Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 807 Petra

"To be honest, we really want to protect those cultural relics, but neither wealth nor manpower can do it." A certain museum curator from Damascus poured bitter water on Liang En.

"You also know that countries like ours have a long history. But now they are very chaotic. In this case, we simply cannot protect all the relics."

"So in many cases, once we confirm that those ruins are likely to be stolen and excavated, we can only choose to attack in advance. Of course, this will cause damage to cultural relics, but this is the best plan in comparison."

"Of course, I think I can understand the problems you have encountered." After hearing the complaints of these scholars, Liang En nodded seriously and said. "We can carry out some cooperation in the future, such as cultural relics protection and security work."

Compared with these Middle Eastern countries, Liang En's museums have a much better talent pool. At least for most people, it is obviously better to work in the United States and Europe than those chaotic countries in the Middle East.

In addition, the armed force composed of Copts recruited by Liang En and the others in the Sinai Peninsula also radiated to the entire Middle East, becoming a new armed security company in the Middle East.

Although they considered a lot of problems in the selection of missions and would not choose the occupations that soldiers often choose, it is also easier to get in touch with some official jobs because of this.

Therefore, such tasks as protecting scientific expedition team members, protecting, and excavating the site are just suitable for them to do, and the cooperation between the two parties can be regarded as a win-win situation.

When everyone was talking about cooperation, Liang En was a little worried about the other party's financial constraints. After all, unilateral contributions would not last long.But later he realized that his worries were for nothing.

This is mainly because historians and archaeologists in the Middle East tend to have a good relationship with those Arab local tyrants, so they are naturally willing to give generously in this case.

Sure enough, after contacting those local tyrants, the Jordanian side was willing to pay to help the archaeologists in Iraq conduct a comprehensive investigation of Nineveh in northern Iraq.

The reason for a comprehensive investigation is that this area used to be the front line of the anti-terrorism battlefield, and it was occupied by terrorists for a long time and carried out large-scale plundering.

So after this area was regained, these historians hoped to enter that area to conduct a large-scale cultural relic census.

After hearing this, Liang En also took the initiative to offer some help in this regard, such as mobilizing his own network to search for cultural relics flowing out of this area.

It may be very difficult for these scholars from the Middle East to obtain information about these cultural relics in Europe and the United States, but it is not difficult for Liang En and others.

Even if some of the particularly precious cultural relics were circulated between acquaintances, Liang En and the others could not obtain relevant clues, but it was absolutely very easy to obtain information on some of them.

Liang En's approach obviously won more favor from everyone, so in the following conversation, everyone also started to talk about some lighter topics, which naturally included some content related to cooperation.

The scope of cooperation here is very wide. The most basic thing is to borrow exhibits from each other, but there are also things like joint scientific research or academic exchanges.

Because of Liang En's actions just now, he also received friendly invitations from many people, but considering the exhaustion of running around before, he finally chose to accept the invitation from a Jordanian scholar.

The famous Jordanian scholar is from the famous ancient city of Petra, which is estimated to be a world cultural heritage in southern Jordan, and Liang is invited to visit this ancient site and conduct exchange work at the same time.

Of course, from a certain point of view, this action can also be regarded as a relaxing vacation. After all, this ancient ruin has been discovered for more than a hundred years, so basically all valuable things have been discovered.

Therefore, going to that place to start work will not actually have too many work plans or work goals, even if nothing is found, it will not affect anything.

After the gathering in Tokyo, Liang En and the others flew to Amman, the capital of Jordan, together with the Jordanian scholar. This is a city that has continued from the ancient Roman era to today.

But for Liang En and the others, this is just one stop. Their real goal is the abandoned ancient city of Petra, more than 200 kilometers to the south.

This is one of the most mysterious ancient cities in the world. It is famous all over the world because of Hollywood movies, the most famous of which is the Khazneh Temple carved directly on the rock.

As the car went all the way south, the surrounding environment became more and more desolate. Although the overall condition of the off-road RV they used this time was very good, the desolate Gobi Desert still gave people an uncomfortable feeling.

Because of the late departure, Liang En and the others didn't arrive here until the sun was about to set.Although the sun is no longer so frenzied, the occasional wind is still as hot as the wind by the stove.

At this time, they found that it was a very wise choice for the person in charge of the ruins to specifically request to drive an RV, because there was only one small town nearby that could provide services, and the overall basic conditions were not very good.There are also five-star hotels, but there is no need to be slaughtered in this place.

Taking advantage of the sunset, Liang En and Joan of Arc quickly rented a horse from the surrounding area and prepared to go for a ride. Under normal circumstances, those grooms would not do this, but because of the person in charge Ali, so They are willing to rent horses.

Of course, another reason they were willing to rent out horses was that Liang En and Joan of Arc showed off their riding skills and gained recognition.According to these grooms, Liang En's riding skills are higher than the best among them.

Following the road, they soon came to the vicinity of Petra, but because they didn't follow the tourist trail, they could only vaguely see some roofs.

"It's really a hidden city." Joan of Arc sighed as she tried to see the city clearly with her eyes wide open. "I feel like standing in this kind of place can see the long river of history flowing forward."

"That's right." Liang En also looked at the khaki-colored stone walls in front of him and expressed emotion, and tried his best to imagine how the explorers returned without success in this maze-like mountain.

It wasn't until 1812, when an Anglo-Swiss John Bakertint discovered the lost city while exploring the valley, that Petra came to the surface of history.

Liang En rode on the horse and listened to the wind in the distant mountains buzzing in his ears. The air was surprisingly quiet, and he could even hear the sound of the sun moving on the mountain wall.

Because this is not a road used by tourists, you can even see children driving a group of goats to climb over the jagged rocks from time to time, until the sunset casts their shadows on the other side of the body.

"A very beautiful place." After sitting quietly on the horse for ten minutes, Liang En said with a sigh. "Sometimes fallen civilizations bring a special sense of beauty."

(End of this chapter)