Chapter 2668: Fragments from the Colosseum
Compared with the Romanesque building on the ground, the basement of this building seems to be older and stronger. This is an underground fortress built entirely of stones.
After entering the basement, Derek began to introduce the situation to Ye Tian.
"Steven, as far as we know, Trajan's Square and the Venetian Palace not far away and nearby areas are just above the famous Roman Underground City. Almost every building here has such an ancient basement.
These basements were originally part of the Roman dungeons, which are very old, and the buildings on the ground, except for a very small part, were mostly built later. This is the case with this Roman-style building.
The construction of these buildings on the ground and the people who live in them naturally occupy the dungeon facilities under their respective buildings. They blocked the passage to other places and turned this part of the dungeon into a basement!
Some people also blocked the underground city below their residence and transformed it into a wine cellar, a treasure room, a refuge, and even a secret prison. On this street, it is said that there are two old secret prisons. ! "
Just as Derek introduced, Ye Tian was also observing this ancient and solid basement.
At his request, when Derek and the others cleaned this Roman-style building and several other historical buildings, they had already moved all the things in the basement to the ground and piled them in the atrium garden!
There are also some furniture and sundries, as well as the fine wines stored in these basements, which have been removed by the original homeowners or tenants. The basement is currently empty and easy to observe!
"This is human nature. Rome’s underground cities are criss-crossed and connected in all directions, and the city of Rome has been turbulent since ancient times. No one who lives here dares not seal these underground passages that extend in all directions.
Some of the clever people, while sealing off most of the secret passages in the dungeon, they often leave one or two secret passages for escape. If they encounter danger that day, they can escape from the secret passage.
There are also some guys who use the secret tunnels of the dungeon to smuggle, engage in assassinations, even conduct coups, and engage in various conspiracies. In modern times, the mafia also used this to smuggle drugs and arms.
It can be said that Rome on the ground is showing a brilliant side to the world! The underground city is the other side of Rome, and it is the dark, horrible, ugly and unknown side.
What we are looking for are these possible escape routes and the hidden treasure rooms. The reason why I bought these six historical buildings is mainly because they are in the Roman underground city! "
Ye Tian was chatting with Derek, beating on the walls of this basement, and carefully examining the ancient stones that built the walls.
While was talking, he suddenly stopped talking and reached out to touch a stone on the wall.
On that stone, there are some simple patterns carved, although it is not very clear, but it is still faintly recognizable.
Seeing Ye Tian's movements, Derek immediately leaned forward and looked at the seemingly ordinary stone curiously.
After observing for a while, Ye Tian smiled and said:
"Derek, look at this stone. It should be a part of the Corinthian column, and it is a fragment close to the capital of the stigma. These decorations resembling buttercup leaves are the most obvious feature, which is different from Ionian columns and Doric columns. column.
Let’s look at the texture of this stone again. It is very close to the Corinthian columns of the Colosseum. It should be said that the two are stones from the same place. The textures are basically the same and the patterns carved on them are basically the same.
From these two points, it is certain that the fragment of the Corinthian column came from the Colosseum not far away. The Colosseum collapsed around the sixth century AD, and the damage was further aggravated during the Middle Ages.
From then on until the middle of the eighteenth century, the Colosseum was a ruin without any protection measures. Many citizens in Rome, including the Holy See, moved stones from there to build houses or churches.
It can be determined from this point that the time when the fragment of the Corinthian column was moved here should be after the sixth century AD, and according to my assessment, the time it was placed here should be the 11th to the 12th century.
The formation of the underground city later than Rome coincided with the construction time of the building on the ground. From this, it can be concluded that the person who brought the fragment of the Corinthian column from the Colosseum is probably the builder of the building."
While saying these words, Ye Tian's fingers kept moving, pointing to this ancient stone on the wall, and introducing Derek his findings and conclusions.
Listening to his explanation, Derek kept nodding his head, and he had a deeper understanding of this ancient basement!
It is a pity that this fragment of a Corinthian column from the Colosseum, apart from its own historical value, has no secrets hidden behind it, let alone treasures!
After appreciating and identifying the fragment of the Corinthian column, Ye Tian looked at other places, and continued to study this ancient basement with great interest, studying the walls and ground here, etc.
In a blink of an eye, seven or eight minutes passed.
Ye Tian and the others came to a small basement that had been transformed into a wine cellar. They were about to check the situation here to see what they could find.
At this moment, an excited voice suddenly came from the intercom.
"Steven, you'd better come to the second floor to take a look. We detected a strong metal signal on the wall of a bedroom. From the analysis of the detected signal, there is probably a safe hidden inside this wall."
Hearing the announcement, Ye Tian paused first, then picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Okay, let's go up immediately to see if it is a safe and what is in it"
After speaking, Ye Tian took Derek out of the basement and walked upstairs.
Soon, they came to a bedroom on the second floor.
Seeing them come in, the two guys who were in charge of exploring this area immediately walked over, then pointed to a wall on the north side of the bedroom and said:
"Steven, it is inside this wall that we detected a very strong metal signal, the range is not large, from the signal distribution range, it should be a safe hidden in the wall.
But we did not find the mechanism to open the safe on this wall, or the mechanism was hidden under the wallpaper. The guy who lived here before probably didn't know the existence of the safe!
On the other side of this wall, there is a small study room. A black walnut bookcase stands against the wall. The windows are on the side of the atrium garden~www.wuxiaspot.com~The environment is quite elegant and it is a good place for reading and resting. local"
As he said, the guy with the pulse metal detector in his hand walked to the wall on the north side of the bedroom and stuck the probe on the wall.
Following his movements, there was a beep of a metal detector in the room, which sounded very pleasant.
"Good job, guys, let me see what secrets or treasures are hidden in this wall, I hope it will be a nice surprise!"
said, Ye Tian has already stepped forward.
He first checked the detected metal signal, and then started to check the wall with the wallpaper, and the adjacent ground and wall!
Through analyzing the detected metal signals and the distribution range, he affirmed the judgment of the two employees. There is indeed a safe hidden inside this wall.
However, in this bedroom, he did not find the mechanism to open the safe, perhaps it was hidden by the wallpaper on the wall!
stood in front of the wall and observed for a while, then Ye Tian said:
"Let’s go to the study next door, maybe we can find something."
After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the bedroom and walked to the study next door.
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