Khandan Phoenix woman's body puzzle special report

When the ancient tomb was opened, the first thing that he saw was the bright red dragonfly.

There is also a guilty phoenix within the phoenix, and there are gilded dragons on the guilt.

A thousand-year-old tomb, a dead body of the Khitan, the phoenix is ​​full of doubts. Can archaeologists reveal this secret?

In the Khitan tombs found in the past, most people with a bit of identity will have epitaphs. But for this Khitan, her funerary objects are very beautiful and her identity is very noble. There was no comment left, and the tombs were shabby and shabby, and there were signs of hurried burials everywhere in the tombs. Tara could not help but have an ominous premonition and her death may not be normal. So what happened a thousand years ago, together with the mystery of the identity of the tomb owner, is it enough to find the final answer?

Text: March 9, 2003, Horqin Rear Banner, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, Quarry Mountain Quarry.

On this day, behind the rolling rocks, a strange stone wall suddenly appeared. This stone wall is obviously not naturally formed. On the huge stones, there are obvious traces of artificial carvings. Is there anything left behind by the ancients?

Text: After six days...

The Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Wenxun immediately sent an archeological team to the scene. The archaeological excavation is responsible for paying the director Tara. Tara has more than 20 years of professional archaeological experience. The sense of professionalism tells him that there must be something unusual behind the stone walls. Tara decided to dig from here. It took a whole month to clear the gravel.

Text: On the morning of April 23, 2003, Tara arrived at the scene a month later...

Finally, a rampage was revealed. However, at the end of it, a huge stone gate was erected, and all the secrets were obstructed.

Cleared the tomb, a huge stone door at the end of the tomb blocked all the secrets in the tomb.

Tara walked into the ramp, and on the wall beside the curb, some of the murals in his class had attracted his attention. In the mural, there is a strange symbol that looks like text. Archaeological excavations have not yet begun. Everything here exudes a mysterious atmosphere. At this time Tara did not realize that exploring the secret behind this huge stone gate would be a bizarre experience in his 20-year archaeological career.

Tara speculates that behind Shimen it is likely that it was a grave left by an ancient man.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: Through the shape of the tomb has been initially judged, it is the tomb of the Liao Dynasty.

Tara let the assistants expand these symbols and prepare them for identification by experts in Beijing in order to finally confirm the age of the tombs. Now he wants to open this stone gate.

The mysterious Qidan script on the wall of the tomb has not been cracked yet. Some experts believe that there may be a list of tomb owners' funerary objects.

Text: April 23, 2003 morning...

The huge Shimen crashed down. Tara stepped forward and Shimen did not appear behind the expected cave entrance. A wooden door was blocked in front of it, where more than a meter high sediment was deposited, and archeologists still could not enter the ancient tomb.

Text: Three hours later...

After the silted sediment was cleared away, the wooden doors were completely exposed to sunlight. A rusty copper lock locked the ancient tomb. Experienced archaeologists are concerned that there are institutions behind the door and they are cautiously exploring. Under the wooden door, Tara found something. This is a large, small and two bronze bells. Obviously they are burial articles. Tara can not help but worry.

When the huge stone door was removed, a wooden door blocked archaeologists' exploration and a rusty copper lock hung on it.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: Most worried that the tombs were stolen in the early stages, because there were several large-scale thefts in the history of the Liao tomb, so she was worried about the existence of complete tombs.

Tara’s fears are well-founded. The wealth in ancient tombs is the dream of the ancient graves. Their activities in the darkness have left countless precious cultural relics and historical information.

The mysterious symbols found on the excavation site were sent to Beijing. When the ancient Chinese character expert Mr. Liu Fengzhen saw the symbols, he concluded that it was a text that had disappeared for more than 700 years. It belongs to an ancient mystery in Chinese history. - Khitan.

The Khitans once galloped over the vast plains of northern China over 700 years AD. The Liao dynasty it created and the Northern Song Dynasty government at the time was confronted for more than 100 years. Three hundred years later, the Khitans suddenly abandoned these huge cities and towering stupas, and the winds disappeared without a trace.

Mr. Liu Yinhu is an expert in the history of the study of Khitan in Inner Mongolia University. He is very concerned about the excavation of the Tolki Mountain tombs.

Text: Professor of History, College of Humanities, Inner Mongolia University

Archaeological expert Bo Yin Lake: Tongliao area is located in Liao Shangjing, some northerly, of course, is the homeland of the Khitan and Yi people, is their main settlement. Therefore, we found important Khitan tombs here.

The ancient tomb is in the territory of the Khitan people. Well, the secret behind this wooden door will belong to a Khitan one thousand years ago.

Text: April 23, 2003 afternoon...

At this time, people have ascertained that there are no institutions behind the wooden doors and the grave will soon be opened. The faint light of the flashlight stirred the silence of the ancient tomb, Tara's eyes eagerly searched. He saw that a red skull was placed in the center of the ancient tomb, and Tara was excited.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: When I saw this lottery, I had a bottom in my heart. This is a tomb that has not been passive.

Tara's hanging heart finally came down. He went to the tomb again and wanted to confirm everything he had just seen. A gorgeous golden phoenix flew in from the gloom and fell into Tara's eyes. His breathing was short.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: A bright red dragonfly is standing there. I have never seen such a colorful dragonfly. I painted it so beautiful. I left the site at that time and walked to a stone nest inside the quarry mine, where a person stood still for a while.

