Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 230 Reaching the destination

What attracted Liang En's attention was a fuzzy relief on the cliff that seemed to have been worn away by the wind and sand. If he didn't have the [Careful Observation (R)] card, he would have definitely overlooked these ruins.

After getting out of the car to check, Liang En discovered that this pile of extremely vague relief sculptures should be carved by several people. Judging from the size of different people, this sculpture is probably related to Pharaoh.

The reason for making this judgment is that the ancient Egyptians determined the size of the statues based on their status when they carved them. The greater the difference in status, the greater the difference in the size of the statues.

Judging from the size comparison of the largest sculpture and the smallest sculpture in this picture, this pair of stone sculptures carved on the rock is very likely to have the image of a pharaoh.

"It seems to be text here." Just as everyone got out of the car and started the normal process of taking pictures and filing, Joan of Arc accidentally found a line of text left under the stone that had not been weathered.

"Let me see—" Liang En immediately walked over after hearing what she said, and found out that the hieroglyphs on it came from the early dynasty.

For Liang En, it was still a bit difficult to decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs about the early dynasty. Fortunately, this text was not long, so Liang En spent a little destiny point to use [Cipher Text Deciphering (R)] to decipher this text.

"Hnum Khufu, great god, destroyer of Juntiu".Liang En quickly read the translated sentence, "This is the text left by Hu Fu back then.

"" Hufu?Is that the Khufu who built the pyramid? At this time, Mr. Skold, who was directing his subordinates to take pictures of these patterns, immediately became excited after hearing Liang En's words.

"Yes, the Juntiu here refers to a certain indigenous tribe on the Sinai Peninsula." Liang En pointed to a word in this line.

"According to the existing historical records, this pharaoh Khufu was the founder of the fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt. He continued the strategy of his predecessors to conquer the Sinai Peninsula and Nubia, and consolidated the empire from the Nile Delta to Nubia."

"However, the Sinai Peninsula was also the last expedition launched by the other party. Since then, Pharaoh Khufu has not made any expeditions, but turned his attention to the interior of the country.

"" For example, combining theocracy and kingship, and calling yourself the living Horus.At the same time, the largest and tallest Pyramid of Khufu was built. "

"Obviously, this inscription should be the inscription that the other party left behind as a record after completing the last expedition. It is used to demonstrate the martial arts of Pharaoh Khufu."

This inscription was just an unexpected gain on their way, but as they gradually moved towards their destination, there were more and more carvings on the roadside.

Because these sculptures are located in a place with a lot of wind and sand, it is not too much to see that they can be completely preserved, so Liang En and the others only need to take a few photos in the car and use GPS to locate them.

Finally, after a bumpy morning, several cars drove into the valley of the destination.As soon as they entered the valley, they found that there were many portraits on the surrounding stone walls.

Perhaps because the surrounding mountain walls blocked the wind and sand, these portraits looked much better preserved than the previous statues, and at the same time, many of the portraits still had intact text under the reliefs.

"Sneferu, Nucera, Usercalf—" Liang En quickly read out the recognizable words. "These are statues of pharaohs of the fourth and fifth dynasties of the early dynastic period of ancient Egypt."

"It seems that we have found the right place." Mr. Scudder suddenly cheered up. "There aren't many places where ancient Egyptians were allowed to carve statues of pharaohs, and a gem mine is totally worth it."

"More importantly, the statues of pharaohs can be seen in this desolate wilderness for hundreds of years, which proves from the side that this should be a mine that has been in continuous operation for a long time."

"You're right, so next we just need to search for traces of human beings around. Since it's an abandoned mine, there should be many traces left." Liang En nodded in agreement.

So after turning around and confirming that the surrounding area is indeed safe, except for two groups of people who were left on the nearby commanding heights to investigate the situation on the side, the rest of the people immediately dispersed and began to explore the situation in this valley.

After Liang En, Fan Meng and Joan of Arc climbed onto a platform about three stories above the ground, they found a cave with a height of 3 to 4 meters in front of him.

"This should be a temple—" Joan of Arc looked at the well-preserved reliefs inside the cave and said before she came, she saw a lot of ancient Egypt-related items sent by the Louvre in Liang En's hand. books, so I have a certain understanding of this.

"You're right, this is indeed a temple." Liang En looked carefully at the walls on both sides and said. With the sunlight outside, he found that there were some human-shaped reliefs painted on both sides of the cave walls.

Unlike the very weathered reliefs on the mountain wall before, because these reliefs are in the cave, they look clearer.

When they walked to the end of the cave, the portrait with an eagle's head engraved on the stone wall directly showed that this was one of the ancient Egyptian nine-pillar gods.The temple of Horus, the patron saint of the pharaohs.

"It seems that the level of this place is quite high in ancient times." After seeing the statue with an eagle's head, Liang En smiled, because there are not many temples of this kind of Egyptian Pharaoh's patron saint.

If this place is really a mine, then the appearance of the Temple of Horus means that this mine is a mine directly under the pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

"There are not many places in ancient Egypt that can be used as mines directly under the royal family—" Liang En explained in French, looking at the various relief sculptures related to the legend of Horus carved on the wall.

"As far as I know, although pharaoh theoretically owns all the production in Egypt, only gold mines, silver mines, large copper mines and some gemstone mines will be directly controlled by pharaohs."

"Understandable, the ancient emperors over there were not the same. Although the emperor was said to be rich in the world, there were also emperors who were too poor to support the army after being beaten by the enemy to the capital city and then ran to hang themselves on the southeast branch." Fan Meng embraced Nodded on the chest.

"I have a small question. Do you think that the minerals that the ancient Egyptians considered precious are equally precious to modern people?" Joan of Arc who was standing next to her suddenly asked.

"For example, pepper is a very precious thing in ancient times, even as expensive as gold, but in modern times, it is cheap and you can buy a big pack for a little money."

"Don't worry about this, at least according to the current archaeological discoveries, the gems of the ancient Egyptians are still gems today, but the price may fluctuate a little." Liang En said with a smile.

"But even if it is a cheap semi-precious stone, if we can find a mine, then we will send it this time. Not to mention that this mine belongs to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, and we can sell those things several times as much as ordinary goods with a simple package. The price of—"

"Look what I found—" Fan Meng suddenly shouted when Liang En told Joan about the story between the ancient Egyptians and the gem, "I know what kind of mine this is."

(End of this chapter)