The 'unsub' killed the grave robbers

There is an old saying 'Retribution', so are grave robbers really their own lives of unscrupulous actions?

The ancient Chinese believed that grave digging was an act of great disrespect to the deceased. Therefore, grave robbers cannot live long because they dare to do unethical things. Is it really so?

Archaeologists have provided an answer to this question. Indeed, grave robbers are very unethical, but this is not the direct cause of their longevity. The main reason for this lies in the following.

1. Poisonous gas underneath the catacombs

The graves are always full of dangers from creatures below the ground. Besides, in the graves there are also countless other harmful substances, such as cinnabar (the name for the naturally-available, red, naturally occurring mineral cinnabarite of mercury). Over thousands of years, this mineral will metamorphose and form toxic gases.

Beneath the ancient tombs, there are many toxic gases that have accumulated over thousands of years. (Photo: Baidu)

In addition to those toxic gases from nature, inside the secret room there are ancient tombs that also contain dangers from the very objects that the grave robbers are aiming for - burial items. Countless burial items, although extremely valuable, because being buried underground for too long will also produce toxic gases on their own.

These toxins can cause immediate harm, but they can also have long-term effects on human health. There are grave robbers who even ate, lived, slept, and stayed at the place where they practiced, because the scale of some of the secret rooms was quite large, and they needed a lot of time to "dredge". Therefore, the consequences of staying too long in such toxic locations for grave robbers were all too obvious.

2. Deadly Trap Systems

Many rich people in the past built their own tombs and designed trap systems in their own "resting places after closing their eyes" to avoid being watched by grave robbers.

And the "traps" to prevent tomb robbers that the ancients used to mention are mercury or quicksand-type traps (seeing the surface can be walked, but once you step in, you will be dropped into the sand pits). and deep rocks.).

There are many dangers that grave robbers face in their practice.

Especially mercury, which is an extremely toxic, volatile substance. Once entering places containing this substance in high concentrations, it is considered that life will be left there.

A typical example of the mercury trap system that frightens grave robbers is the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. One thing is for sure, in this tomb of the Qin king there will be a lot of extremely valuable burial items, but with the "mercury river" system and countless other pitfalls in the tomb, grave robbers can't wait. No matter how much I want to, I dare not step in.

3. Influence from the psychology of grave robbers

Grave theft is an unethical and illegal profession. Therefore, grave robbers always practice at night. This is to ensure that their whereabouts will not be detected.

However, this practice has made the body of these grave robbers extremely bad. By reversing the time of living and working between day and night like that for too long a time will lead to great damage to the body.

And the key point affecting the health and longevity of grave robbers is their insecurity. The main reason is that grave robbery always contains a very high probability of being caught.

Grave robbers always work at night.

Once exposed, they will be imprisoned or even executed by the government. Therefore, in the world of grave robbers, there are always certain rules of practice to avoid unexpected things.

With the dangers rife in such a profession, it is understandable that most grave robbers are unlikely to live long. And it can also be said that this is the terrible consequence that grave robbers have to endure when doing immoral things.