One of them is the tomb of Trieu Van Vuong – the son of Trieu Trong Thuy, the grandson of Trieu Da! Discovered the tomb of Trieu Van Vuong – Trong Thuy’s son In June 1983, a worker was working on a construction site at the foot of Xianggang Mountain, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, when his foot fell into a pit. This pit is very deep, when colleagues shine their lights on, they only see a pitch black color like a “bottomless pit”. The other worker was lucky to be uninjured and was quickly pulled up, after which he said there were huge copper cauldrons underneath the hole. Understanding that this was an ancient tomb, the construction team quickly reported it to the Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau. The mausoleum is located 17m underground. Photo: 360doc. The first house is located 17m deep underground and is built of giant stone slabs. Preliminary excavation shows that the tomb has a total of 7 rooms, walls up to 12m high, on the walls there are frescoes depicting the sun and moon gods. Fortunately, this tomb has never been looted, inside there are still 10,000 cultural relics such as bronze pots, ceramics, lacquerware… The heavy heavy stone gate and 15 skeletons of people who were buried with them (concubines and servants) indicate certainly the grave of someone of the highest rank – a king. The seal revealed the identity of the South Vietnamese king Trieu Van Vuong. Photo: 360doc. Finally, the archaeological team found a seal that showed The owner of the tomb is the second king of the Trieu Dynasty of Nam Viet – Trieu Van Vuong. Trieu Van Vuong called Trieu Mat, the eldest grandson of Trieu Da, the son of Trieu Trong Thuy, who ascended the throne in 137 BC. Trieu Van Vuong’s tomb is very elaborately decorated. The king’s body lies in a 1.73 meter long jade mourning robe, made of 2291 pieces of jade, silk and linen. Jade robe is the most advanced burial costume under the Han Dynasty (contemporary with Nam Viet), only for people of noble status with superstitious belief that jade has the effect of preserving bones, keeping the body of the dead person is whole and waiting for the opportunity to be reborn. The set of jewels of Trieu Van Vuong. Photo: 360doc Trieu Van Vuong’s tomb is also buried with huge jade treasures, gold inlaid swords, bronze bells and thousands of overwhelming treasures. Currently, these relics are on display in the Emperor Zhaowen Museum in Guangzhou, China. Who is Trieu Van Vuong, son of Trong Thuy? Nam Viet was founded in 204 BC an area in Guangdong province and intersected with Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The kingdom lasted for 93 years and in turn experienced 5 kings. Trieu Da, a former general in the military regime of Qin Shi Huang, was the founder of the kingdom. According to the “Dai Viet History of the Complete Book”, Because Trieu Trong Thuy (Trieu Da’s son, An Duong Vuong’s son-in-law) had died before his father, Trieu Mat was chosen as the successor to King Nam Viet. The Emperor Zhaowen Museum in Guangzhou City, China is the place to keep a huge treasure in the tomb of the King of South Vietnam. Photo: 360doc. In his reigning life, Trieu Van Vuong did not have too many achievements, compared to his predecessor, Trieu Da, was also considered to be lack of determination and weakness. He ruled the country of Nam Viet for 12 years, always keeping the agreement with the Han Dynasty, wanting to use justice to sympathize with the neighboring country, repel the enemy, and keep the border at peace. About Trieu Van Vuong’s mother, many people will question whether Trieu Van Vuong’s mother is Princess My Chau? There are not many documents about who Trieu Van Vuong’s mother is, but the book “Thien Nam Luc Luc” – An anonymous work written in Nom script, born around the end of the seventeenth century, records that My Chau had a son. This boy is very much loved by his grandfather, An Duong Vuong, and the king plans to pass the throne to him in the future. However, this boy was brought home by Trong Thuy when he used the excuse to visit his parents, but expressed that in case someone inherits his family line, something should happen. In this case, it is possible that Trieu Van Vuong’s mother is Princess My Chau! Let’s look at the burial items in the tomb of Trieu Van Vuong: The mausoleum owns more than 10,000 burial items. Photo: 360doc.

Qin Shi Huang is always looking for the way to immortality for his life, but unfortunately still can’t find a way. So he decided to build a magnificent palace underground and that is also the tomb after his death. One of the mysteries surrounding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang discovered by scientists is the extremely large amount of mercury inside. Many conjectures say that the amount of mercury in the underground palace can be up to several tons, even hundreds of tons, which is why grave thieves cannot enter. Many questions arise, what is the real function of this mercury? Is it for anti-theft as inferred? According to research on the history before the time of Qin Shi Huang, scientists did not find mercury to have much effect, and only detected a small amount of mercury in the type of mummification. The original hypothesis was that mercury could act as an anti-corrosion agent. But when discovered in the underground palace, a relatively closed insulation layer is formed due to the function of mercury. Many other opinions say that Qin Shi Huang used mercury to prevent theft. However, when returning to the history of the time when Qin Shi Huang unified China, people’s understanding of the uses and harms of mercury was not known. It wasn’t until the Han Dynasty that people began to know that mercury contained toxic substances. The river of mercury inside the tomb. The final conclusion was reached, the reason why Qin Shi Huang used a large amount of mercury in his tomb to prevent his body from rotting due to its anti-corrosion function. With the large amount of mercury in the tomb, his coffin was left in the riverbed for a long time while still remaining remarkably intact. Maybe Qin Shi Huang still holds the hope that one day in the future, he will wake up. This is even more important than theft prevention. How deep is the tomb? The most recent survey of archaeologists has shown that the underground tomb of Qin Shi Huang is 260m long from east to west and 160m wide from north to south. The total area is 41,600 m2. This is the largest mausoleum in the Qin and Han dynasties, its size is equivalent to 5 international football fields. Later archaeologists used a drill and proved that this tomb was designed vertically. Sima Thien once said, the length of this tomb is longer than 3 rivers combined. According to the book “Rites of the Han Dynasty”, the end of this tomb is immeasurable. That proves that the tomb has reached the deepest possible depth with the level of science and technology at that time. But how deep the tomb really is, no one has the exact answer. The Mystery of the Terracotta Warrior According to unofficial records, Xiang Yu – the king of the Zhou state, who overthrew the Qin empire, ended up perishing at the hands of the “Terquered Army”. He was eliminated by five cavalrymen on the banks of the Wujiang River. They were Qin soldiers from the Guanzhong region and were used as prototypes for Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Cavalry. Does the tomb have “9 floors of hell”? Looking down from above, you can clearly see, the pyramid is square, so the Americans call it “dwarf pyramid”. Paradoxically, the inverted pyramidal shape of the mound seems to coincide with the saying “9 floors of hell” and this is completely unique in the world. Qin Shi Huang is a freak, this mystery can only seem to be revealed by archaeological discoveries. How many entrances does the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang have? According to “History of Sima Qian”, a great history book written by Sima Qian: When the emperor died, he was taken to the tomb. After that, the main door was closed and the outer gate was also completely closed. All the craftsmen were buried with the emperor. “This proves that the tomb has three gates: the outer gate, the central gate and a secret gate. It is believed that the middle gate was locked automatically to prevent any intrusion from the inside or outside. And the three doors are placed in a straight line.”