Tara controlled his excitement. He knew that in the ancient hierarchy, the pattern of the phoenix could not be used casually because it was a symbol of the royal female. Tara can't believe his luck. Is it a queen or princess of the Khitan buried in this ancient tomb?

The secret of the Khitan Phoenix woman's corpse (2)

In 1988 in a tomb not far from the Turki Mountain, people have seen the image of the Phoenix. In the funeral of the tomb owner, her gold crown and silver boots were encrusted with phoenixes. One of the epitaphs unearthed from the tomb was known to people that she was the granddaughter of an Emperor of the Khitan and the owner was named Princess Chen Guo. Like the Han people in the Central Plains, the Khitans also used the dragons and phoenixes to show royal dignity, symbolizing the difference in the gender of the royal family members.

According to historical records, the Khitan dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years, and there were a total of 9 queens and 16 princesses before and after. So, who is the one in front of them? Tara is now eager to find in the tomb. An important thing.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: Before the Liao Dynasty tombs were dug, many epitaphs appeared. I just thought that this tomb may also have an epitaph. Therefore, when you excavate, you should arrange for everyone to be extra careful and pay attention to it. It should be part of the ramp.

In those days, people relied on such an epitaph to confirm the identity of the royal princess of the tomb.

Text: Early May, 2003

After more than a month of hard work, Tara can finally walk into the ancient tomb to find the secret of the Khitan. In the ancient tombs, archaeologists began to clean up the silt that had been deposited for more than a thousand years. When the sand was peeled off, some of the tombs’ owners’ burial products were revealed. These are amazing things. .

On the left side of the tomb gate, a pair of gold and silver saddles was cleared. Once again, the phoenix emerged on the saddle. The pattern under the golden brilliance was beautiful. There was a wave of royal style in the tomb. The next discovery made Tara even more surprised that this silver box had carved a dragon with gold.

Tara could not help but look around. He felt that the tomb was very shabby and was extremely uncoordinated compared to the imperial family's funerary objects. This is a nearly square burial chamber with a length and width of less than 4 meters and a top height of only 3 meters. The walls around the tomb are made up of rough, large stones and the space inside is extremely narrow. Such a simple tomb is not like a royal home.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: The tomb was particularly rushed. One was that the tombs were not regular, and another had a very small tomb. Complete construction of the tombs of the Liao Dynasty was two things.

In the tombs of the Khitan people found in the past, the tombs of ordinary civilians were mostly built with rules. The owner of this tomb is obviously an honorable person. The reason why her tomb was built so simplistic. Tara analysis, the tomb owner may have been buried in haste.

At this time, archeologists found another piece of mural on the floor of the tomb. People judge that this was taken off from the wall of the tomb. But strangely, the murals that have collapsed from the wall should face down, but why do these murals face upwards?

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: I analyzed that after the tomb was built, the white ash had not dried and the murals were painted. The painting was not buried in it before it was buried. Then, as soon as water enters, the foundation is softened, and the murals of the murals are pushed out of the air. The middle space is empty and the bottom is loose. It slides down so that its characters face upwards.

If it is really like Tara's analysis, this sign once again proves that the tomb owner was buried in haste. In the small tomb room, there are more and more doubts. But what is more strange is that the epitaph has not been seen until now. The identity of the owner of the tomb has always been unanswered. Tara put his hope on the writing expert. However, Mr. Liu Fengzhen’s work is also at a loss.

Text: Khitan Character Research Expert

Archaeologist Liu Fengyu: I can see from the photos I got and this script because it has almost no words that are complete. Can't recognize it now, even if one word doesn't recognize it.

Even China’s authoritative Mr. Liu Feng’e, who has identified the Khitan word, has no alternative. It seems that the Khitan script on the tomb passages of these tombs is currently unhelpful to the identity of the tomb master.

Text: Mid-May 2003

The time passed another month and the tomb was empty. In addition to embarrassment, all the funerary objects were cleared out, but the archaeological team still did not find the epitaph.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: I didn't know what to do with the trampoline. I didn't know what to expect in the ear chamber. I didn't know what the status of the owner of the tomb, her status, and her family.

Tara finally confirmed that this is a Khitan tomb without an epitaph. To uncover the mystery of the identity of the tomb owner, the difficulties faced by Tara and archeologists will be enormous.

Text: In late May 2003, the archaeological excavations were all over...

Due to the excavation site, without the conditions for reclamation, the pupae will be sealed and transported along with all the cultural relics to the Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. The identity of the tomb owner, and whether the various mysteries in the ancient tomb could be solved, Tara pinned her hopes in the laboratory.

Text: June 1, 2003, more than two and a half months after the discovery of the ancient tomb...

In the 1,500-kilometer journey from Tongliao to Hohhot, the team did not dare to ignore the slightest delay. People were cautious along the way and finally reached their destination safely.

Text: Early morning on June 2...

The coffin was parked in a constant temperature and humidity lab and people were about to open the cockroach that had been sealed for more than a thousand years. A Khitan woman without an epitaph is sleeping inside.

In the Khitan tombs found in the past, most people with a bit of identity will have epitaphs. But for this Khitan, her funerary objects are very beautiful and her identity is very noble. There was no comment left, and the tombs were shabby and shabby, and there were signs of hurried burials everywhere in the tombs. Tara could not help but have an ominous premonition and her death may not be normal. Then what happened a thousand years ago, together with the identity of the tomb owner, was not enough to find the final answer?

