two steps forward, a moment you are there.
I saw half of your body leaves are also heart stuck in the sand, she was always struggling, Shirley Yang grabbed her by the arm, dragged her out desperately.
I do not know who bustle in a voice shouting: "Quicksand!"
We follow the footprints on the ground rushed forward, desperate to grab the leaves are also heart, there are a few people too late to find the rope, he gave the solution of his own belt down, to trap her arm.
Did not expect nor make much effort, put the leaves are heart dragged out from the sand, evidently not that quicksand. Ye also terrified flutter in the heart of Shirley Yang crying.
Everyone asked how they are going on, is not quicksand.
Shirley Young leaf edge comfort edge-to-heart crowd also said: "We just went to the dunes behind the heart to kick Cai Kong Yip, Xian Xiaqu half of the entire body, I quickly pulled her, and then blow the whistle for help. But does not seem to quicksand, quicksand swallowing speed and suction were big, if really quicksand, and with my effort not live simply dragged her, and she falls to half of the following, we stopped, as if below is solid. otherwise you who heard about in the middle delay the ten seconds, from the quicksand where it is too late to save people. "
Yip has heart fascinating stats, wiped tears, said: "I seem to step on the sand below a piece of slate, stone under paragraph is empty, have been collapsed as I stepped on it anymore."
Shirley Yang Qi said: "Is that a stone grave? Let's go look."
We use a shovel to dig a few leaves are heart had just been stuck in place, not under the thick layer of yellow sand, with sand dunes parallel to the slope was shocked to expose one side sloping stone wall, stone wall was blow a big hole with explosives.
It seems the time blasted the near future, that is something the last few days, sand hole to hole in a thin layer of ground cover, leaves are also heart is stepping on the edge of this hole gravel trap into it.
Everyone looked at the Cave, you look at me, and I look at you, looked at each other, this is plainly a rock tomb ah, should have been stolen?
I have a close look at the hole of the rubble, and explosive impact of a precise location --- a small directional blasting! I have done so years of engineering, and considered no familiarity with explosives than to let me blast the stone tombs, top days is such a level.
It seems people who fully understand the blasting of rock-breaking nature of resistance to the explosion just Cliff Zhata, gravel spread out, and no damage to the internal Dolmen.
Look at the power of explosives, no civilian explosives. Left the military for several years, is also true that even the servicemen fell fighting it? Definitely not, perhaps stolen explosives. But in such a vast expanse of the boundless desert, pour buckets of how people find these tombs? This is exactly the same terrain in the vicinity, is this the world apart from my half-level, and really there are other patients will see the Star of the down wind bucket master?
Gradually cleared to open sand dunes, this is the hammer-shaped side wall, in addition to being the bursting of the face, the rest are buried under the yellow sand.
Appears to be a typical stone tomb of the Wei-Jin period, huge rocks piled thick arch, crevice with hemp isinglass adhesive, such a Tomb in the Western night near the ruins are very common. The early nineteenth century, European explorers once described as a: "The Tomb in the desert can be seen everywhere, some small, numerous, there is a mostly buried in the yellow sand below, exposing the black spire outside
, As the diminished version of the Egyptian pyramids, bristling at the Tomb walk through the desert, that amazing scene. "
Dolmen Now that these have been completely covered by desert, it is difficult to find any sign of Professor Chan and the former estimate may be a few days to the big sandstorm on, wind so that this Dolmen exposed part of the tomb robbers did not expect those who come to well - fast, the archaeological team is still one step too late.
This way we have already seen a number of Department, stolen damaged tomb is no wonder that Professor Chan so anxious Pinlelaoming is entering the desert, if we do not stop the activities of this part of the Tomb, I am afraid in the near future, what are left without down.
Holes where dark and grave, and I, and Professor Chen Hao patriotic and others flashlight into view. Tomb is equivalent to the size of a small bungalow, which scattered the 45 wooden coffin, coffin plates were pry bad, dumped aside, everywhere have been translated a messy.
Those coffins are of different sizes, seems to be a tombstone, only the next corpse inside the coffin with the mummified young women, long hair braided over, only the relatively well-preserved head, the body had been broken, and the rest expect all The thieves have been removed.
Tombs in the desert of Xinjiang, and the treasure equal to the value, that is, the mummified tomb. I listened to Professor Chen said before, with the water divided into wet corpse corpse, such as the woman whose body was Mawangdui; still wax corpse is a body of specially processed; frozen corpse found in the snow years are not oriented Glacier region; tanning is similar to the zombie corpse; the remaining specimens are the same as dead, and so filling.
Mummified also divided into several kinds of useful desiccant such as lime or charcoal on the coffins of mummified form, but also the ancient Egypt with a special anti-corrosion treatment technology, human-made mummies.
The mummified in Xinjiang is entirely in a hot, dry, sterile naturally formed under special circumstances, this mummified, dating from a little old, and quite valuable, and some overseas museums, galleries, collectors are competing to buy at high prices .
Professor Chen See, this place is the rest of the mummified Dolmen are stolen, but damage from the mess, not stop sighed, had to let a few students to the tomb of the items were broken in finishing order, take a look at what can not come to rescue .
I am worried that a professor was too excited to withstand the body, they advised him to rest as early as possible, Chen Hao also asked a few patriotic, so that he took some people down the Tomb of detailed records, they sent him back to the camp by the fat rest.
The next day the wind is not stopped, it blowing so unhurried, the archaeological team when it starts on Professor Chen to find me, he said last night that saw the Tomb, stolen, time is not more than 35 days, and perhaps have a team of thieves has been back in Let's enter the depths of the black desert, let's not wait, it is best to catch up to catch them.
I can be to cope with a few, but his mother thought of Do not hit, peers are enemy, let alone steal it at the stone tomb, those guys are military explosives, perhaps, what sharp instruments, suffered with them, and will inevitably have to blows. I'd do not care, the problem is that these archaeological team, and if there deaths and injuries, this responsibility may be too high.
However, this Let's say, and the vast desert, the two teams who wants to hit, easier said than done, but for that we see this yesterday, is that the sand dunes near the highest one, it will not at this camp, and will not play mistake mistake That hit encounter stolen Tomb, which there was a second time a coincidence of the things, maybe those guys steal the End of mummified on back.
This followed 10 days, the archaeological team further and further deep in the black desert, finally lost the trail is hereby unique underground river for several days in situ tout opened circle. 're Alone in the local old saying that means "shadow", this underground river is like a shadow the same can not be captured. An old man's eyes were full strength red glare, the last one Doushou completely no way on, it is only allowed to Hu Let's go here.
Everyone became exhausted, no one can walk by. These days there is no trace of the desert wind, the sun hung in the sky the extra length of time in order to save drinking water, the team members during the day on the sand Wage Keng, the top teams from rain canvas, sorption on the ground Liang Qi, in order to maintain the body of water, only the night and morning, Cai Xing Road, half way camels, half of the road opened on the 11th.
And then move forward, not have enough food and water, and if, within a day or two do not go back and take back the time, you have to slaughter a camel to eat.
I watched these already very tired, lips Baolie people know almost to the limit, and saw the sun rose, the temperature rising, so that everyone will be digging a break.
Settled later, Shirley Yeung and security forces find me over to discuss the line of things.
Shirley Young, said: "Hu captain, an edge over old man, in my notes that this British explorer, there is such a record, who is also a British explorer deep in the black desert, lost trace of hereby unique underground river, in the This is a barren sea of death, the two huge black magnetic mountain facing the sunset afterglow relative pass away, as the two ancient warriors wearing Heijia, silently guarding the ancient secret, through the same valley as the door, a legend in the city appears in the eyes. "
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