Human anatomy documents were found in the tomb of Lady Xinzhi who lived during the Han Dynasty of China. Photo: Ancient Origins. A research team at Bangor University (UK) and Howard University (USA) conducted an analysis of an ancient document discovered in 1973, when archaeologists unearthed the tomb of Madame Tan Truyen. [một quý tộc sống trong thời Hán] at the Ma Vuong Doi burial ground in Hunan province, China. They concluded that this is the oldest manuscript on human anatomy dating from the 3rd century BC (BC) to the 2nd century BC, about 2,200 years ago. The study results were published in The Anatomical Record in September 2020. The document is written on silk in the dialect of the Han Dynasty which is difficult to understand. This makes it difficult for experts to interpret the content. “People discovered the document more than 40 years ago, but no one knew it was an anatomy book,” the team said. “We spent a lot of time learning ancient languages ​​to read and understand the characters written on silk, and also performed anatomical investigations to review the body structure to which the text refers.” The document discovered at Ma Vuong Doi is the precursor to the famous acupuncture text Hoang Di Kinh. Although the text does not explicitly mention acupuncture points, it does describe the meridians and the working pathways of the whole body qi and blood. These are basic concepts that are still widely used in traditional Chinese medicine today. The scientists compared the physical features detailed in the brochure with modern observations of the human body. For example, the literature describes a meridian that begins at the center of the palm, travels along the tendon of the forearm to the armpit, and connects to the heart. The team believes that this description actually refers to the passage of the ulnar artery, the main blood vessel of the forearm. Another example is a brochure describing a foot meridian. It starts at the big toe and runs along the muscles that connect the ankles, knees, thighs, and abdomen. This meridian actually describes the path of the long saphenous vein, the tube that carries blood from the legs back to the heart. The research team said that the document was created with the purpose of providing a concise description of the human body structure for practitioners of medicine in ancient China. “This work lays the foundation for the practice of acupuncture for the next two millennia,” said the team. “It challenges the popular belief that acupuncture is not based on anatomical science, by showing that the first physicians to write about acupuncture knew quite well the anatomy of the body. people”. Although evidence-based studies have confirmed acupuncture’s ability to manage chronic pain, in Western medicine it is still doubtful that acupuncture is an effective method to treat many patients. other diseases. The ancient Chinese document is not simply a mystical work based on unfounded ideas, but a legitimate attempt to describe the structure of the human body from the perspective of a person living in the background. ancient oriental culture. “We approach the ancient manuscript from a slightly different angle from modern Western medicine’s view of the individual system of arteries, veins and nerves in the body. We looked at the body from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, based on the philosophical concept of the opposites and complements of yin and yang,” said Vivien Shaw, a member of the research team at the School of Science School of Medicine at Bangor University, said. In ancient China, the development of anatomy was generally considered unrelated to dissection. This is due to Confucian ideas of filial piety, which make people afraid to touch the bodies of the deceased, especially the remains of ancestors. On the other hand, this thought had far-reaching influence during the Han Dynasty. Therefore, many people believe that any description of the human body in contemporary Chinese medical texts is not based on an internal examination of the human body. However, the team says the bodies of law-breakers are not always respected. It is likely that ancient Chinese medical researchers dissected the bodies of executed prisoners to help them understand the structure of the human body. For example, in the content of the Han Shu book series, which mainly tells the history of the Han Dynasty, the dissection of the criminal Vuong Ton Thanh in 16 AD is also recorded. “We were able to show significant similarity between the descriptions in the ancient literature and the human anatomical structure. Interestingly, some of these structures can only be seen during dissection. This is evidence that the Chinese have begun dissecting bodies for medical research,” said Izzy Winder, a member of the research team. To date, it is believed that the oldest human anatomy atlas originates from ancient Greece. Their authors are famous physicians such as Herophilus (335 – 280 BC) and Erasistratus (304 – 250 BC). However, these works are now lost and they are known only through the accounts of other ancient authors. “Therefore, the ancient Chinese manuscript is the oldest surviving work on human anatomy. Its content is built not on the paranormal but on empirical investigations,” the team wrote. In addition, the research results also show the outstanding achievements of the ancient Chinese in terms of science and medicine. “The Han Dynasty was a period of constant learning and innovation in the arts and sciences. So it’s not surprising that this kind of anatomical science was born in this context,” said Vivien Shaw, a member of the research team.