Mysterious headless remains - Discovery
Apr 23, 2020 03:26 · 322 words · 2 minute read
Thank you for watching this video. Please like and share the video to support my work. Headless human remains in an ancient tomb more than 3000 years. The remains from the Shang Dynasty are still intact and buried in a special posture, revealing ancient ritual sacrifices. Archaeologists unearth the remains under a sacrificial burial site in the Chaizhuang archaeological site in Jiyuan, Henan Province, Xinhua on April 16. This burial pit existed from the Shang Dynasty (1600 to 1046 BC).
00:32 - Especially as the body was beheaded, buried in a kneeling position to the north and crossed his arms forward. The remains are still intact with a Kan-like position in the armor, “said Liang Fawei, head of the Chaizhuang excavation project team. The new discovery helps scientists understand more about ancient rituals. Armor is a type of Chinese language written on turtle shells and animal bones. This is the original form of Chinese characters and is the oldest complete set of scripts in this country.
01:06 - According to a study on excavated remains at An Khu, sacrificial culture was very popular during the Shang Dynasty. Hieroglyphs such as She, Shi, Tan, Kan are used to describe the sacrificial activity of various rituals. In it, Kan describes how to sacrifice people or cattle and poultry, under the burial pit. Sacrifice of the sacrificed human is discovered mainly now in the lying position. However, based on the information in the text, experts thought that being able to sacrifice according to Kan was the more common way at that time.
01:42 - Scientists at the Henan Institute of Archeology and Cultural Relics and Te Nguyen Cultural Monuments Research Group have excavated 6,000 square meters in the Chaizhuang archaeological site since 2019. They found ruins of houses and roads. ash holes, wells, and many stone, bone, ceramic and jade artifacts. Thank you for watching. Please like, share and subscribe to watch new videos.Goodbye! .