China: Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang (location and time of discovery: Xi 'an, China, 1974)

2200 years ago, the first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, unified China before his death, ordered the construction of the Great Wall, and exercised cruel rule over China. At that time, the only thing he was afraid of was the wrath of the Emperor of Heaven. He ordered the construction of a huge mausoleum, guarded by 8000 life-size painted warriors. Some people say that the top of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is made of jade, and there is a flowing river of mercury in the tomb. After more than 700,000 laborers and craftsmen worked for more than 30 years, the mausoleum was completed. Many of them are still sealed alive in tombs to prevent them from revealing secrets about treasures and population.

Despite the above measures, grave robbers have been looking for traces of the mausoleum after the death of Qin Shihuang, but they all ended in vain. It was not until 1974 that farmers dug wells and discovered this tomb site. However, the mausoleum itself has never been opened. According to the recent magnetic survey results, there is a hill-like treasure in the imperial tomb.

2. Tomb of Queen Tali in Noefer (location and time of discovery: Valley of Egyptian King's Mausoleum, 1904).

3. Tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (time and place of discovery: Elking Valley, Egypt, 1922)

Although the rule of Pharaoh Tutankhamun has no special historical significance, he is famous for two reasons: one is the tomb of the first king found in the world; The second is his infamous curse. The mausoleum itself is so small that a cave next to it has to be used to store buried treasures. Since the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was excavated, some gorgeous funerary objects have been exhibited in museums all over the world. At the same time, since the 1920s, there have been rumors that anyone who enters its cemetery will be cursed by bad luck, and this situation has continued to this day.

4. Tomb of the Queen with tattoos and armor (location and time of discovery: El Brujo, Peru, 2005)

A mummy of Moche period recently unearthed in Peru puzzled everyone. Female mummies were buried in all the armor of the royal samurai, and it is believed that the leaders of Mochi period were all men; The woman's body was tightly wrapped, covered with a red mineral and placed in an adobe grave.

Next to him lay a girl buried with her, with a golden crown and a golden bowl scattered all over the floor. The tomb was found on a pyramid-shaped hill in the royal restricted area. It is said that it is here that future generations burned the objects sacrificed to her. 3. Tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (time and place of discovery: Elking Valley, Egypt, 1922)

Although the rule of Pharaoh Tutankhamun has no special historical significance, he is famous for two reasons: one is the tomb of the first king found in the world; The second is his infamous curse. The mausoleum itself is so small that a cave next to it has to be used to store buried treasures. Since the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was excavated, some gorgeous funerary objects have been exhibited in museums all over the world. At the same time, since the 1920s, there have been rumors that anyone who enters its cemetery will be cursed by bad luck, and this situation has continued to this day.

5. The catacombs of the Palermo friar Gabriel (location and time of discovery: Sicily, Italy, 1599).

1599, the monks of Gabriel's mission in Palermo, Sicily, found some catacombs under a monastery, which contained some complete tools for mummification. So they decided to try this technique on a monk who had just died. From that time until 1880, this kind of behavior was forbidden, and the custom of mummification prevailed in Sicily. Up to now, people can still see hanging bodies in the local area, dressed in costumes of various periods, with different degrees of decay. A mummy named "Sleeping Beauty" is a well-preserved corpse of a two-year-old girl.

6.Sutton Hu (location and time of discovery: Suffolk, England, first excavated in17th century)

Sutton Hu is a royal cemetery in the seventh century. 1939, archaeological excavations show that this tomb is an Anglo-Saxon fast warship, 27 meters long and 4.2 meters wide, with a tomb in the middle. There are many jewels in the grave. It is inferred that they belong to one of the earliest kings in England, King Radwald of East Anglia. The acidic soil in the cemetery means that only rivets and boat shapes can still exist, and there are some signs that the owner of the tomb once lay there.

7. Ertz people (location and time of discovery: Ertz Valley in Alps, 199 1 year)

Ertz was a man who lived in the Bronze Age 5000 years ago. 199 1 year, German travelers found this frozen mummy with tools in a glacier in the Oates Valley in the Alps near the border between Italy and Austria. Studies show that he was 40 to 50 years old when he died, and his height was 1.6 meters. His last meal was antelope and venison, as well as grain and fruit. There is an arrow in the flesh of his shoulder, and there are four other people's blood on him. The cuts and scars on his hands indicate that this Ertziceman was killed. Since 199 1, eight people related to this frozen mummy have died one after another-this has triggered rumors that the people concerned will be cursed by bad luck. But Conrad spindler, a world-renowned expert and archaeologist who studies the Ertz Iceman, refuted this statement, saying, "This is purely an exaggeration by the media. Next time you should say that I will be the next person to die. " Spindler died shortly after saying this.

8. Ms. Cheda (location and time of discovery: Changsha, China, 1972)

1972, in order to build an air-raid shelter, Chinese construction workers discovered the tomb of Madame Che of the Western Han Dynasty during excavation in Mawangdui, Changsha. This luxury car was the wife of Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha in the early Western Han Dynasty. When she died, she was buried with many precious things: musical instruments, lacquerware, pottery, food, herbs, clothes, silk paintings and dozens of wooden servants and guards. Ms. Che's body is the best preserved wet body ever found. Its face is clear, its hair is bright, its skin is moist, its muscles are elastic and its internal organs are intact. Archaeologists are now trying to find out whether it is the design of the tomb or some ancient anti-corrosion treatment technology that keeps her so well preserved.

9. The Roaring Lion (time and place of discovery: Veyo, Italy, 2006)

In May this year, a grave robber followed the Italian police to a mountain in northern Rome. There is an ancient tomb in the mountains, in which is buried a brave Etruscan prince. The catacombs are decorated with migrating birds and roaring lions-although some claim that these "lions" may be deer or horses. This is a painting relic from 700 BC, and it is the earliest tomb wet mural in Europe. The police also found a sword, some Greek vases and a bronze chariot in the tomb.

10. Pompeii ancient city (location and time of discovery: Campania, Italy, 1599)

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, it became a huge cemetery. Pompeii was hidden underground 1600 years, and it was not until 1599 that an architect dug a ditch (to divert the river) that it was discovered again. 150 years later, archaeologists began to dig their sites one after another. 65438+In the mid-1960s, an archaeologist named Giuseppe Fiorelli realized that the hole in the ashes was the space left by the rotting corpse. He injected plaster into the cave, and the plaster model he got showed the moment when people and animals were frozen when they tried to escape.