Excavating grave neck, finding Cao Cao remains?

According to Dong Phuong on March 25, Cao Cao grave is a historical mystery for thousands of years without a solution; however, the search for the remains of this controversial historical figure has made significant progress.

The archaeological team is excavating Cao Lang which is believed to be the burial place Cao Cao in An Duong, Ha Nam province (China), announcing that they have found 3 remains of 1 man and 2 women inside the area. tomb.

The whole view of Cao Lang area is being excavated.

After the assessment, the experts said: 'One of the 3 remains is Cao Cao'. Cao Cao is buried in the main grave, and two women are buried in a grave grave next door.

The archaeological team said that these three remains were found in the grave, in which the quite complete, judged male remains were about 60 years old, identified as Cao Cao (155-220 AD) ; and two women, one old, one young; old people about 50 years old, young people about 20 years old; but the younger woman's remains were not intact, waiting for further assessment.

However, there is still a controversial issue. According to the record in the 'Three Kingdoms. Apocrypha. After the storyline , Cao Cao's wife, Buoc Thi, was interred with him, but according to historical records, when Bien Thi was about 70 years old. Archaeological experts say, although it is uncertain about the personalities of the two women, they are buried in the grave, but based on the head bone, they can be boldly judged: the elderly woman is the wife of Cao Phi's mother; Young people are Liu Shu, Cao's mother.

Archaeological experts are digging Cao Cao's skull bone.

The skull is said to be Cao Cao's.

Cao Cao portraits.

According to Ifeng on March 25, Mr. Zhou Lijiang from the Henan Archaeological Research Institute, who is in charge of this excavation, said: 'These evidence show that Cao Phi did not follow Cao Cao's will' does not build a tomb. not planting trees ', "cruel" (simple burial) of his father, but still has structures on the ground'.

According to the record in the 'Three Kingdoms. Apocrypha. Vu De Ky ', in the 23rd year of Kien An, Cao Cao ordered: after he died, he simply buried in the high ground west of Tay Mon Bao temple, did not build graves, did not plant trees .

However, archaeologists have discovered architectural relics thousands of square meters on the ground. Zhou Lingong said that it showed that Cao Phi did not follow his father's will. He said that this is related to Cao Phi's fondness. With that psychology, Cao Phi did not want his father's grave to be too cold.

The site excavated the main grave where Cao Cao's remains were found.

No photos of the excavation area.

Archaeologist Phan Vi Ban speculated that Cao Phi actively destroyed ground structures to prevent people from going to steal his grave. This is also seen in the notes of 'Tan letter. Mid-Autumn Festival ': In the Third Year of the Royal Year, Cao Phi lowered the altar to destroy the temple on Cao Lang, the purpose of which was to express the virtue of the Emperor. This shows that the tomb is not destroyed by natural destruction or revenge.

It is known that Ha Nam is now rushing to build this grave area into a museum, it is expected to be completed in 2-3 years.