Text: On June 12, 2003, ten days after the shipment was shipped to the laboratory...

This will be an important day. Archaeologists cautiously started a huge lid. It was found that there was even a guilty inside the phoenix. The cover is still a golden phoenix. What is even more surprising is that in the middle of Phoenix, there is also a golden dragon. This is the tomb, the first time people saw the dragon and phoenix encounter, the tomb owner's identity is extraordinary.

Text: Five hours later...

The guilty of the guilty will also be opened, and the mysterious woman who died more than a thousand years ago will soon be revealed.

Text: Late June 12, 2003...

Tara can finally see this Khitan woman walking from the darkness. The owner of the ancient tomb quietly welcomes the archeologist's professional examination, but her true capacity remains secret.

But at this time, Tara did not hurry to tilt the tomb of the owner. According to past archeological experience, Tara knew that after the death of the Khitan, who had his identity, many of the funerary objects would be hidden. All these things will be important evidence for understanding the identity of the tomb owner. This is a noble woman of the Khitan. Will there be any funerary objects under her clothes. How can we find out the location and quantity of these funerary objects?

The secret of the Khitan Phoenix female body (3)

Text: On June 13, 2003, three months after the discovery of the ancient tomb...

Tara transferred a medical X-ray machine from the hospital. He is looking forward to seeing the hidden secrets of the dead. The search started from the head of the deceased. As Tala expected, some deep and shallow shadows appeared. The shadows are about three or four centimeters wide. But Tara and the experts present did not know what it was. This is because this is not a burial product of the Khitan people that people used to know.

The ancient tomb found on the Turki Mountain attracted the attention of all sectors of society. Tara hired senior archaeologists from Beijing and hired professional doctors. In the laboratory, experts conducted systematic and comprehensive archaeological research on the tomb owner. The X-ray machine moved to the chest of the deceased again. People saw that the bones of the tombs of the tomb were completely preserved.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: This person is a very healthy person from the human skeleton. In terms of bone density, prenatal nutrition is very good. Judging from this superficial phenomenon at present, it is initially determined that she is a very young woman. To what extent is it young? We have not dared to make this conclusion in concrete terms.

This conclusion affirmed Tara’s original judgment that the owner of the tomb was a woman. However, he did not expect that the Khitan woman died when she was young. At this time, Tara could not imagine what the result would be if the tombs of the dead were linked to those in the tomb.

The search was still going on. Soon, a clear-cut thing appeared on the screen. Sure enough, there are many funerary objects hidden in the deceased's body. These are typical Khitan jewels and jewelry.

Suddenly, people saw in the chest of the deceased, some big shadows, mixed with many spots. With the movement of the X-ray machine, more and more spots, they are everywhere like blood splatter. Unexplained spots, Tara's nerves once again tightened. These spots are large and small, and there are no rules. Obviously they are not molded objects, and they are not jewelry.

Are these mysterious spots related to the death of the tomb owner? Tara realizes that in the next archaeological work, this unidentified Khitan woman may allow him to touch on the bizarre that occurred more than a thousand years ago. story.

Ancient tombs have unearthed a large number of gold and silver devices, and a strange glassware.

The second episode "Feng Yan Ecstasy"

In March 2003, in an ancient tomb unearthed in the Turki Mountain in Inner Mongolia, people discovered the body of a unidentified Khitan woman. She has exquisite phoenix and inexorable wealth, but the tomb is shabby, and there are still traces of hurried burials everywhere. After further investigation, the archaeologists discovered that the tomb owner's body was covered with irregular spots. It is suspected that her death was not normal. The mysterious identity of the Khitan woman and the cause of death, Tara can crack in an in-depth archeological investigation.

Text: June 12, 2003, Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, from the discovery of ancient tombs for three months

after that……

In the laboratory, archeologists have discovered that the body of a woman is hiding a large number of objects. Tara pinned hopes of cracking the identity of the owner of the tomb on these funerary objects.

People find that two of the many funerary objects on the tomb owner are unknown. One is the chest of the dead, and many irregular spots. Tara presupposes that they may be related to the death of the tomb owner. There is a strange thing on the head of the dead. Only a few deep shadows can be seen on the screen. Tara speculates that this may be a landmark item that shows the identity of the tomb owner. The experts decided to peel off from the head.

Text: On the morning of June 14, 2003...

Since the space in the eel was too small, the peeling was difficult to unfold. Tara decided to remove the inner eaves and open the four sides of the eaves. However, the gap between the internal and external nephews is very small. People can only carefully put down the rope and trap the internal hemorrhoids. The owner of the tomb was finally exposed to the people.

Text: Three hours later...

The work of extracting funerary objects is about to begin, and the preservatives that must be used to peel silk are also ready. When night fell, the Khitan woman more than a thousand years ago exposed her face in people's expectations.

The shadows that appeared in the X-ray machine have also appeared in the true shape. It turned out to be a headband made of gold. It is still decorated with a phoenix pattern. Obviously, this is not a funerary object that ordinary people can have. But what Tara did not expect was the color of this face. It was eerie.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: Why is her skeleton so dark? It is not the same as a normal bone. How does that kind of black describe it? It's dark. I think her death is not normal.

Tara had long suspected that the tomb owner’s death was a problem. Now this strange face deepens his suspicions. Is this Khitan woman with unknown identity really dead?

