Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 206 The Unexpected Mail Package

Although the technology of ancient people is inferior to that of modern people in most cases, the gap between the two sides in terms of diet is not as large as the gap between technologies.

This is especially true for the food of the ancient royal family and nobles. At least for the vast majority of modern people, except for a few foods that are too special, almost all ancient high-end foods taste good.

At least this is the case with the batch of cheese that Liang En is selling now. After the guests received and tasted the cheese, most of the feedback was very positive.

Compared with the current industrially produced cheeses, these traditional royal cheeses have a richer taste and can bring more delicious flavors to diners in cooking.

In addition to selling, he also packaged the first batch of samples and gave them to his friends and acquaintances, even if they were just nodding acquaintances.

Anyway, in Europe, cheese is a necessity that everyone eats every meal, so sending half a pound of vacuum-packed cheese to each of those acquaintances can just promote the products of this store a little bit.

Unexpectedly, just three days after he mailed those things, he received a postal package from University College London in the town.

"It seems that you have done quite well recently in terms of academics." Uncle Joyce said when he handed the postal package to Liang En, "You can always receive postal packages from various academic institutions."

"The main reason is that some organizations are a bit old-fashioned, so they would rather send me copies of various documents than send them directly through the computer." Liang En shook his head helplessly.

In order to write the ancient Egyptian dictionary, Liang En asked many schools and libraries to inquire about some of the documents.

After all, there are many loopholes in the original version, so he can't completely copy the memory left by Champollion in his mind, and if he wants to write something more perfect, then it becomes inevitable to check enough samples .

Although most of these organizations have kept pace with the times and will transmit various data to Liang En through e-mail and other methods, there are still some old-fashioned organizations that still send various copies by mail as in the past.

For example, during the recent period, Liang En received a postal package from various schools or libraries almost every one or two days.So much so that Uncle Joyce at the post office is somewhat familiar with these parcels.

"Actually, it would be faster if it was sent over the Internet. Unfortunately, many institutions in the UK are too rigid in handling various things, so they mail letters like they did 100 years ago."

Liang En complained about the old-fashioned attitude of some British people, and then took the mail package.Halfway through, though, he gradually frowned, for he could not recall making such a request to UCL.

After returning home, Liang En opened the parcel, and found that besides a very good plastic package, there was also a letter in the parcel.

After opening the letter and reading the contents of the letter, he finally figured out what the package was about: it was a piece of information related to ancient Egypt, but it had nothing to do with Liang En's previous work.

The postal package came from the Coptic Daniel who Liang En and Fan Meng had rescued from a few racists before. After the incident last time, the two sides have become acquaintances.

Because the other party was a Coptic, Liang En and him mainly talked about things related to ancient Egypt. Of course, they also asked about the contents of the ancient Egyptian ruins around his home and legends about ancestors.

Daniel helped Liang En a lot in this regard, especially as a Coptic who had lived in the countryside instead of the city for hundreds of years, Daniel's hometown had left some ancient legends.

Although these legends are scattered and full of many fallacies, if you analyze them carefully, you can still analyze a lot of valuable things.

For example, according to a folk song, before the ancestors of the Daniel family came to this place, there were already traces of human activities in this place.

Because the core of the content sung in this ballad is the story of a group of exiles who went into the desert to find a new home, and then discovered the ruins of an ancient village and the source of water in despair.

And Daniel once told Liang En that the well in their village was old.Even the old people say the well was here before they came.

Also because the other party provided so much help, when the other party wanted to find a job as a tour guide to gain experience after graduation, Liang En used his favor to get Pierce to help him enter a good travel company.

But Daniel kept the help Liang En gave him in his heart, so on the day Liang En mailed him cheese, he also happened to send a series of cultural relics about the vicinity of his hometown that his relatives in his hometown had just sent. Sent over photos and samples.

"This is really thoughtful." Looking at the neatly organized boxes and photos, Liang En smiled from the bottom of his heart, and then began to check these things.

Compared with the pictures of cultural relics in the museum, the things Daniel sent all looked gray, and many things lost a lot of information due to the unprofessional photographers.

But on the only part of the photos that can be seen roughly clearly and the gadgets in the box, Liang En still found some very valuable information.

For example, judging from a few photos that seem to be looking down from a certain hill, it can be seen that there is an artificially built road in the valley.

From another picture, it can be clearly seen that there is a very old-looking ancient Egyptian shrine beside the dry river. Unfortunately, the statue on it has disappeared due to wear and tear, leaving only a little trace.

The most important is a small box containing a dozen or so fragments of malachite.According to the letter, there is no malachite around Daniel's hometown, and these malachites are picked up from dry rivers.

Through these evidences, Liang En can probably judge that there is likely to be an ancient Egyptian copper mine around Daniel's hometown, because according to historical records, the Egyptian pharaoh once sent some troops and craftsmen into the Sinai Peninsula to mine various minerals.

This is a very valuable discovery, because according to the information En found, no ancient Egyptian relics have been found near Daniel's hometown so far.

"It seems that there is a place to go after getting the archaeological permit for the Sinai Peninsula this time." Looking at this pile of materials, Liang En immediately thought of the permit he had applied for before.

After all, the area of ​​the Sinai Peninsula is so large, it is not so easy to find a target.Especially for those who don't want to dig out old ruins, it is not so simple to find an ancient Egyptian ruin in the vast wasteland.

So compared to digging those known relics or eating sand on the Gobi Desert aimlessly, such a copper mine belonging to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh is obviously worth excavating.

Especially in addition to the mine itself, considering the ancient Egyptians' belief in gods, it is likely to find some complete shrines or even small temples around the mine.

"Sure enough, good is rewarded with good." Liang En smiled as he looked at the information. "That's the next big problem solved."

(End of this chapter)