Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 835 Emerald Jade Record

The discovery of these two sculptures is not purely good news for Liang En, because according to Italian law, anything found on one's own property belongs to the owner himself, but the government insists on the owner's preservation of cultural relics. maintained and can be visited at any time.

In other words, this cultural relic belongs to Liang En, but he can only sell it to the museum designated by the Italian government. If he does not sell it to the museum, then he will bear all the maintenance responsibilities and accept the inspection unconditionally.

In fact, many European countries have similar laws, which is why many nobles or descendants of rich people choose to sell cultural relics. After all, maintaining cultural relics is very expensive, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

So for Liang En and the others, the two separate statues are the gold-swallowing beasts. After all, no one would come to this remote island because of the two statues, but the maintenance cost of such statues is not a small figure.

Therefore, he now very much hopes to find something valuable at the bottom of the pit tomorrow, at least to equalize the maintenance fee of the sculpture through commercial operations.

Fortunately, Liang En didn't get any cards at this time, which meant that he hadn't finished excavating this kind of ruins.There is much more hidden beneath the earth.

So the next morning, he came to the side of the tunnel, and then continued to dig. Today's excavation was mainly on the side of the castle, because yesterday he felt that there seemed to be traces of artificial processing on the stone here.

Sure enough, after the floating soil at the bottom of the pit was cleaned up, a special mark appeared on the stone wall. This thing looked like a cross, but the top vertical became an oval.

"This is Anka, a symbol from ancient Egypt." As the decipherer of ancient Egyptian texts in this world and the recognized founder of Egyptology, Liang En recognized what it was at once.

This thing first came from the holy scriptures of ancient Egypt, meaning life.It was later derived as a symbol of life and a symbol of royal power.

Some ancient Egyptian gods hold the circle of the talisman of life, or hold the talisman of life in both hands, and put their hands crossed on their chests.The Latin name for this symbol is crux ansata, which means "cross with handle".

Anka is the oldest symbol of the gods in Egypt. It often appears in ancient Egyptian cemeteries and art, and mirrors are often made into this shape. Egyptian gods such as Isis, Horus, and Hathor are all Hold Anka.

Historically, this symbol was mainly found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians.Appears in Egyptian burial paintings and other art, often on the fingertip of a god or goddess, to signify the gift of life from the gods of the afterlife to the mummy of the deceased.

The gods often held an ankh amulet and placed it on someone's lips, which was considered an offering of "breath of life", meaning the breath the deceased would need in the afterlife.

In addition, the amulet of the image of Anka will also be carried by the ancient Egyptians. It can exist alone, or it can be carried in combination with two pictograms representing "strength" and "health".

"This should be a carving from the 16th or 17th century." After carefully examining the carving, Liang En showed a thoughtful expression and said, "At that time, there were very few people who could master ancient Egyptian culture."

"More importantly, Christianity was very powerful at that time, and ordinary people would not study such evil people who are easily regarded as black wizards."

"It seems that there is indeed a secret here. No wonder the Rose Cross came to search for it, but obviously they didn't find this symbol, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to just give it to us." Joan of Arc suddenly thought of something.

"And they never told the truth before. They must have some clues that we don't know. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to launch a large-scale search just by seeing the mysterious symbols."

"What you said is very possible, but it's understandable that the other party missed some key points." Liang En spread his hands and shrugged.

"After all, we are outsiders to the Rosicrucian. As long as they don't dig holes in this kind of thing, they are already very good. As for more, we shouldn't ask for extravagance."

Anka's discovery made everyone sure that there were some secrets hidden in the opponent's underground, so everyone became vigilant.Sure enough, they dug less than half a meter further down, and the entrance of a cave appeared in front of them.

The entrance of this cave looks irregular, but it has obvious traces of artificial renovation, and there are even many ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs engraved on it.

It's just that when Liang En tried to translate these words, he found that these words did not form sentences at all, and seemed to be completely scribbled.

"These things may be used to create an atmosphere." Mary said professionally at this time. "In our time, some people put some strange symbols together to decorate themselves to make themselves look different."

"What you said makes sense." Liang En nodded after roughly reading the engraved text. "These writings are indeed common on temples or ancient Egyptian mummy coffins."

"So it is very likely that the other party copied the seemingly mysterious characters on it after seeing this type of cultural relic, and then used it here."

Although it doesn't make much sense to say that these texts are just used as decorations, they together with the Anka symbols above show what is hidden in the cave.

Sure enough, when the ventilation was over and he entered the cave, Liang En found that every inch of the cave's walls of about [-] to [-] square meters were engraved with strange images and symbols.

"What is this, a cult altar?" Looking at the sculptures in front of her, Joan subconsciously touched the short dagger she was carrying at her waist. For her, such things as cults were absolutely unacceptable.

"No, these are just Latin and alchemy illustrations written in the mirror." Liang En gave an affirmative answer after looking at it with a flashlight.

After taking a simple photo and using the phone's built-in software to straighten the text, Liang En quickly read the above content, and soon, he translated the text.

"When I went into the cave, I saw a piece of emerald with writing on it, which was written by the hands of Hermes. From that piece of emerald, I saw the following words: This is the truth, without the slightest Falsehood is the truest truth of all—”

"This sentence sounds familiar." As soon as Liang En finished the first sentence, Mary frowned, "If I remember correctly, I have heard this sentence said more than once by different people - what is it. "

"This is "The Record of Emerald Jade." Liang En explained, "It is said that it is an alchemy document introduced from Egypt to Europe in 332 BC. method."

"I remembered, when someone asked me to turn lead into gold, come on, he recited a section of Jade Records to me to prove his theory.

But I later found out that he was a liar. The so-called lead into gold is to put gold in the interlayer of the tool, and then seal it with a low-melting point alloy, so that when the container is heated, there will be gold, which creates an illusion of turning lead into gold. fraud. "

(End of this chapter)