Chapter 192 World-Class Cultural Relics
One month after Zhang Yang handed the whole set of things to Zhu Ruyan.

A village in a remote mountainous area in Hamyang County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea is crowded with people.

The last time this place was so lively was when MacArthur's withdrawing troops passed by.

This time, it was because of the archaeological team.

Seven or eight vehicles of the archaeological team were all parked outside the village in an orderly manner. The villagers conservatively estimated that at least thirty people got off the vehicles.

For a village of several hundred people, it was definitely a big deal.

But in the eyes of the villagers, this is very reasonable, because just last week, when someone was performing a burial ceremony, a large number of ancient coins were dug up in the wasteland here.

Then the whole village was swept by a money-digging craze.

Ah Xiba, why are you still farming? Go dig for money in that wasteland outside the village!
But the good times did not last long. The news soon spread to several nearby villages and reached the ears of officials in Xianyang County.

After confirmation by the county's cultural relics department, it was discovered that most of the coins unearthed were copper coins from China's Northern Song Dynasty.

At that time, this land was called Goryeo, and it bordered the Liao Kingdom to the north. However, because the Liao Kingdom also used the copper coins of the Northern Song Dynasty, the earliest currency used in Goryeo was also the Song Dynasty's.

Because of this historical background, some Song Dynasty coins and even some Song Dynasty cultural relics engraved with Chinese characters have been unearthed in Xianyang County before.

But most of them are scattered and not on a large scale.

The large number and large area of ​​copper coins unearthed this time are unprecedented in the whole of South Gyeongsang Province, which shocked the entire archaeological team.

Before entering the village, all the archaeological team members had one thought:
Does this mean that we will also have our own national cultural relics and historical sites?

If this is true, they will have a place to stay for the rest of their lives.

Some of them began to go door to door to collect the coins they had dug up from the villagers;
The others were divided into two groups. One group was responsible for marking the locations where the coins appeared on the map, and the other group was responsible for field sampling surveys, which simply meant shoveling and looking at soil samples.

Soon, the site was enclosed within an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters.

The remaining work is to put the machines and metal detectors into use.

"Drip drop~"

For a while, the wasteland was filled with the sounds of instruments, and those who didn't know thought they were demining.

The dozens of signboards brought by the archaeological team were all used up in less than half a day.

There are signs all over the floor.

No one can predict what it will look like after it is dug out, but this scene is already exaggerated.

The head of the archaeological team was quite impatient and directly arranged for people to dig a sampling pit one meter square.

As a result, after digging about thirty centimeters deep, they found a handful of copper coins.

Each one has a lot of rust on it, and some even have several pieces stuck together.

It’s obviously a cultural relic at first glance!

The archaeologists' hands couldn't help but tremble.

The last time I came across so many ancient coins was when I was visiting and studying in China.

I never thought that this day would come to me.

In fact, it was the cheapest Song Dynasty tube-shaped coins that Zhu Ruyan and her friends bought. They were so corroded that even the words on them could not be seen clearly. They cost several dozen yuan per pound, and they bought 200 pounds in total.

They had only dug out less than half a pound, but the Korean archaeological team on the scene had already started cheering.

With the courage given by the sample pit, the wasteland was immediately protected.

As the excavation work progressed, the morale of the archaeological team members became increasingly high.

In addition to the copper coins buried deep in the soil, they actually found fragments of two moon jars in the shallow soil, in the strata from three or four hundred years ago.

There are suspected incense ash residues in the fragments.

A lot of organic remains were found in the same stratum as the Moon Jar.

After piecing together two complete moon jars and confirming that they were not mistaken, the leader of the archaeological team looked solemn and immediately decided to hold a meeting to study it together.

“I think this might be a sacrificial site.”

Expert A was the first to give his own judgment:

"The moon jar may have been used as an altar to hold incense ashes, as evidenced by the ashes left inside."

"Can you tell me something we didn't see?"

"Yes, it is obvious that the moon jar is used as an incense burner, but how could such a precious porcelain be used for this? Can anyone explain it?"

"Yes, explain it."

"Ah, aren't we in a meeting? Why are you guys like crazy questioning me? If I remember correctly, I'm older than all of you, right?"

