There were so many sons of heaven in the Zhou Dynasty, why didn t the tomb of Zhou Tianzi be excavat

It has been found that, from the perspective of regulation, it is very suspected that there is a Western Zhou royal family and several Eastern Zhou royal families, all of which have been stolen and excavated, and it cannot be confirmed, and the possibility of the princes and kings trespassing cannot be ruled out. However, there are physical objects scattered from the tomb of Zhou Tianzi in the cultural relics, and from the perspective of the circulation area, there must be a royal family in those suspected tombs, but it cannot be confirmed, and the academic expression is not found.

Although foreigners are reluctant to acknowledge the existence of the Xia Dynasty in China for various reasons, there are also those who have always questioned the existence of the Shang Dynasty, which does not prevent us from having a long history. Compared with Westerners, who regard Homer's epic poems as historical documents and boast of the long history of ancient Greece, but few artifacts have been unearthed, we have enough spirit. The Xia Dynasty discovered the ruins of the capital, the Shang Dynasty discovered countless oracle bone inscriptions, and the Zhou Dynasty unearthed a large number of bronzes.

These bronzes were mainly unearthed in the tombs of nobles during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, what is puzzling is why there is little news about the tombs of Shang and Zhou kings?

By 2019, with the exception of Yinxu in Henan, almost no king-level tombs from the Shang and Zhou dynasties had been discovered or confirmed. More than 10 years ago, our archaeologists excavated a large site in Qishan, Shaanxi Province. They suspected that it belonged to Emperor Zhou, but later found out that it was actually the Jidan Temple of the Duke of Zhou.

Around 2008, a carriage called "Emperor Liucha" was found near Shen Heyuan. Everyone was excited again, hoping that it was the mausoleum of Emperor Zhou. However, there is no conclusive archaeological evidence yet.

Finally,Archaeologists have concluded that so far, not a single tomb of an emperor of the Zhou Dynasty has been found.

So, what is the reason why the imperial tombs of the Shang and Zhou dynasties are so difficult to find? It has a long history and lacks historical materials. It has been two or three thousand years since the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Although the Chinese people have a tradition of historical officials recording state affairs, after many wars and dynastic changes, the historical materials that record the information of the imperial tombs have long been lost. Therefore, descendants do not know that the princes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties were buried in **.

The concept of funeral at that time was different from that of later generations. It is emphasized that there were no sea burials and no traces were left. Later mausoleums were like high mounds of earth, and then the buildings on the ground had to be equipped with everything

To put it mildly, tomb robbers appeared earlier than human tombs, so why do you think that tombs thousands of years ago will be intact waiting for you to excavate. And the more war-torn the tomb robbery activities became, after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, I don't think any tomb of Zhou Tianzi could be spared, let alone thousands of years to come.

There are a lot of tombs in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the scale is luxurious and there are inscriptions, and the tomb of Zhou Tianzi must be even worse, but no one has been found so far, isn't it strange? There is only one reason: the tomb of the Son of Heaven in the Western Zhou Dynasty has a concentrated cemetery, and after the Hojing was captured by the dog Rong, the cemetery of the Son of Heaven was stolen and destroyed in a centralized manner, and the loss was complete.

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