Text: The afternoon of June 14

Tara realized that only the identity of the owner of the tomb was first ascertained. Then, in the in-depth discovery, it is possible to find her conclusive evidence of death. Tara focused his attention on the headband. He hoped to find clues here and uncover the identity of the owner of the tomb.

In the Liao Dynasty tombs that people discovered in the past, the people in the Khitan don’t bring headbands, but such masks. It is a symbol of the status and status of the Khitans. Different people have different masks. This golden mask belongs to a Khitan royal woman. The precious gold clearly shows her status as a royal family. She is Princess Chen Guo. In addition to the masks, the Khitans with their identities were still buried in metal mesh nets after they died. Like masks, this is the most common thing in the tombs of the Khitan nobles or royalty. This is the silver silk clothing worn by Princess Chen Guo.

Then, the Khitan woman on the Turki Mountain did not wear a mask, but did she wear a mesh? The X-ray machine did not show any trace of the net. Will it rust in the clothes?

After opening the curtain, people saw the skeleton of a Khitan woman. The upper part of the body remains relatively intact, but the lower body has decayed.

Text: On the evening of June 14th, the archeological stripping has been going on for ten hours...

Because the clothing of the tomb owner's lower body has been completely rotted and there is no value for retention, people start looking for netting here. The situation of the lower half of the deceased made Tara feel surprised again.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: The bones and silk of the lower body are all muddy and powdery.

However, compared with the lower body, the upper body of the deceased was well preserved. Is there anything that prevents the rot of the upper body. Tara thinks of mysterious spots, and they are concentrated here. But Tara now wants to find the whereabouts of the nets.

The Mystery of the Dead Body of the Khitan Phoenix (4)

People saw several spherical things in the leg of the deceased person. Will this be a netting? These things have been extracted to remove dirt. It turned out to be a few pieces of bronze bells. Then, the experts saw a whip again. What a special whip is this? Why is the tomb owner deliberately bringing it around? Tala is also awkward. Eventually people found no nets in the lower body of the deceased and only found a few bronze bells and a whip.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: This tomb had neither a gold mask nor a silver silk clothing or a copper silk clothing. We were very surprised at that time.

Is it that the owner of the tomb is not a royal family or even a nobleman? Now, relying solely on this golden band, Tara can still determine her identity.

Wang Dafang is an expert in the study of the history of the Khitan, and he has developed a keen interest in the newly extracted copper bells and whips.

Text: Deputy Director, Department of Cultural Relics, Cultural Affairs Department, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Archaeological expert Wang Dafang: We saw the whip in the tomb of the tomb owner and the small bronze bell tied to the knee of the tomb owner. These are all related to dancing, exorcism, and praying. In addition, two silver horns were also unearthed.

Wang Dafang believes that these funerary objects are closely related to an ancient religion that the Khitans believe in. According to the records of the Chinese Song Dynasty history books, the Khitans believe in a mysterious religion called Shaman. And shamans are usually played by women. Therefore, Wang Dafang raised a bold speculation about the identity of the tomb owner. He believes that the tomb owner may be a shaman.

Indeed, people have concluded that the owner of the tomb is a woman. And her whip, bell and silver horn exudes the atmosphere of a mysterious religion. She would really be a Shaman. If so, how does that phoenix and gold dragon explain? Talas doubts this hypothesis. .

Archaeologist Tara: In the Central Plains, only the royal family can use dragons and phoenixes since ancient times. And he must have a special rank for several dragons and several phoenixes. Many of the Khitans are the same as the Han people. For example, its burial customs, and most of the Khitan burial customs are in the Central Plains.

Tara's analysis comes from one important piece of evidence. At the end of the last century, a silver ink cartridge was unearthed in the tomb of a Khitan. A golden dragon is carved on the silver box. From the epitaph found on the tomb, archeologists learned that this golden dragon belonged to a Khitan who was called Yeluyu.

In the history books, it was recorded that Ye Lu Yu. He had assisted the first Emperor of Khitan, Yelva, to establish the Khitan dynasty and was a prominent Khitan prime minister. Ye Lu Yu can naturally enjoy the treatment of Golden Dragon, but this golden dragon proves that he is only a prime minister because Jin Long has only three claws on his feet. In the same way, all the dragons had only three claws in the funeral of Princess Chen. Because according to rituals, only the emperor can enjoy four or five clawed dragons. It can be seen that the Khitan dynasty was a hierarchically regulated society. In such an environment, dragons and phoenixes must not be used casually.

However, in ancient tombs, dragons and phoenixes appeared in large numbers. Can a clergyman enjoy this kind of royal treatment? This Jinlong and Yelu Yuzhi and Chen Guozhuo's dragons have different roles. Will the tomb owner be the same person as they are?

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: At least we are now setting the Liao Dynasty nobles.

Tara denied Wang Dafang’s speculations about shamans. The identity of the owner of the tomb was temporarily set on the Khitan nobles. In the past Khitan people's tomb, as long as it is a bit of identity, will bring an iron mask. What kind of talent will be buried with golden hoop?

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: I have judged that it was early in the Liao Dynasty that it had not yet formed a custom of masks. It may not be discovered until the middle and late stages because no masks were found in the tomb of Yeluyu.

In the comparison with Yeluyu, Tara thought that the headband was the predecessor of the mask. In this way, the tomb owner's burial era was determined in the early days of the Khitan dynasty. So, can Tara find more evidence on the deceased's body to further decipher the identity of the owner of the tomb?

