The first thing to know is a concept. Archaeology is a modern concept and a department established to protect cultural relics. It's only been a few decades, but grave robbery has a history of thousands of years! Because China dug the tomb of Emperor Wanli, which caused great losses, it was clearly stipulated that it was forbidden to dig the tomb actively, mainly because of weak security. Grave robbers took risks for their desires and interests, coupled with thousands of years of craftsmanship, and the technology was actually superb, which also caused a large number of ancient tombs to be stolen. The national archaeological team could only follow the grave robbers for rescue protection, which was very passive.

Friends who have seen the news of the excavation of ancient tombs will always be angry at the theft of ancient tombs, but they will also have some doubts: why are our archaeologists not as efficient as grave robbers? Everyone knows where the archaeologists came from in the early days of the People's Republic of China, and I don't need to say more. But why after so many years, these "outstanding people" who entered the archaeological team are not as good as the folk tomb raiding team?

But technically speaking, tomb raiding teams often organize special teams to consult ancient books and look for clues from historical records and geomantic terrain. Desire and war are the driving forces to promote technological progress. Grave robbers can earn tens of millions by digging a large ancient tomb, and their wealth is touching. Needless to say, their "work enthusiasm". Race against time to dig an ancient tomb is really time and money. Decades have passed and the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

It is no exaggeration to say that a grave robber's flashlight is enough to buy all the equipment of an archaeological team! In order to have better conditions for excavating ancient tombs, grave robbers will prepare many tools for themselves. Stealing an ancient tomb can bring tens of millions of profits, so buying equipment and facilities naturally does not hurt. It is said that a well-known tomb-robbing flashlight costs more than 50,000 yuan. In contrast, the archaeological team has hardly changed for decades. Grave robbers still have to use "high-tech means", but what about the archaeological team?

Archaeological teams get paid, and grave robbers make fun of their lives. Ill-gotten gains come and go quickly. For example, Yao Laosan, a thief from Northeastern University, lost more than 500 million worth of cultural relics in 30 years of gambling. In order to maintain the existing living standard, he must expand his team and dig more ancient tombs. Archaeological teams may be very concerned about ancient tombs, but no grave robbers make a living by it-dig more and dig less, and get paid. Tools are not as good as people, technology is not as good as people, and even power is not as good as people. How can the archaeological team be "one step ahead"?

Now, don't underestimate archaeologists. Grave robbers may not find graves before archaeologists do. Without statistics, archaeologists have discovered more tombs than grave robbers, but many excavated tombs cannot be reported by the mass media. For example, most of the Neolithic tombs were discovered by archaeologists, because most of them were small tombs with no burial utensils. It is extremely difficult for grave robbers to find them by looking at the sealed soil or drilling holes with a general Luoyang shovel.

There are many grave robbers, far more than archaeologists. In remote rural areas, sometimes you find an ancient tomb while farming, which may make you a grave robber. There are also a large number of people who take this as their profession. In addition, some systems are puzzling, and now the antique market is very hot. In the face of real interests, even if many people accidentally get a cultural relic, the first reaction is definitely not to hand it in, but to sell it! This has caused the loss and destruction of many precious cultural relics and caused irreparable losses! I hope there is a good solution!