Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 84 Kate Bay Castle

In the storage box in front of the co-pilot, there are now two somewhat old Helwan pistols, which are Beretta 1951 pistols imitated and produced by Egypt after obtaining a license.It used to be the standard weapon of the Egyptian army, but it is now obsolete.

"I bought them and 1000 rounds of ammunition for 80 Euros yesterday." Fan Meng introduced, "After all, the situation in this area has not been so stable, so it is better to prepare some weapons for self-defense than to wait for someone to rescue or pay a ransom after being kidnapped. .”

"You're right, the Egyptians are not so reliable in many places. Rather than relying on them, I think it makes more sense to make some preparations." Liang En nodded, and then looked at the scenery on both sides of the road.

Because this place is the Nile Delta, the two sides of the road are not as desolate as before, but full of vitality.Whether it is date palms or aquatic plants by the river, the surrounding environment is not so dead.

Although it is winter, the temperature at noon is still around 25 degrees. Driving on the asphalt road in this situation is not a good feeling.

Fortunately, the destination of the trip was only 6000 meters away from the urban area, so after only a few minutes, the convoy arrived at the destination along the highway.

"We are here now." Just when everyone followed the road and saw the river entering the sea, Professor Jacques' voice came from the radio. "In front of us now is Kettle Bay Castle."

After hearing the sound, Liang En, who was drowsy, sat up straight from his seat and looked towards the front of the vehicle, only to see a building similar to Tianfang Temple.

This is a castle left over from the Mamluk era, located five kilometers north of Rashid City where the Rashid River enters the sea.It was established as a fortress guarding strategic routes.

It's just that now the castle has completely lost its military role, and has become an ordinary old building surrounded by various simple houses.

The reason why Liang En and the others came here was because the region planned to renovate the building and use it as a tourist attraction to attract tourists, so they invited the French Louvre Museum to help with the scientific research work when they were short of manpower.

"Kate Bay Castle?" After the call ended, Fan Meng looked at the unremarkable building in front of him with a puzzled expression. "If I remember correctly, the castle built on the ruins of the Alexandria Lighthouse is also called this name."

"You are right, because the sultan printed on one Egyptian pound was a standard infrastructure madman at that time." Liang En replied with a smile. "So there are not a few buildings named after him in Egypt now."

The sultan was an Egyptian ruler who lived in the 15th century, so the other party naturally did not have any ideals for cultural relics protection.Therefore, when building this castle, the other party used a lot of materials from ancient buildings.

In fact, this kind of behavior was very common in that era. For example, only half of the outer buildings of the Colosseum in ancient Rome are left, while the other half has been used as building materials by local residents for a long time to build new buildings. up.

This is why the Louvre Museum was invited to come here during the renovation of this building, because a large number of certain components from ancient Egyptian architecture were used in this building, so these things need to be sorted out now.

After getting off the car, everyone quickly moved some of the things in the car into the castle, and then accompanied by a group of locals, they began to explore the entire castle.

As soon as he entered the door, Liang En saw a step on the wall on the right hand side with ancient Egyptian characters engraved on the surface.And when he got closer, he found that although there were only some incomplete characters on it, the remaining circle of the king's name indicated that it should have been taken down from a certain temple.

It's a pity that the masons cut the pillar horizontally to save trouble, so the two lines of writing on it are all incomplete, and it is impossible to recognize what is written.

But this is obviously a good sign, proving that there are many valuable cultural relics hidden in this area.So after putting some of the tools they were carrying in the center of the yard, the whole expedition team divided up the area and searched under the arrangement of Professor Jacques.

The search area assigned to Liang En was very small, only a few soldiers' barracks.The reason for this is that the main purpose of Liang En's visit this time is to translate the text on the excavated cultural relics for everyone in real time.

As soon as the task was announced, Liang En was dragged to the edge of a wall by Professor Jacques, and there was half a stone tablet embedded in the wall at the height of the face, which looked relatively complete, with only a few places worn out.

"This should be the stele left by the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Hellenistic era of ancient Egypt." After reading a few lines of text, Liang En quickly translated the content on the stele. "Mainly in praise of Arsinoy III for a donation to the temple."

"Arsinoy III? That is, the daughter of King Ptolemy III of Egypt, the half-sister and wife of Ptolemy IV." As an Egyptology expert, Professor Jacques quickly remembered who this person was.

"Although she died in the political struggle, the other party was a person who was loved by the Egyptian people in history. And the two conspirators who killed him at that time were also expelled later, so this inscription is preserved. It's normal."

"But professor, is this translation really accurate?" Just after Liang En finished translating the content on the stele, a middle-aged man with a beard next to him suddenly said.

After hearing the question, Liang En turned his head and found that the person who raised the objection was Dr. Sharif, who was also a researcher of the Ancient Egypt Department of the Louvre in France.

"Okay, what do you think is wrong with my translation just now?" Liang En asked directly looking at the middle-aged man after hearing the voice of questioning.

After all, this is a language that has been dead for a long time. Even a genius expert like Champollion may not be able to translate everything correctly, so he also hopes to hear some valuable suggestions.

"How do you make sure that your translation is completely correct? After all, no one knows what these dead words represent. You can completely fabricate the so-called correct translation by grandstanding—"

"I hope you can come up with some valuable information, instead of messing around like you are now." Liang En said with a serious face after realizing that the other party was simply attacking personally for some reason.

"I don't think my research must be correct, but when you accuse me, you'd better be able to produce some tangible evidence, otherwise your accusation will hardly be beneficial to this academic."

"Don't put on airs here. The so-called research of a guy like you who hasn't undergone long-term professional training is just hoping to cheat money." Obviously, this Dr. Sharif must have some troubles in some aspects, so he vented his anger on Liang En.

Thinking about it, he looked twice as old as Liang En, and his education was much higher than his.But now he can only do some auxiliary tasks for Professor Jacques, so it is reasonable to burst out of emotion.

"Sharif, we are scholars, not politicians." Professor Jacques also showed dissatisfaction at this time. "So when you accuse others of being wrong, you'd better come up with enough reasonable reasons instead of attacking people like you are doing now."

(End of this chapter)