Text: Night of June 14th...

At this time, people found that after more than a thousand years of years and multiple times of soaking in rain, the silk clothes on the deceased were nearly rotted and the delamination became more and more difficult. Archeologists are cautious and race against time. Because the tomb owner's upper body still hides a large number of funerary objects. Finally, a huge necklace appeared. Gold and precious stones shine bright gold in the light. X-ray machines have shown that there are more than these on the tomb owner's body. Sure enough, the experts extracted the gold bracelet.

Subsequently, people found five gold rings one after another in the parts of the deceased's fingers. Rings are also inlaid with gems such as turquoise. All of the funerary objects were as precious and colorful as they were. They once again demonstrated the identity of the tomb owner. But what is strange is that those mysterious spots have never been revealed. Perhaps they are still hidden in deeper places. Faced with these jewellery, Tara is extremely excited and these will be physical evidence that can be used to determine the true identity of the tomb owner as soon as possible.

Headband development under X-ray machine

Wang Dafang’s experts have always paid close attention to this archeological study. With continuous and in-depth discovery, he put forward a bolder speculation about the identity of the deceased.

Text: Deputy Director, Department of Cultural Relics, Cultural Affairs Department, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Archaeological expert Wang Dafang: There is a princess in the history of Liao, which is the princess of the Apsara Machine in Liao Taizu. She married the Queen's younger brother. Through these days, she has been pondering this matter. I always feel that she is most similar to this young woman who passed away early in the Khitan period.

The history books do indeed record that the only one of the princesses was the Yelu Abel Machine of Liao Dynasty. Through the study of the headband, Tara once judged that the owner of the tomb was a person who lived in the early days of the Khitan dynasty. Would she be the princess of the first emperor of Khitan? If this speculation can be proved, it will be a major one in the archaeological history of Khitan. Find. The emperor's princess must have been a woman of high identities. Tara immediately found jewelry that had been unearthed in the tomb of Yeluyu. He had to make detailed comparisons with the jewellery of the owner of the Turki tomb to find her royal status. evidence.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: The jewellery of Yeluyu’s tomb is quite similar to her, but it is not as beautiful as her. She said that she had a ring that was larger than the feather tomb. Her bracelet is also very delicate, and the earrings are larger than the Tomb of the Feather. There are more precious stones than the Tomb of the Feather.

Tara believes that the identity of the owner of the tomb is likely to be even higher than that of Yelu Yu. In that year, Yelv Yuzhi had been an important member of the Abao Machine. In a dynasty with a strict hierarchy, apart from the emperor, who had the funerary objects more exquisite and luxurious than a prime minister?

Text: At 0:00 on June 15, 2003...

The stripping in the lab continues and people are surprised again. This is a beautiful silk embroidered dress, gold thread embroidery dragon still shining. The identity of this Khitan woman is truly noble. It seems that Wang Dafang's speculation is not groundless.

The secret of the body of the Khitan Phoenix woman's corpse (5)

Text: Two hours later...

In order to strip off the clothes smoothly, people consider taking out the bones of the deceased person first. Unexpectedly, the color of the bone is exactly the same as this face.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: We had two judgments at the time, one was that she was poisoned and died. And I was very poisonous at the time because her skeleton was so different.

Every bone drawn from the upper part of the deceased was dark in color. Did this woman really be poisoned? Tara knew that there was no record in the history books that the princess of Abao was poisoned and died. Well, if this woman is poisoned, she cannot be the princess of the Argyle Machine. Tara invited Mr. Shao Qinglong, an expert who studied the history of the Khitan. Because there are some indications that the characteristics of the owners of the Tolkien Mountain Tomb do not match the princess of the Abao.

There is a pocket-shaped valley in Hadainge Township, Balinzuoqi, Inner Mongolia. Locals call it the Zuling Mountain. Now that it has been discovered, Yelpass is buried in this mountain. A few hundred kilometers away from the mountain of Touling and Mt. Turki, if it is the princess of Arpad, why did she not be buried with her family members?

Text: Director of Hohhot Museum

Archeologist Shao Qinglong: Generally speaking, if the Liao Dynasty's royal daughter marries, she will marry Xiao Ke’s person. This is one of the Xiao family’s graveyards.

A Baoji’s daughter did marry the man of Xiao’s family. So where is the cemetery of Xiao’s family?

Text: Director of Hohhot Museum

Shao Qinglong archaeologist: In the tomb of the Liao Dynasty, there is probably such a law. From the end of the Xing'an Mountains to the northeast, the buried tomb is the Liao Dynasty royalty family. In addition, the mountain from the south of Chifeng to the mountain in Liaoning is a buried Liao Dynasty. Xiao's family. The middle of the two mountains is exactly the Liaohe Plain. It is in this position.

Turki Mountain is in the area, but no other tombs are currently found. Tara also found a doubt. In the history book, the princess of Abaoji was married. Then, according to the custom of the Khitan, she should not only be buried with her husband's family, but also be buried with her husband in a tomb. In the tomb of Princess Chen Guoguo, two gold masks and two silver silk clothing were unearthed. The princess and the hummer were buried in a burial chamber. If the owner of Tolki’s tomb is the princess of Abaoji, she should not be buried alone.

