Grave robbers are not archaeologists, but why can they find ancient tombs?

Grave robbers are a very magical group, and they can be found in both the novel Tomb Raider Notes and Antique close encounter of mahjong. Grave robbers are a group that is despised by people. What they do is something unnatural. The reason why there is a grave robber industry is that there are huge profits underground. This drives grave robbers to take risks and look for priceless ancient tombs at no cost. It is puzzling that grave robbers are not experts in archaeology, but they can always find ancient tombs repeatedly. What are the special skills of grave robbers? Why did Ma Weidou say "Don't underestimate them"?

actually, grave robbers are really fierce. To give a simple example, at the end of 199s, the Han tomb was discovered in a hill called Laoshan, which was next to Babaoshan in Beijing. Historians called it Laoshan Han Tomb. The discovery of "Yellow Intestine Inscription" in Laoshan Han Tomb shows that this is a prince-level Han tomb. Laoshan Han Tomb provides a solid study of cultural relics for the study of politics, economy and culture in Beijing during the Han Dynasty. It is hard to imagine that the discoverer of Laoshan Han Tomb was not an archaeologist, but a grave robber.

Ma Weidou, as a collector, naturally won't let this archaeological event go unnoticed, and he knows the reasons very well. Ma Weidou said that the two grave robbers who found the Han Tomb of the Old Man didn't use advanced professional equipment at all, but only found the Han Tomb of the Old Mountain with the ability to locate the cave at a glance by hand. What is a fixed point at a glance? What Ma Weidou said is also exaggerated, in fact, it is the study of Feng Shui. The ancients paid attention to thick burial and were generally superstitious. They must find a place with good feng shui.

Grave robbers also specialize in their trades. Before they engage in this trade, they often have in-depth research on Feng Shui. Grave robbers were born in the wild, and they didn't have a discipline when they studied it, but they achieved good "achievements". As the saying goes, "Punch the master to death", grave robbers can often find the ancient tomb by virtue of their solid Feng Shui skills without playing cards according to the routine. In addition, grave robbers should also study history, cultural relics identification, geography and other disciplines. Ma Weidou stressed that we should not underestimate them, referring to the unique ability of grave robbers.

However, the cleverness and wisdom of grave robbers are useless. Although grave robbers have the professional ability comparable to archaeologists, they are doing some illegal activities. Ma Weidou said don't underestimate them, which also provides us with a research direction, that is, grave robbers and archaeological experts are interdependent and mutually successful, just like the struggle between cultural relics counterfeiting and cultural relics appraisal experts.

As the saying goes, the height of the Tao is one foot and the height of the devil is one foot, which is perfectly suitable for the relationship between grave robbers and archaeologists. Some technical means of grave robbers can also promote the progress of archaeological professional research, and the technical progress of archaeological experts has suppressed the arrogance of grave robbers. Therefore, we should look at the relationship between grave robbers and archaeologists objectively and rationally, and don't belittle archaeologists at will.