Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 992 Erlitou Troy
On the night after receiving the Turkish officials, Liang En and Joan of Arc received an invitation from Professor Liu to go to the Huaxia Archaeological Team's residence to attend their celebration ceremony.

They naturally had reason to celebrate. Although they were not the discoverers of Troy, they, like Liang En, could be called the discoverers of the most important treasures.It will leave its name in the history of archaeology.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Liang, you have helped us a lot." As soon as he entered the prefabricated room where the Huaxia Archaeological Team was located, Professor Liu greeted him with a smile on his face.

"It's nothing, I just helped you casually, the achievement is inseparable from your own efforts." Liang En smiled gently. "By the way, I just smelled a scent. Is today's banquet Chinese food?"

"Yes, this is a Sichuan cuisine chef we invited from Istanbul. Although there are few Chinese restaurants in this place, it is not easy to find authentic Chinese cuisine chefs." Professor Liu took Liang En to hold a banquet Tucao while walking in the backyard.

"When we got off the plane, we saw that there were many Chinese restaurants on the road, but after asking, we found that they were either opened by Vietnamese or Koreans. It was hard to find this authentic Chinese chef."

"It's like this here. The Chinese restaurant is opened by a group of Southeast Asians. The Japanese restaurant is full of Chinese chefs, while the Japanese chefs are often in American or French restaurants. It's strange." Liang En shrugged.

From a certain point of view, countries in the Confucian cultural circle in the western world have achieved internationalization in advance, which is why such a magical staffing plan appears.

Of course, the more high-end restaurants of this type have to be said separately, at least in terms of chef configuration, they can basically achieve the original taste.For example, the Bo Bo Chicken and Husband and wife lung slices that have been placed on the table can be seen to be delicious in color and fragrance.

The celebration banquet began shortly after everyone was seated. Because Chinese people are more used to discussing things at banquets, Liang En continued to communicate with Professor Liu about the excavation work after he sat down.

"This time, thanks to you, we have gained a part of the right to speak in Troy archaeology, so we can just right the name of our Erlitou internationally."

Ten minutes after the banquet started, Professor Liu told Liang En about the reasons for their celebration this time. They celebrated not only the excavation of Troy, but also that the Erlitou site in China could be obtained through the discovery of Troy. recognized.

"Did you succeed? Great!" Liang En naturally knew about this, because he also signed his name on the application form as a witness.

But he didn't expect that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee would move so quickly, because according to common sense, this kind of international organization would do everything slowly unless it encountered some special events.

"It's not 100% sure yet, but at least from the information we've got so far, it shouldn't be a big problem." Professor Liu nodded.

"Thanks to the discovery of Troy and our contributions and first-hand information obtained during the excavation of Troy, they have been completely convinced by me."

The Erlitou ruins can be regarded as a pain point in Chinese archaeology.In the 50s, the Erlitou site was discovered by archaeologists. At that time, it was initially believed to be the Xia capital, which proved the existence of the Xia Dynasty.

This site is located in Yanshi District in the east of the Luoyang Basin. The most abundant cultural relics on the site belong to the Erlitou Culture, which is about 3800-3500 years ago, which is equivalent to the Xia and Shang dynasties in ancient documents.

The site is adjacent to the Guluo River in the south, Mang Mountain in the north, and the Yellow River in the back. It covers three natural villages: Erlitou, Gewangtou and Sijiaolou, covering an area of ​​no less than 3 square kilometers.

During the excavation process of the entire site, it was confirmed that it was a well-planned, large and orderly, unprecedented dynasty capital. It can be said that the ancient Chinese capital and political system all originated from this.

Since excavations began in 1959, a large number of clues have been found here, and through these clues they quickly obtained a large number of very important clues.

For example, they can determine that the remains can be divided into four periods.Palaces, residential areas, pottery workshops, copper casting workshops, cellars, tombs and other relics were found among the remains.

In addition, a large number of relics such as stone tools, pottery, jade, bronze, bone and horn ware, and clam ware were unearthed. Among them, the Bronze Jue is the earliest known bronze vessel in China.
Because of these discoveries, the Erlitou site has important reference value for the study of major issues such as the origin of Chinese civilization, the rise of the country, the origin of the city, the construction of the royal capital, and the customization of the royal palace. It is considered to be one of the most important relics in ancient China.

However, since the day the ruins were excavated, the Erlitou ruins have been widely questioned by Western scholars.

Even if everyone can confirm that the Erlitou site is about 3800-3500 years ago, the time matches the Xia Dynasty; it is located in the Heluo area, and the geographical space is consistent with the Xia Dynasty activity area described in official history such as "Historical Records";
The area of ​​the ruins is not less than 3 square kilometers, and there are palaces, residential areas, pottery workshops, copper casting workshops, cellars, tombs and other relics. It is a carefully planned, large and orderly, unprecedented dynasty capital;

There are countless cultural relics unearthed, but the style of cultural relics is very different from that of the Shang Dynasty, which shows that it is different from other regimes of the Shang Dynasty, and the scale is absolutely impossible to be that of other tribes.
Unfortunately.Even though all kinds of evidence point to the Xia Dynasty and the Xia capital, since there is no written evidence unearthed at the Erlitou site, the international archaeological community further recognizes that this is the capital of the Xia Dynasty under the doubts of all parties.

Therefore, according to the current international archaeologists, it can only be said that Erlitou is the "earliest Huaxia" - the earliest wide-area royal state in East Asia, but it cannot be conclusively confirmed that this is the Xia capital, let alone the existence of the Xia Dynasty. .

But now the situation has changed. One is that China's national strength is far from what China in the 50s could compare with, so it has more say in the world.

The other part is that this Troy excavation gave everyone a very good excuse, because everyone did not find any text in this ruin after digging for so long.

This also gave Huaxia an opportunity, especially now that Huaxia's archaeological team has a very deep understanding of Troy, so they quickly put forward their own opinions.

That's why in the same situation Troy is considered as Troy by everyone, but Erlitou in China is not considered as the capital of Xia Dynasty.

Even purely from the perspective of records and evidence, the evidence of Erlitou as the Xia capital is obviously more detailed, and at the same time, the part that belongs to speculation is much less.

Because of Troy's important position in the West, he had to choose to make concessions in the face of China's doubts in order to gain China's support for Troy.

"This thing is still a secret, but it's okay to tell you." That Professor Liu said in a low voice. "According to the results of our discussions, Erlitou will be included in the World Heritage List together with Troy as the capital of the Xia Dynasty."

"Congratulations, congratulations." After listening to Professor Liu tell the story inside, Liang En congratulated from the bottom of his heart.Because he knows that Erlitou has always been a regret in the history of Chinese archaeology in the two worlds, and it is great to be able to make up for it now.

(End of this chapter)