Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 232 Sinai Turquoise

When Liang En and the others walked down the mountain and joined Mr. Scout, they quickly got some useful information from him that everyone found after searching separately.

"My people found several mines just now, and some turquoise and malachite were unearthed after simple excavation." Mr. Skold took out a piece of turquoise the size of broad beans and said.

"So I think this place should be a turquoise mine—" It's just that Liang En only listened to the beginning of Mr. Skold's explanation, because at this time all his attention was taken by Mr. Skold This piece of turquoise is attracted.

Turquoise is a very common gemstone, so Liang En once had decorations inlaid with turquoise, whether in his previous life or in this life, but this turquoise is different from common turquoise:
Turquoise often has some lines on it, usually black or brown.But now the pattern on the turquoise in Scudder's hand is actually bright red.

"I seem to have heard about this kind of different turquoise somewhere. Did I see it when I searched for information before?" Looking at the turquoise, Liang En was lost in thought.

"—According to the results of my people's exploration just now, the reserves left in this turquoise mine are not small, so for us, this is a mine with commercial mining value."

Just when Liang En was lost in memory, Mr. Scudder ended his speech and threw out a piece of good news, with an expression full of excitement on his face.

The reason why he is so excited now is that compared to his previous failed treasure hunts that lasted several years, the process of finding treasures this time is really smooth, and the things he finds are also very valuable.

"Yes, this is indeed a very valuable mine." At this moment, Liang En finally recalled the information he had seen before, and a smile appeared on his face. "And it should be more valuable than you think."

"More valuable than I thought?" Mr. Scudder showed a puzzled expression after hearing Liang En's words, and then suddenly became energetic. "Is there anything special about these turquoises in history?"

"Yes, because the ancient Egyptians were the first humans to use turquoise as decoration, and the turquoise they used came from the Sinai Peninsula." Liang En picked up a piece of turquoise and said.

"Compared with ordinary turquoise, the biggest feature of this Sinai turquoise is that the net pattern is as red as the surrounding rocky soil, and it looks like blood has seeped into the stone."

"According to the cultural relics unearthed now, this kind of turquoise with red lines is mainly concentrated in the ancient Egyptian civilization and its surrounding areas, and it is obvious that the ancient Egyptian civilization was the core and spread to the surrounding area."

"You're right, I have a scarab amulet that seems to be made of this material." Hearing what Liang En said, Scudder quickly recalled an item he owned. "But it seems that I have never seen such turquoise anywhere else."

"This is because the Sinai turquoise is already a legend today." Liang En thought about the information he had checked before, and then said.

"Judging from the existing cultural relics, Sinai turquoise was mined in ancient Egypt from the first dynasty to the 20th dynasty. It took about 2000 years to excavate, but there was no Sinai turquoise production after that."

"According to the latest translation from the Louvre, the turquoise in the Sinai Peninsula should only be produced in one mining area, so after the mine was closed, people quickly forgot about the origin of this turquoise."

"The reason why the mine on the Sinai Peninsula was closed was because the mining cost of this mine was too high. So with the emergence of international trade, this mine was naturally abandoned by people, and in the following time forgotten."

"So, if you take into account these early Egyptian statues that are in the valley today, then the mine that we found is very likely to be the earliest turquoise mine for humans."

"Humanity's earliest turquoise mine!" Mr. Scold's eyes widened after hearing Liang En's words, because such a discovery far exceeded his best expectations.

"Of course, it's just speculation right now. Because no direct evidence has been found yet." Liang En shrugged his shoulders as he said, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly to reveal a smile.

The reason why we can't make a certainty is because although the scale and various facilities here can infer many things from the side, but from an academic point of view, we can't make a direct judgment without finding direct evidence.

"However, I think that whether it is the temple of Horus or the statue of the Pharaoh, this place is likely to be the core mine of the ancient Egyptians, because only the core mine would take so much effort to build so many additional facilities." Liang Liang En concluded.

"Don't worry, direct evidence will definitely be found." Mr. Scudder recovered from the mental shock just now, and then said. "We just discovered several traces of human activities, and we should be able to find the information we want."

So in the next three days, everyone devoted themselves to the work of sieving sand.Because according to local laws and regulations, after discovering a cultural relic, the cultural relics department must be notified within 72 hours.

Indeed, no matter how many cultural relics they find now, they will leave them to the Egyptian cultural relics department, but it is still very tempting for everyone to be able to excavate an important cultural relic with their own hands.

Especially for those who dig legally, leaving their names in history after finding important cultural relics is their greatest achievement in archaeological activities.

Of course, another reason is that after a simple survey, they found that although the mining area has been mined for 2000 years, the entire mining area still has mining value due to the limitation of ancient productivity.

Even better, after questioning, they learned that the land in this mining area, including the mines below the ground, belonged to the group of Copts, and they were very willing to cooperate with Liang En to develop this mining area.

So when it can be confirmed that this treasure hunt can earn a lot of money, gaining prestige in archeology will naturally become what everyone is most pursuing now.

However, it is a matter of luck to dig out important things, so when each of them chooses the digging target, Liang En entrusts Joan with the job of judging the target.

Because in his opinion, if you want to talk about luck, there should be no one present who can match Joan of Arc, a living saint, in this respect.

The subsequent discovery proved that Liang En's judgment in this regard was correct, because on the second day of excavation, Joan of Arc found a stone tablet that looked as tall as a person in a small hole buried in sand.

After the sand was cleaned up, Liang En and the others were almost dazzled by the things on the stone tablet.Because the stele is actually covered with a layer of gold leaf, and there is a figure sitting on a chair inlaid with turquoise, malachite and lapis lazuli on the top of the stele.

"Oh my God! This is definitely an important discovery." Liang En and the others all stared wide-eyed at the shining golden stele in front of them. "At least among the ancient Egyptian steles left now, there has never been such a magnificent stele."

(End of this chapter)