In 3800, think about what this concept is and how long it is.
The year of 3800 in the Central Plains was the reign of the Xia Dynasty. The Loulan girl in the article lived in that era. No matter what the living conditions were at that time, the beauty of Loulan girl was left to us who lived after 3800 years. It is not easy for people who have never been to the ancient tomb ditch to find it.
This is actually a developing Ya Dan landform, with similar gullies one after another, seemingly connected and separated. After many twists and turns, the ancient tomb ditch was found in this gully group. The ancient tomb ditch is only a few miles away from the Peacock River, and the cemetery is selected on the platform, which is also in danger of flood control. It seems that people at that time looked at Feng Shui very much.
The first sight of the cemetery gives people a sense of shock. In the vast cemetery, it seems that countless radiant suns have fallen, and each sun is a grave. This scene makes me wonder: Did all the nine suns that shot at the sun in Houyi fall here?
Each cemetery has a "core" consisting of tightly coiled Populus euphratica stakes.
By my count, there are seven floors in the Hu Yangmu Circle of each cemetery. The number "7" must have had some meaning at that time, perhaps the same meaning as the pagoda with seven floors.
On the periphery of the cemetery, there are some shallow graves. It is these small cemeteries that bring us unexpected surprises.
When the first mummy appeared in front of us, everyone hurried to take pictures and left a permanent memorial. I was lost in thought.
I have seen the photos of Loulan's female corpse taken by Sven Hedin, which left a very deep impression on me. Unexpectedly, I will witness the real image of Loulan's female corpse, which gives me a very strong feeling.
Miss Loulan is really beautiful. Their faces are small, their chins are pointed and round, and their eyes are big, which seems to make us feel the clarity and comfort in those bright eyes. Long eyelashes have a long history. The high bridge of the nose strongly enhances the beauty of the whole face. Thick yellow-brown naturally curly long hair, shawls scattered in the wind, the top of the head rolled into a pointed felt hat. The edge of the dark brown felt hat is decorated with dazzling red wool, the color is harmonious and beautiful, and there are several brightly colored feathers on the left and right sides of the hat top. A circle of velvet fur around the neck is both warm and beautiful. Naked body tightly wrapped in wool blanket. The exposed feet are wearing a pair of short waist leather boots that have been mended several times. The overall image is a charming and beautiful girl.
According to researcher Wang Binghua, director of Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, they used wood, woolen cloth and sheepskin unearthed from Gugugou cemetery as materials, invited many authoritative research institutions in China, and made 10 carbon 14 determination. Except for the big difference between the two groups, the others are around 3800. Basically, it can be considered that the burial age of Gugugou tomb was around 3800 years ago.
There was once a story about two completely different sets of measurements.
That year, Xinjiang Archaeological Institute sent the female corpse of Loulan to Shanghai for exhibition, and the impatient reporter was the first to meet her at the airport. The comrade in charge of escort in the archaeological institute accidentally said the age of the female corpse was wrong. The next day, Shanghai Liberation Daily first published a report on the six thousand-year-old female corpse of Loulan. The age of 6000 years, far exceeding the record of 5000 years of Egyptian Pharaoh mummies, caused a sensation in the world. Fortunately, a large number of test results came out later, which made up and corrected this mistake.
Although Loulan's female corpse is only 3800 years old, it is preserved in a natural state and well preserved enough to create a world record.
On the unearthed female corpse, we found withered bedbugs and dead lice in her slender blonde hair. Lice and bedbugs are both "heat-induced" parasitic insects, but they did not leave because of human death and cooling, or they had a deep love affair with the beautiful Loulan girl? This may be a new subject worthy of further study by entomologists.
The life of the beautiful Loulan girl is actually very difficult. From the poorly woven fur and patched leather shoes she wore on her feet, we can see that the material was not rich at that time.
From the unearthed mummies or human bone specimens, we can see that people are very young when they die, and the hard living environment makes them run out of energy prematurely and go to the end of their lives. Where did Loulan come from?
After seeing the female bodies in the ancient tomb ditch, from the high nose, yellow-brown curly hair and pointed felt hat, I suddenly felt that they were very similar to Tajiks today.
Archaeologists told me that my feeling was correct, and they did have some kinship with Tajiks.
In the tombs of Gulob people, there is a small bag on the blanket that wraps the body, and there are some fine flax branches in the bag. According to Begemann, a Swedish scholar, this burial custom is similar to that of the Indian Persians.
In religious ceremonies, Colossians used a plant to make the so-called "Ma Hao" or "SOMA", so that souls could safely ascend to heaven. The flax shreds used by ancient robe people probably have this function.
Bashi people are a branch of Guyilan people, and Tajiks in Xinjiang are also a branch of Guyilan people. The consistency of this custom may also be a reflection of their national origin. Of course, neighboring areas may also show consistency in some customs due to the exchange of cultural concepts.
Archaeologists in Xinjiang have also made ethnographic measurements on six skulls unearthed in the tombs in the suburbs of Loulan, among which five belong to European race and 1 belongs to Mongolian race. Four of the five European skulls are similar in shape, close to the Indo-Afghan type of the eastern Mediterranean, and 1 skull is between the Mediterranean type and Pamir-Fergana type, but it may still be a variation of Mediterranean people in many characteristics. It belongs to the skull of Mongolian race, slightly close to the type of South Siberia.
It can be inferred that the ethnic composition of Gulobu people is quite dominant in the eastern Mediterranean branch of European race. This feature is similar to that of Pamirsek residents, indicating that there is a close ethnic system relationship between them. The existence of individual Mongolian skulls also shows that the anthropological composition of Gulobu people is not a pure European race.
Lop Nur Sag and Tarim Basin were once part of the ancient Mediterranean in geological period, but after cutting off the natural connection with the Mediterranean, they showed amazing similarities in anthropology in historical period. This fact shows that the environment and society are hereditary.