This Xinxuewei No. 1 tomb has four side chambers, numbered North 1, North 2, South 1, and South 2.

It can be seen from the numbering that these four side chambers are located on the north and south sides of the main chamber and are symmetrically distributed.

The shape of the side chambers is generally the same, with a wood and stone structure, a rectangular plane running east-west, and the sizes are similar.

The length of the four side rooms is a little over three meters, no more than 3.5 meters, the width is 2.4 to 2.5 meters, and the depth is uniformly 2.9 meters deep.

At least, the height of the tomb chamber in this tomb is pretty good, nearly three meters.

This is much better than the tomb of the Nanyue King that Chen Han and others participated in the excavation. At least there is no need to worry about hitting your head on the roof of the tomb if you jump a little.

But now the shed wood on the two north side rooms has been removed.

There are 11 shed logs in each side room, with thick and thin ends staggered and laid flat side by side. The gaps between the shed logs are filled with stones. This is the roof of the side room.

The four side walls are made of stacked stones, with flat walls, and square timbers sandwiched between the stone walls. There are three layers in total, and each layer is on the same plane. They are made in the same way as the four walls of the main tomb chamber.

This is also a major feature of Tuyuhun tombs.

That is to say, when Tuyuhun built tombs, they would use a large amount of wood instead of just stone.

Maybe wood has some important meaning in Tuyuhun culture.

At least Tubo did not have this culture.

Considering that the birthplace of Tubo is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and wood is a scarce resource on the plateau, it is obviously not a luxury to use to build tombs for the dead.

The side chambers are connected to the main tomb chamber by a passageway, which opens close to the partition wall of the adjacent side chambers and faces each other from north to south.

The length of the aisle is a little over 1.6 meters, the width is only one meter, and the height is also very short, only 1.5 to 1.6 meters, which is completely inconsistent with the height of the side room.

For modern people, if you want to pass through such a short aisle, you have to lower your head and bend down to barely pass.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, this height should not be considered high.

When he lowered his head and walked through the aisle to the North 1st room, Kong Jianwen said doubtfully: "Is it possible that the average height of the Tuyuhun people is only 1.5 to 1.6 meters?"

"It's very possible." Professor Ke agreed: "The heights of grassland nomads are generally not very tall."

"The average height of modern Mongolian adult males is 168cm. This is still a situation of better nutrition in modern times."

"According to the records of Song Dynasty Zhao Gong in "Mengta Beilu": Most Tatars are not very long, the longest is only five feet and two three feet, and they are not fat."

"In other words, the Mongolians in the Song Dynasty were not very tall. The tallest one was only 5 feet 23, and there were no obese people."

"In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, one foot was 31.68cm today, and five feet two three was 165 centimeters. This was still the tallest person."

"This shows that the average height of the Mongolians in the Song Dynasty was estimated to be between 155-160 cm."

"This can also be supported by the Mongolian horse, the Mongolian horse."

"Horses are weapons of war in ancient times. The Mongols relied on Mongolian horses to conquer the Eurasian continent. However, the biggest feature of Mongolian horses is their short stature, with an average shoulder height of 120cm to 135cm and a weight of 270kg to 370kg."

"So judging from the war horses, the Mongols cannot be tall, otherwise the war horses would be exhausted first."

"The Xianbei are an ancient nomadic nation that emerged on the Mongolian Plateau after the Xiongnu. Their ancestors were the Donghu people who were defeated by the Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu."

"Considering that Xianbei prospered earlier than Mongolia, and its living conditions are not as good as Mongolia."

"It is estimated that the average height of Xianbei adults is between 150-160."

"It's about the same height as this passage."

"In this way, this passage will not affect the craftsmen who built the tomb and the subsequent passage of slaves carrying funerary objects."

The average height of ancient people was really not high.

Regardless of the height of the ancient Japanese, they have been widely ridiculed by the Chinese.

But in fact, humans all over the world were not very tall in ancient times, and it was not just the Japanese who were short.

In East Asia, among the nomadic tribes in the north, adult males are only a little over 1.5 meters tall, and those above 1.6 meters are already at the level of tribal warriors.

In the West, before the industrial revolution, the average height of Chinese and Europeans was about the same, ranging from 162 to 165.

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However, after the Industrial Revolution in Europe, living standards improved significantly.

So in fact, at least before the 18th century, the Chinese people were already the tallest in the world.

Even compared with the Romans of the same period, his height, figure, and strength were about the same.

It is only in modern times that Europeans' unique dietary structure and some genetic advantages have led to a gap in height and body shape between Europeans and Asians.

As archaeologists who often wander around underground tombs.

They are most sensitive to the height of ancient people.

Not just because ancient human skeletons unearthed from tombs can measure birth height.

I thought that the earlier the ancient tombs were, the lower the building height would be.

Especially the aisle.

Due to various factors such as the amount of work and load-bearing, the aisles of ancient tombs were basically built slightly higher than the height, or simply about the same height.

It just can accommodate the normal entry and exit of craftsmen during construction.

Therefore, when walking back and forth in the aisles of these ancient tombs, archaeologists can best feel the difference in height between ancient people and modern people.

Generally, the height of the corridor is between 1.7 and 1.8 meters, which is already a very high corridor. The ceiling of the side room is sometimes only one meter high, or at most two meters.

Therefore, everyone was so surprised when they discovered that the height of the tomb of the Tuyuhun royal tomb was actually 2.9 meters.

I just didn't expect that the aisle was still so short, less than 1.6 meters.

Tall men like Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng almost had to hold their chests and lower their heads before they could barely pass through the corridor and enter the side room.

While passing through the corridor, they also found traces of door frames and thresholds on both sides and bottom of the corridor.

Unfortunately, due to severe damage, the shape is no longer clear.

This also cast a cloud over the situation in the side room.

The aisles have been damaged. Is the condition of the side room still good?

Sure enough, when Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng entered the room on the north side, the first thing they saw was a wooden bed.

The plan of this wooden bed is rectangular, located inside the four pillars of the tomb chamber. It is 3 meters long from east to west and 2.0 meters wide from north to south. It is about half a meter above the ground of the tomb chamber.

However, the original wooden planks on the wooden bed were severely damaged due to theft, and only a portion of the southwest corner remained.

The coffin that was supposed to be placed on the wooden bed was nowhere to be seen.

"Sure enough, it was stolen." Chen Han sighed.
Chapter completed!