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What kind of historical sites did the archaeological report of Loulan, which was 35 years late because of "lack of paper", reveal?
In March 2022, the investigation report on the ancient country of Loulan, which was dusty for 35 years, finally came to light. In its dusty days, we not only missed the latest archaeological news of Loulan ancient country, but also missed the lost Silk Road civilization. The latest investigation report on the ancient country of Loulan was actually published as early as 1987. It was written by Wu Meilin and Hou Can after a joint investigation. However, Hou Can published three short archaeological reports during this period, which were later published by the publishing house when he wanted to publish the full text of the report. Paper shortage? Unfortunately, this archaeological report was kept in the dust for 35 years because it refused to be published. The picture below shows Hou Can's photos in archaeology.

This archaeological report is actually equivalent to a documentary, recording an archaeological action. The archaeological action only lasted for more than 20 days, and Hou Can was a member of the archaeological action team. When China and Japan filmed the Silk Road together, one of them was shot by the Chinese side. CCTV invited Hou Can to enter the Loulan column of archaeology, which led to the detailed investigation report of Loulan. The picture below shows the Loulan site.

According to this report, this investigation report contains a lot of Loulan data, such as survey data, drawing data, and some excavated things. The report also shows that the ancient city of Loulan is actually a very small place, only about 330 meters long, with an area of only 6,543,800 square meters, which is not as big as a residential area. However, after years of sand erosion, it has formed an almost asymmetrical Ya Dan landform. Archaeological work left only the remains of stupas, city walls, houses and three houses. This is the first time that China Archaeological Team has measured accurate data for Loulan, including latitude and longitude, canals, roads, architectural sites and other data, and corrected the rough records more than half a century ago. This is a very huge archaeological discovery. The picture below shows a page in Loulan's detailed archaeological report. This report not only records the form and history of the ancient country of Loulan, but also records the days when we lived and the prosperity of the Silk Road in Loulan.