Expert A looked at Expert B next to him with an unhappy face. The latter felt the pressure from his senior and immediately nodded to apologize to him.

In South Korea, within the same industry, age equals the right to speak.

In order to avoid such an overstepping of authority, the people present reported their birth dates to each other and rearranged the seats according to age. Wu Shixun, the last expert in the group, was about to burst into tears. He was not here for a meeting, but to be a punching bag.

Everyone was discussing very enthusiastically, but he didn't dare to make a sound for fear of being noticed. But even so, he was eventually discovered.

“Sehun!”

Expert A, who was ranked first, spoke and directly called his name.

"Here!" Wu Sehun stood up subconsciously.

"Tell me, why is the precious moon jar being used as an incense burner here?"

"I think it may be because the person being worshipped has a very special status, so the royal family and nobles of the Joseon Dynasty (the rulers of South Korea from the 13th to the 19th century) used such precious objects for worship."

"That makes sense. Then, Shixun, what do you think the identity of the person receiving the worship will be?" Expert B asked.

"It is possible that he is the ancestor of the royal family of the Joseon Dynasty."

"Makes sense." Expert B clapped his hands at everyone, "Come on, everyone remember the conclusion that Shixun came up with."

"If the leader or someone outside asks, report his statement."

"As for those that everyone has different opinions on, keep them for now and discuss them after the excavation is completed."

"I understand!" The old guys all nodded, thinking that this was a very reasonable thing to do.

The younger generation is meant to take the blame.

When the day of the media interview came, Expert C's words became the unanimous statement of the archaeological team.

"That's right. According to our experts, it is the royal family of the Joseon Dynasty who are worshipping their ancestors!"

"It's incredible, right? I find it incredible too, but this is our Sehun expert, who dares to make judgments."

As soon as this news spread, it immediately became the biggest news in South Gyeongsang Province.

Local media outlets began reporting:
"The Moon Jar can only be used as a sacrifice? Who are we worshipping?"

Suspected tomb of ancestors of the Joseon Dynasty royal family discovered

Great Archaeological Discovery in South Gyeongsang Province

We are witnessing history once again...

Each headline was more eye-catching than the last, and given that South Korea is a small country, the news of this site quickly spread throughout the country.

Dozens of media outlets, large and small, flocked to this small village in Xianyang County, reporting on the archaeological excavation in real time.

The expert from the archaeological team named Shi Wuxun was really sweating.

He knew that if the person who unearthed the artifact was not the ancestor of the royal family of the Joseon Dynasty, his academic career would be over.

No matter how you explain it, it’s useless.

Therefore, he, a 52-year-old senior archaeological expert, was forced to stay at the forefront of archaeological excavations at all times, working longer hours every day than the migrant workers in charge of the excavations.

It's basically a 007 work system.

Finally, when his black hair had almost turned white, he finally dug up the ruins that were buried several meters underground.

A building made entirely of stone, in the shape of a terrace, like an ancient altar.

It is about the same size as the altar, nine meters long and nine meters wide, covering a large area.

"This is……"

Wu Sehun looked at the structure of the building and thought for a while, and suddenly a shocked expression appeared on his face.

He quickly looked through the information at hand and quickly locked onto the target.

After careful comparison, it is almost certain that:

"This is exactly the style of the Five Helmets Tomb in the Goguryeo Tombs!"

The area of ​​South Gyeongsang Province was once the border between Goguryeo and Silla. According to the territorial division, the area of ​​Hamyang County did belong to Goguryeo.

But this is just a division on the map.

In fact, no Goguryeo relics have been found in the current territory of Korea.

There is not a single proper site.

This is also the reason why South Korea has never been recognized when it traced its roots to Goguryeo.

If his judgment is correct this time...

Wu Sehun swallowed nervously. This place might not be a national cultural site, but a world-class one!
For him personally, it means even more.

Because this means that the conclusion of his "research and judgment" has come true, and he will be the first discoverer of this tomb.

Wu Se-hun squeezed his hands, which were shaking with excitement. He wanted to make a final confirmation...

(End of this chapter)