Chapter 2867: Ancient Armory
In the Church of St. Helena, Ye Tian did not find any surprises. After thoroughly exploring this ancient church, he took Derek and others to leave here.
However, this is only on the surface, and it was performed for the representatives of all parties present at the scene.
In fact, in the basement of St. Helena's Church, Ye Tian found a marble statue with the head of Constantine the Great.
This marble sculpture was buried deep underground, about a hundred years later than the completion of the St. Helena Church, and earlier than the completion of the St. Catherine’s Monastery.
It can be inferred from this that the marble head of Constantine the Great should have been enshrined in the church of St. Helena.
Later, perhaps because of the war, the friars of the Church of St. Helena buried this marble head in the depths of the ground to avoid being destroyed.
This situation is also normal. After all, Constantine the Great was the emperor of the Roman Empire, who made countless enemies throughout his life and conquered many countries and regions.
The Church of St. Helena is located in the Sinai Peninsula. Both the Arabs and the Egyptians hated Constantine the Great.
If they came to the Church of St. Helena and saw the head of Constantine the Great, it would be almost impossible to smash it.
Even the Church of St. Helena needed Roman soldiers to protect it long after it was built.
Until the St. Catherine’s Monastery was completed, surrounded the Church of St. Helena, and received a protection order issued by Mohammed, this ancient church was truly safe.
The reason why Ye Tian didn't say this discovery was because he knew in his heart that even if he said this discovery, it was impossible to dig out this marble head right now.
St. Helena’s Church is the oldest building in St. Catherine’s Monastery and a religious holy site. It is not that simple to start excavation here.
Neither the Egyptian government nor St. Catherine’s Monastery would easily allow the tripartite joint exploration team to excavate here!
It is almost certain that if the Egyptians were to know that there is such a priceless treasure buried deep underground in the Church of St. Helen, they would definitely find an excuse to stop the excavation!
More importantly, buried deep underground, there is only the head of Constantine the Great, and there are no other antique relics or gold and silver treasures.
Constantine is a Christian saint and the son of St. Helena. Once this marble head is discovered, it will definitely be left by the Monastery of St. Catherine.
Because of this, Ye Tian didn't say this discovery.
Since this priceless treasure has nothing to do with you, why bother to do so, let it continue to be buried deep underground!
After leaving the Church of St. Helena, Ye Tian and the others were going to explore the library of St. Catherine’s Monastery.
At this moment, a group of company employees who were exploring other places in the monastery suddenly notified Ye Tian that they had scanned a metal object under a section of the city wall, and the signal was very strong.
After receiving the notification, Ye Tian immediately led people to the place where the exploratory team was.
As they spoke, their group had already arrived under a section of the city wall on the east side of the monastery.
At this point, Ye Tian first found out about the situation with his staff, and asked them to scan the place where the metal signal was found again.
As the probe of the Pulse Metal Finder swept across the ground, there was a melodious chirping sound, which was very beautiful!
Hearing this voice, everyone on the scene was surprised and full of curiosity and anticipation.
Compared with others, Ye Tian was calmer.
He first checked the various detection data on the LCD display, then turned his head to look at the section of the city wall and the nearby terrain, and then fell into contemplation.
After a while, he smiled and said:
"From the data analysis explored by the pulse metal detector, there are indeed some metal objects buried in this area more than one meter deep, and there are a lot of them, and they are gathered together.
But I think these metal objects are not treasures, let alone Solomon's treasures, but some ancient weapons, such as arrows and spears, and short swords and shields.
In other words, this place used to be a place for storing weapons, such as a temporary armory, but due to the age too old, this temporary armory collapsed and then was buried again!
Of course, there are reasons why I say this. The first is the depth of burial. If there is any treasure buried here, it is absolutely impossible to bury it so shallow, it is too easy to be discovered!
Secondly, let's look at the terrain here again. The area where the metal signal is scanned is a gentle slope, reaching the root of the city wall, and there is a ladder next to it, and you can go up to the city wall along the stairs.
Obviously, this place is very suitable for setting up an armory. Once the monastery is attacked, the people inside can take out weapons from the armory and quickly rush to the wall for defense.
On weekdays, all weapons are placed in this armory. After all, this is a monastery, and it is located at the foot of Mount Sinai, the holy site of the three religions. It is protected by all parties and there are few opportunities to use swords.
With that said, Ye Tian pointed to the gentle **** where he was standing, and the city wall beside him.
As he said, on the inner side of the city wall three or four meters away, there is a ladder less than one meter wide, leading from the root to the top of the city wall.
Hearing his analysis, everyone at the scene nodded and expressed their approval!
After a short pause, Ye Tian continued to say:
"Someone might ask why the monks of St. Catherine's Monastery did not know the existence of this armory? This is actually not difficult to explain, and we must start with the history of St. Catherine's Monastery.
Everyone knows that when the Arabs conquered Sinai and Egypt in the middle of the seventh century, the Sinai monks fled in large numbers, including the monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery.
It was a difficult time. When the number of monks was the smallest, there were fewer than 30 monks on the Sinai Peninsula, and there were even fewer monks in the Monastery of St. Catherine. It is estimated that only a few people are still standing by!
In that turbulent period, even such a religious sacred place needs to prepare some weapons to deal with attacks that may occur at any time, otherwise the monastery does not need to build a wall!
Perhaps it was during that period that the armory at the root of the city wall collapsed and all the weapons were buried, because the monastery was too few people to clean it out.
Over time, this collapsed armory was buried by yellow sand again. It was not until the situation on the Sinai Peninsula improved a few centuries later that a large number of monks came to St. Catherine's Monastery to practice!
These later monks naturally did not know this armory that had been buried a long time ago, and the various weapons in this armory were buried underground until the tripartite joint exploratory team arrived.
More importantly, the metal objects scanned by the pulse metal detector, analyzed from their shape, are not like gold and silver treasures, such as gold products, but more like ancient weapons.
These are my guesses. It is not certain whether www.wuxiaspot.com is correct or not. If you want to know the result, just dig up here. Fortunately, these metal objects are not deeply buried, and there are no historical buildings here."
When the words fell, Ye Tian looked at Father Harris and the vice-president of St. Catherine's Abbey, and everyone else at the scene looked at them one after another.
Whether to excavate here, to dig out these ancient weapons or other metal objects buried deep underground, they need to make a decision!
The reason why Ye Tian spent so much time saying such a big deal is naturally not for these ancient weapons buried deep underground.
He wanted to use this deep underground armory to test the attitude of St. Catherine's Monastery and decide whether to name another treasure that is more important.
If Father Harris and the others do not agree to dig in the monastery, or to dig this ancient armory, Ye Tian will be prepared to keep the secret and leave with the tripartite joint exploration team!
In this way, that more important treasure can only continue to sleep!
On the contrary, there will be a shocking discovery!
