Catfish 'leads' to a 2.000-year-old ancient tomb, the more you go inside, the more surprising it is

The incident happened in 2013, while dredging a canal in Dai Cu village in An Dinh town, Beijing, China, villagers here encountered an unexpected situation.

It all started because the village's canal dried up due to alluvium blocking. The village head mobilized the people to come to the sea. People even brought excavators to make the clearing faster. Suddenly, while dredging in the middle of the canal, the excavator hit something. Due to the strong impact, the canal appeared a large hole with a diameter of up to 2m. Many curious people looked down to see only a few brick walls below.

Someone suddenly shouted: "Something seems to be moving underneath." Machines were immediately stopped working. As it turned out, below the hole floated dozens of live catfish. People feel very surprised, do not understand how long they have lived in the ancient tomb.

Someone curious to catch the catfish should climb down to have a look. Unexpectedly, not only did they catch fish, they also found a few ceramic statues. They immediately stopped and the village chief immediately reported to the local police.

A team of archaeologists from the Beijing Cultural Relics Research Institute was dispatched to the site. They dispatched a few pumps to operate at full capacity for nearly a day and a night to drain all the water in the grave.

In the ancient tomb, experts found a total of 15 ceramic statues, 5 ceramic vases, 20 ceramic bowls and 1 bronze mirror… However, they could not find any epitaphs or documents to help verify the identity of the deceased. grave owner. From the tomb's design and the age of the antiques, experts have determined that this tomb belongs to the Han Dynasty. The tomb is 2.000 years old.

After careful examination, archaeologists found that this ancient tomb was quite large in scale, equivalent to the tomb of the royal family of the Han Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, while cleaning, the villagers told the archaeological team that, not far from the ancient tomb, there was a field, no matter how heavy rain or how strong the water in the canal was, there was never standing water. . Everyone was curious as to where the water in the field had gone.

Archaeologists quickly organized another excavation within a 50m radius of the rice fields.

The results were surprising, a large number of ancient tombs were found underground around this area. Due to the large number of ancient tombs, excavation work is still being carried out.

After that, the village elders brought many ancient documents. Experts found information that Dai Cu village was formerly in the territory of Yen, which was held by the princes. Therefore, the ancient tombs found were those of the royal family who liked the Han Dynasty at that time.

National Status(Source: Kknews)