It seems that the current evidence is not sufficient to prove that the owner of the tomb is the princess of Abao. Like Tara, Director Shao is cautious about Wang Dafang’s speculations. Regarding the investigation of the identity of the tomb, Tara still wants to continue. With those mysterious spots falling, Tara also expects to be able to drop rocks as soon as possible. But Tara never imagined that an accident was waiting for him.

Text: In the early morning of June 15, 2003, the archeological detachment has been going on for nearly twenty hours...

In the lab, the stripping work is nearing completion. But those mysterious spots are still missing as they evaporate. Just as people prepared to take out a piece of clothing from the deceased, some flashing silver liquid flowed out of it.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: Following this neckline, after opening it, hold it open and take a flashlight. The inside is a layer of mercury.

The air in the laboratory suddenly solidified. Will the mercury be related to those mysterious spots?

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: I found mercury to take an X-ray film and suddenly realized that all the mercury was seen.

The origin of the mysterious spot has finally come to an answer, and why the deceased's upper body is so well preserved, why the color of the bones is so dark, there seems to be a reasonable explanation.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Archaeologist Tara: Because mercury is highly toxic! At first I thought she was poisoned from the bones.

With the advent of mercury, the death of the tomb owner added a layer of murder. Over the past three months, with the progress of archaeological discoveries, Tala’s mood has been a few ups and downs. The identity of the owner of the tomb is still unknown, and the cause of death is even more bizarre and embarrassing. Tara is ready to seek new ways to carry out the investigation.

The gold headband worn by the deceased's head has been vaguely visible.

The giant phoenix was placed on a trampoline and there were few precious artifacts in the discovered Khitan tombs.

Third set

In March 2003, a thousand-year old tomb was unearthed in the Turki Mountain in Inner Mongolia. It was found that a young Khitan woman was buried in the exquisite Fengluo in the tomb. Some people speculate that she may be the princess of the first emperor of the Khitan dynasty, Yelva. However, no epitaph was found in the ancient tomb. The identity of this woman is still difficult to determine. When archaeologists extracted burial articles from bodies, they accidentally discovered the highly toxic substance, mercury. The cause of the death of the tomb owner has therefore become confusing.

Text: In the early morning of June 15, 2003, the archeological expropriation was nearing the end and unexpectedly found mercury...

Suddenly the mercury, so that the presence of archaeologists, had to put aside their work. People are even more unpredicted, mercury is so much.

Text: Deputy Director of Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

考古专家塔拉：我们单独水银提取试管里边有这么深的，有那么两节，另外好多跟尸体里边的那些腐烂的一些物都在一起，我们把那些提取出来还有一烧杯。

因为收集到的水银份量太重，塔拉不得不将它们分装在三个试管中。水银是一种慢性挥发的物质，一千多年里肯定还挥发掉了许多。那么，这么多水银，当初是用来做什么的?

早在提取死者骨头的时候，塔拉就预感到墓主人的死亡不正常。如今，发现了剧毒物质水银，塔拉当初的推断便被进一步印证。

如果能够证明墓主人是被水银毒死的，塔拉就可以放弃阿保机公主的假说，去寻找新的线索来调查墓主人的身份。因为椐史书记载阿保机的公主不是被毒死的。那么，水银究竟是不是杀人真凶。这时，有人给塔拉提供了这样一种可能。

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考古专家塔拉：他说我们现在的当地的风俗习惯，人老了以后，在他老以前，要到处在找这个水银，不好找，到处在要，准备好，人一死就要从嘴里灌进去，他说，我们这个风俗习惯一直留到现在。

水银是可以用来防腐的，中国历史上有过这样的记载。在契丹人的墓葬中，塔拉就曾发现过水银。

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考古专家塔拉：我们以前在发掘的乌兰茶木盟的契丹女尸，也是这样的水银中毒。但那个尸体保存特别好。但是在她的腹腔内没有发现水银，只是在她身下的土壤里面化验，发现有大量的水银。

看来，契丹人有可能用水银来防止尸体腐烂。但是，吐尔基山古墓中发现的水银，是在死者体内，它们也是用来防腐的吗?

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考古专家塔拉：取这个胸腔的骨架的时候，取到胸椎的中部这个位置的时候，拿出一块，当时上面很亮，就递到我手里了，我当时没看清楚，晚上嘛，打的灯，手一抖，它自动掉下来了，当时傍边，就有好多先生在傍边，有人知道这个东西，就说是水银。

因为水银是在死者体内发现的，还有，墓葬中到处是仓促下葬的迹象，塔拉认为目前还不能轻易排除墓主人被毒死的可能性。

文字：2003年9月，距发现水银三个月以后……

为了了解人吞服水银会有怎样的生理变化，塔拉做了一个动物实验，一只小白鼠被选为了实验对象。白鼠的体重接近400克，实验人员按每100克体重一毫升水银的比例，将四毫升的水银灌进了白鼠的胃里。没有多长时间，白鼠死亡了。

沉重的水银几乎把白鼠的胃坠破。如果是人吞服了大量的水银，胃被坠破后势必导致死亡，水银则流向人的腹腔。

当初人们正是在死者的胸部和腹腔，发现了这些神秘的斑点。动物实验证明，大量的水银完全可以致人死命，并且会存留在人的胸腔和腹腔中。塔拉面对的是一种致命的金属。

水银还有更危险的一面，它的蒸汽，毒性更加剧烈，可以迅速置人死命。好在常温下的水银，蒸发量很小，考古专家们才没有中毒。实验的结果，使得墓主人的死亡充满了杀机。其实吐尔基山的墓主人，如果真是被水银毒害致死，倒也不足为奇。

