Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 963 Questions and Answers

"Dr. Liang, do you have any evidence other than pure speculation to prove your conjecture?" A student from Peshawar University asked Liang En.

For these students, being able to communicate with professionals at the forefront of historical research is definitely an opportunity that needs to be firmly grasped, so they will naturally ask various questions more actively.

Perhaps because everyone was about the same age, the conversation naturally seemed to go smoothly. At the same time, these students also began to ask about things they didn't understand.

For example, the theory put forward by Liang En is like this. Although other people have put forward similar views when excavating similar relics, there is not much evidence.

This is mainly because the ruins were excavated too early, and the ruins were also severely damaged, so there are not many traces left, and it is difficult to determine something.

"If you want to talk about evidence, I do have some evidence here." Liang En smiled, then pointed to the ruins below and said, "I think everyone should check the general situation of this ruins during this period of time. .”

"Yes, that's right." The young student who asked the question nodded. "At least the whole city is in general. The map has been drawn, and the use of many buildings in it has been determined."

Although what is left now are only dilapidated ruins, many things are very easy for those professionals to judge.

Finding some important information from some tiny clues is a basic skill for professional archaeologists and historical researchers, and many important histories have been pieced together in this way.

To give the simplest example, the walls of the houses in the ruins are very thick, so it can be easily inferred that these buildings used to have two floors, so it takes more time, energy and materials to build thick walls.

After all, the overall climate of this place is hot and humid. If it is not to support the upper floor, then people would prefer to build thinner walls to cool down the temperature.

Another example is that during the exploration, everyone found that most of the ground floor in the ruins, which were identified as residential wreckage, is a complete wall on the side facing the road, without windows——

This urban custom, designed to protect against bad weather, noise, smells, neighbor harassment, and robber intrusion, is still observed in many places in the Near East, especially in some old parts of some ancient cities.

In addition, the main entrances of all residential houses are located in the alleys at the back, facing a spacious foyer, and a courtyard in front. The lighting and ventilation of the houses are very good.

From this design, one can easily draw a conclusion, that is, the city must have a very professional construction plan, and a unified overall planning and construction has been carried out.

Because only in this way, those buildings will reflect a large number of consistent places, and this is a phenomenon that ordinary people can never see when they build alone.

"Very good, then you will find that the construction of this city is very distinctive." After confirming that everyone understands the general situation of the city, Liang En expressed his point of view.

Because of the long lectures before, Liang En also summed up a set of explanation methods of his own. For example, by inducing those questioners to think actively, this will naturally help them master knowledge.

"From the current exploration, the circumference of the ancient city is about 5 kilometers, and the population is estimated to be at least 30000-35000. It is divided into two parts, the Acropolis and the Lower City. The Acropolis is for the ruler to live in. There are very complicated underground drainage here. systems and water systems."

"The most important thing is that the Acropolis is surrounded by tall and solid walls. For example, the Acropolis wall in the ancient city of Harappa in the north is 15 meters high. It looks like a solid fortress. In addition, it also has tall towers."

"Yes, we found this, but what does it mean?" The student was a little puzzled after Liang En recounted what everyone had found before, and he didn't know why he mentioned it again.

"Don't forget the 15-meter-high city walls, towers, huge barns, and a population of more than 4." Liang shook his head slightly, and then said seriously.

"This means that this ancient city has solid defenses, sufficient food reserves, and a population of 4 that can recruit 8000 troops during wartime, all of which represent the city's defense capabilities."

"Obviously all of this was not prepared for wild beasts, not to mention that several cities of the same size have been discovered in the Indus River Basin, which clearly shows the tense situation back then."

"And in this war-torn era, the destruction of cities has become a very common thing, and with the destruction of cities, it is not impossible for a civilization to disappear."

Whether in ancient times or today, cities are the concentration of human activities and the core of productivity in a region, so as these cities are destroyed, a civilization will gradually dim.

For example, the ancient Indian civilization was like this. With the destruction of these cities that were the core of civilization, the entire ancient Indian civilization also experienced obvious degradation.

Those people no longer remembered the honor of their ancestors, and lost the various skills that their ancestors possessed, and even the entire civilization completely disappeared into history in the end.

This is actually not an uncommon thing in world history. For example, the Mycenaean civilization that Liang En had excavated before completely disappeared from history in this way.

As for the reason for the disappearance, it is also very simple, that is, because the rise of a large number of sea peoples obviously affected the communication lines of the Mediterranean Sea at that time, and then cut off the channels for those Greeks to obtain ancient Egyptian goods.

Although it is said that as an ancient civilization, ancient Egypt exported various items, but there were only two important things for the Greeks at that time, one was grain, and the other was tin.

Naturally, the importance of food goes without saying, especially for Greece, which has a small land and mostly mountainous areas, planting some economic crops like grapes and olives for processing and exchanging food can be said to be the lifeline of this civilization.

As for tin, it was an absolute strategic material in the Bronze Age. Unlike copper mines and fuels that could be produced everywhere, there were not many tin mines produced in the ancient Mediterranean region, and they were mainly concentrated in Egypt.

Once there is a lack of tin, it will be difficult to manufacture various bronze tools and weapons, which will naturally lead to the disadvantage of the entire country in the war.

After all, it is almost impossible to win without food or weapons, and the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization in the Mediterranean was related to this situation.

"It seems that the reasons for the destruction of civilization are common in many cases." After listening to Liang En's first-hand information about Mycenaean civilization, the scholars present nodded and said.

After this matter was recognized by everyone, Liang En continued to talk about his own analysis, but compared with the more orthodox analysis content, Liang En's analysis can be regarded as a hodgepodge.

For example, he now believes that the reason for the abandonment of this ancient city should be a combination of both, that is to say, the destruction of the city was due to a combination of war and flood.

(End of this chapter)