How was the tomb of Marquis Haihun discovered?

There is a saying in the archaeological community that "the Han tombs have ten rooms and nine empty rooms", but Haihunhou is an exception. A large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed, making it the most complete and well-preserved discovery site in my country. It is the largest and richest tomb of the Han Dynasty marquises. So how was the tomb of Marquis Haihun discovered?

Let’s first talk about the owner of Haihunhou’s tomb. Haihunhou’s tomb is the tomb of Liu He, the deposed emperor of Han Dynasty. This Liu He is the grandson of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. His father was Liu Kun, the first king of Changyi in the Western Han Dynasty. After Liu Kun's death, 4-year-old Liu He became the second generation king of Changyi in the Western Han Dynasty. Later, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty Liu Fuling passed away. Since Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty had no sons, Liu He was lucky enough to be appointed as emperor. This was really pie in the sky!

But the good times did not last long. Liu He only held the throne for 27 days before he was deposed by General Huo Guang and others. The reason was that Liu He was too ridiculous and did more than 1,000 ridiculous things in 27 days. Endanger the country and society. However, according to expert research, these are all excuses. The real reason is probably that Liu He wanted to seize power, but Huo Guang and others took advantage of him and took it down. After Liu He was deposed, he was first demoted to Shanyang County, and later he was named Haihunhou, and he has been hereditary. In 59 BC, Liu He died. This Liu He was able to die a good death after deposing Li, he is also a talent!

After the introduction of Haihunhou Liu He, let’s talk about how Haihunhou was discovered. It all started with a little golden dragon in 2011. At that time, a priceless little golden dragon appeared among cultural relic dealers in Nanchang. No one dared to take over it for a while. The matter soon attracted the attention of relevant departments. At the same time, the Jiangxi Provincial Cultural Relics Department received reports from the public that ancient tombs in Dundun Mountain near Guanxi Village, Datangping Township, Xinjian District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province had been robbed.

So, on March 23, 2011, archaeologists conducted an archaeological investigation on the ancient tomb on Dundun Mountain. Soon, the archaeologists discovered two towering mounds of earth, overgrown with weeds and full of thorns. From the appearance, the mound of sealed soil on the left side is larger than that on the right side. Due to the lack of knowledge of the tomb robbers, they judged that the status of the owner of the tomb on the left side was higher than that on the right side. Therefore, the tomb robbers took the lead in excavating the mound of earth on the left, while the one on the right was spared.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, the right was respected, and the owner of the tomb under the mound on the right may be more noble. Sure enough, after the archaeologists cleared the weeds on the surfaces of the two mounds, they found that the mound on the right was larger than the one on the left. Immediately afterwards, archaeologists conducted rescue excavations and discovered that the owner of the tomb under the sealing mound on the right was Haihunhou Liu He, while the owner of the tomb on the left was Haihunhou's wife.

Subsequently, archaeologists excavated Haihunhou and found that Haihunhou’s tomb had been robbed and excavated over the past thousand years, but miraculously it survived, which is a miracle. Especially this time, it was precisely because the tomb robbers made a mistake the first time that they missed the opportunity to excavate the tomb of Haihunhou first, which bought the archaeologists time. It was a blessing among misfortunes. In short, to a certain extent, the discovery of Haihunhou's tomb is thanks to these tomb robbers. Everyone, what do you think?