因为这样一个身份高贵的女人，即便她不是阿保机的公主，也会是宫廷里的皇族显贵。在她生活的那个年代和那种环境里，阴谋和杀戮无所不在。

史书记载，萧太后的姐姐，因为得罪了契丹当朝太后萧燕燕，便被一杯毒酒断送了性命。

当年，吐尔基山的墓主人究竟有着什么不能饶恕的罪孽，杀她的人有哪些不可告人的阴谋，时光远逝，其中的原由恐怕已无从查找。

为寻找墓主人被水银毒害致死的确凿证据，塔拉再次回忆起挖掘以来看到的各种异常迹象。

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考古专家塔拉：这个墓葬做得特别仓促，修造得很仓促的，一是墓道不规整，再一个是墓室修得特别小，完全和辽代墓葬修建是两回事情。

一个身份不寻常的契丹女人，生前拥有一般人没有的财富和特权。死后却蜗居在如此寒仓陋室中，这其中应该有着什么特殊的原由。

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考古专家塔拉：修完墓，马上就把人埋进去了，因为从哪方面看哪，我是从壁画发现出来的。

塔拉所说的，就是这些壁画。它们面朝上坍塌在墓穴里。这么仓促的埋葬一个皇族显贵，会不会是在遮掩什么不可告人的阴谋。X光机下曾显示，这是一个年轻的契丹女人。死亡对于她来说，是不是到来的太早了。

如今，水银的出现将塔拉所有的疑惑，勾连在一起。被害死亡和仓促下葬之间有了关联。没有墓志铭也变得顺理成章，一个皇室女人被害身亡，当然密不可宣。但这些仅仅是墓主人非正常死亡的迹象，塔拉需要的是确凿证据。

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考古专家塔拉：她到底是生前服的水银，还是死后灌的水银，现在我们也不好太下定论，准备下一步送到有关部门，做一次鉴定。

文字：北京，2003年11月27日，中国疾病预防控制中心职业卫生与中毒控制所。

吐尔基山墓主人身上不同部位的样本，被送进实验室。实验人员将根据塔拉的要求，分别测定死者的指骨，椎骨，肋骨，和一段头发中水银的含量。

塔拉想通过实验检测，了解水银到底是致人死命的，还是用来防腐的。这样，他就可以决定，是继续沿着阿保机公主的假设推进墓主人身份的求证，还是另辟蹊径。水银含量的检测实验，能否得出准确的答案?

当样本溶液被注入检测仪器后，数据随之而出。三份骨头样本中水银的含量大大超出了正常范围。墓主人头发中水银的含量最高，竟然是骨头样本的三倍。

专家认为，这样高含量的水银足以之人死命。但针对吐尔基山的墓主人却不能草率认定水银就是杀人真凶。

因为有一种情况不能不考虑，死者和水银是长期处在一个密闭的环境里，一千多年来，水银会不断蒸发。死者骨头和头发中的水银，很可能是在这期间一点点渗透进去的。

而且，从头发的水银含量高出骨头样本的三倍这个事实来看，正是因为头发的表面积大，吸收的水银才会更多。

另外，专家还从中毒学的角度分析，当人被灌进大量的水银后，很快就会死亡。血液还来不及将水银带到头发中，如果立刻检测，在死者的头发里，是很难化验出水银的。

中毒实验无法确认水银是死者生前吞服的，还是死后被灌进去的。那么水银防腐的可能性是不是依然存在?

在内蒙古自治区的巴林左旗，距离祖陵山不远的地方，有这样一座契丹人留下的石头房子。传说，当年契丹王朝的第一位皇帝耶律阿保机死后，他的尸体曾在这里停放了整整五年。因为契丹人是在人死后才开始为他建造墓穴的。

在王朝早期，契丹人还没有形成用面具和网衣来保护尸体的习俗，那时也许真的会用水银来防止尸体腐烂。由于目前不能打开阿保机的陵墓，得到更多关于水银的说法，一切只能是推测。

到目前为止，没有强有力的证据，能够排除水银是防腐的可能性。那么墓主人的死亡就有可能是正常的。所以，塔拉认为，吐尔基山墓主人是阿保机公主的可能性也不能排除。

根据辽史的记载，阿保机的公主是因病死亡。为此，塔拉立刻和人类学专家取得了联系，他要对死者的骨骼进行体质人类学鉴定。如果能够找到死者生前患病的证据，墓主人的身份和阿保机公主就有了相当接近的地方。

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墓主人的重要骨骼和头骨被装进保温箱。塔拉亲自驾车，来到位于长春市的吉林大学。

文字：2003年12月20日，吉林大学边疆考古研究中心……

朱弘教授是吉林大学边疆考古研究中心的主任，土尔基山墓主人的骨骸被交到他的手中。

朱弘教授的调查从死者的椎骨开始了。

在显微镜下，一些当初没有发现的细节被放大了出来。这是些小小的骨质突起，朱弘教授把这个发现，告诉了留下来等待结果的内蒙古考古人员小张。

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考古专家朱弘：就是因为，她的这个椎骨椎体的上下两个圆，这个边缘已经完全形成，很锐利。并且出现了骨刺。

