Shocking! The third excavation of Terracotta Warriors Pit 1 released the latest results

Recently, the third excavation of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit No. 1 was carried out

Announcement of a number of archaeological findings

So far, this excavation

A total of more than 220 pottery figurines and 16 pottery horses were found.

4 chariots, 2 drums, 1 drumstick

1 lacquered shield, 3 cages

Discovered chariots, weapons, production tools, etc.

A total of more than a thousand sets

△The third excavation site of Pit No. 1

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More pictures to learn about the results of this excavation

Long weapons

Dozens of long weapons have been found

There are two types: beryllium and halberd.

△ Beryllium

According to the introduction

Beryllium is a short sword mounted on a long handle.

Similar to modern bayonets

△Long weapon combination

The discovery

It also corrected the mistake of treating beryllium as a dagger.

△Halberd

The halberd is a combination of a spear in front and a halberd in the back.

This photo was taken by an archaeologist.

Records the posture of the terracotta warriors holding long weapons

Buried for more than 2,200 years

The wooden handle of the weapon has long since rotted away

But the terracotta warriors' tightly clenched hands have not changed.

Still full of power

Short weapons

This photo↓↓↓

Records the original posture of the Qin Terracotta Warriors wearing bronze swords

The story about Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin in "Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of Assassins"

There is a record that "the king carried a sword and then drew it to strike Jing Ke."

Discovery of the Sword-carrying Figurines

Also to solve the "Wang Fu Jian"

How to memorize this puzzle?

Provided clues

The Qin Dynasty's "Long-range Weapons"

This archaeological excavation

The true appearance of the Qin Dynasty's "long-range weapons"

It also becomes clear↓↓↓

△The first shield in the pit

△Three bundles of bronze arrows neatly stacked

△A carbonized crossbow fell among the terracotta warrior fragments

On-site restoration display area of ​​Pit No. 1

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A new interpretation of how the Qin army deployed its troops

Previous archaeological studies have shown

Pit No. 1 of the Qin Terracotta Warriors is divided into 11 passages.

This excavation focused on the middle and rear part of the pit.

Including 4 holes 8-11

3 partition walls between 8 and 10

and the northern wall of the pit

Overall

The excavation scope of tunnels 8-11 was extended

A total of more than 220 pottery figurines were cleared

16 pottery horses, 4 chariots, etc.

According to experts

Through this archaeological excavation

Further findings

The military formation in Pit 1 of the Qin Terracotta Warriors

Partial arrangement rules

△ Excavation site of Pit No. 1

Shen Maosheng, the leader of the excavation team of Qin Terracotta Warriors Pit No. 1, introduced

The front area is full of battle robe figurines

It is the vanguard force

On both sides of the vanguard are the Jie Ri figurines

The figurine in the middle has a bun on his head.

Behind the figurines with round buns, all the figurines with flat buns were found

Different hairstyles have different locations

Maybe during combat

The tasks undertaken are also different

Calculated based on density

Terracotta figurines and horses from Pit 1

There are more than 6,000 pieces

Form a large phalanx of chariots and infantry

Combined with Pit No. 2 and Pit No. 3

Infantry, cavalry, chariots

And the command organs echo each other

Existing studies generally believe that

These Terracotta Warriors were the garrison troops of Qin Shi Huang

According to the Qin and Han dynasties

The concept of "treating death as life"

Perhaps these well-organized terracotta warriors

Can reflect the Qin Dynasty

Historical scenes of deploying troops and sweeping across the six kingdoms

Looking to the future

More than 2,200 years of underground corps

Its inestimable archaeological significance

Waiting for archaeologists to gradually uncover

Source: CCTV News Client