这个鉴定，证明墓主人生前患有严重的腰椎疾病。这恰恰和阿保机公主因病而亡的记载吻合。

然而当初，人们通过X光机，认为死者的年龄不到20岁。这样的年龄不太可能患有严重的腰椎疾病。

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考古专家朱弘：那么从她的两侧的耻骨联合面的形态变化来看，它的边缘已经完全形成，而且中央已经开始往下凹陷。那么这样的特征可以明确地说明，她的年龄应该是从30岁到35岁之间。

虽然朱弘教授的判断，令考古人员意外，但墓主人35岁左右的年龄似乎更接近因病而亡的阿保机公主。

在古老的年代，一个年近40岁身患疾病的女人，她的死亡也就不那么离奇了。

通过朱教授的努力，塔拉对土尔基山墓主人有了更清晰地了解。她很有可能是因病死亡，塔拉感觉，离最终的结果似乎越来越近了。

这时，塔拉又掌握了一些阿保机公主身世的细节。

考古专家王大方：这个记载就是说她无子而终。

塔拉找来墓中出土的一对纯金杯子。在显微镜下这只金杯上的图案紧紧地吸引了塔拉。这是一组求子图，表达了墓主人对生育的期盼。

也许吐尔基山的墓主人和阿保机公主一样，都是无子而终。所以才钟爱这样的图案。

此外，塔拉还注意到，辽史中有这样一段记载。耶律阿保机的皇后是西域人。

考古专家王大方：太祖的皇后叫述律后，述律后本身就是一个西域人。她在嫁到契丹本部之后，她带来了大量的西域文化。

一个有着西域血统的公主，她的随葬品中应该显示出特殊的风情。

在土尔基山出土的随葬品中有这样一只玻璃杯，它曾让塔拉过目难忘。

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考古专家塔拉：这件玻璃器不是我们的，也不是契丹人的，也不是中原的。

它是从西域过来的。

在陈国公主的墓中也曾发现玻璃制品，但品质无法和那只杯子相比。假如墓主人是阿保机的公主，因为母亲是西域人，她似乎有理由拥有这样品质上乘的玻璃杯。

但这时的塔拉异常清醒，尽管许多迹象都在接近墓主人是阿保机公主的假设，可这毕竟是一个没有墓志铭的人，墓主人身份的确定要慎之再慎。

塔拉想到了提取墓主人的DNA数据，在吉林大学的DNA考古实验室中，测试正在进行。

如今，人们已经探明，耶律阿保机和皇后陵寝的准确位置。采集到死者的DNA数据，将来就有可能和阿保机的DNA做比对。那时就可以知道她到底是不是阿保机的公主了。

与此同时，塔拉已经在筹备用新的方法展开调查。

这是从死者身上提取到的黄金手镯。

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考古专家塔拉：在它周边地区继续进行工作，用一些科技的手段进行探测。

因为辽代的墓葬都是以家族墓地为主的。

塔拉准备在发现古墓的通辽吐尔基山一带，做一次航空遥感测试。如果能够发现墓葬群，也许从中会找到有墓志铭的古墓。那时，就能知道这里当年是契丹哪个家族的墓地。然后根据死者的DNA，来确定这个女人是否属于这个家族。

文字：2003年12月23日，吉林大学DNA考古实验室……

不久，吉林大学那里传来了坏的消息。两次DNA提取，实验人员没有得到理想的数据。分析其中的原因主要有两个，一个是年代太久远，DNA序列残破的很厉害，提取不到有效数据。再一个是骨头中金属含量过高，严重干扰了数据的显示。

从发现古墓到此时，已经过去了九个多月。尽管有各方面专家介入土尔基山古墓的考古研究。考古人员也借助了多种实验手段，但墓主人的身份和死因依然扑朔迷离。这究竟是怎样一个契丹女人?人们都希望能更真切地了解她。

塔拉请求朱弘教授，复员这个墓主人的相貌。

朱教授的助手林雪川，开始了人像复员的准备工作。

方良是位体质人类学博士，他负责从头骨上采集数据。这些数据一方面将为人像复员提供参数。另一方面可以协助朱弘教授推算死者的身高。最终死者的身高确定为159，2公分。

人像复员工作还在进行，墓主人的眼睛已经有了雏形。契丹人属于蒙古力亚人种，根据种族特征，她的眼睛应该是什么样的。小林一边依靠着数据库提供各种参数，一边参考着许多已经发现的契丹壁画。人像的五官正在生成。

不久，吐尔基山墓主人相貌的雏形产生了。

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考古专家朱弘：从皮肤的质感上来说，它的沧桑感过于强烈了一些，因为从她的特殊身份来看，因为她是辽代的契丹的贵族妇女，所以她的皮肤应该更细腻一些，更丰满一些。

朱弘教授这个看法是有事实根据的，小林再次根据死者的身份特征，修改了她的容颜。吐尔基山中埋藏的契丹女人，现出了本来面目。

几个月来的考古发掘和调查，她的存在早已无庸质疑。这个从一千多年前走来的契丹女人，始终用沉默面对着塔拉和考古专家们的询问，人们苦苦探求着她深藏不露的所有秘密。

当这个契丹女人的容颜，真切地呈现时。她的身份却依然云遮雾盖，她的死因也没能最终澄清，人们的心中不免有些遗憾。

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但这就是考古研究的无奈，也是考古人员不得不面对的一份尴尬。

塔拉决定等待，等待不久将至的遥感测试，和再次的DNA提取。那时，凤棺中这个契丹女人的所有秘密将会水落石出。

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