Chapter 2874: St. Helena Treasure
St. Helena, the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, is also one of the saints of Christianity.
When she was entrusted by Constantine to build the famous Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the monks from Mount Sinai rushed to Jerusalem upon hearing the news and begged her to build a church where the thorns burned.
So there was the Church of St. Helena at the foot of Mount Sinai. Then, on the basis of this church, the Roman Emperor Justinian I ordered the construction of the Monastery of St. Catherine to protect the monks and believers of Mount Sinai.
In other words, St. Helena’s Church is the predecessor of St. Catherine’s Monastery and the foundation of the world’s most famous monastery!
When I visited the Church of St. Helena before, in that old church, the tripartite joint exploration team did not see the golden statue of St. Helena built around the fourth century.
That priceless golden statue disappeared mysteriously more than a thousand years ago. No one knows where the statue went, whether it was looted or hidden!
Unexpectedly, the golden statue of St. Helena was hidden in St. Catherine's Monastery, and it was hidden in the Well of Moses, right under the eyes of the monks of St. Catherine's Monastery, but they never found it!
Because of this, when the abbot of St. Catherine's Abbey and other Orthodox monks saw this golden statue, they exclaimed in excitement. Everyone couldn't believe their eyes!
The golden statue of St. Helena hidden behind the well wall is the image of a loving mother, with a cross on her chest, looking at the front with compassion, even revealing a bit of the radiance of the Virgin.
This golden statue is about one meter high and stands in an alcove on the wall. It is the golden statue scanned by the small drone before!
As for the burning thorns, it is a famous religious story recorded in the Bible.
That was what happened when Moses wandered on the Sinai Peninsula and shepherd the Midianites after escaping from Egypt for the first time. It was full of mythology!
One day when Moses drove his father-in-law’s flock to Mount Sinai to graze, God appeared to Moses from the burning bush and told him that the Israelites in Egypt were being enslaved and living in deep waters. He asked him to return to Egypt to save his people.
At that time, Moses did not believe that he had this ability, and he was also suspicious of God's words, or that he did not believe in God very much, so he found many excuses to shirk this mission.
In order to persuade Moses, God showed him a series of miracles and gave him three miracles to convince the Israelis in Egypt, so that the Israelis believed in Moses, followed him to flee Egypt and return to Canaan!
In the end, Moses was persuaded by God and accepted this extremely difficult task, and then returned to Egypt with his wife and two sons. This was how the book of Exodus came into being.
When God appeared to Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai, he appeared in a burning thorn. Although the thorn was on fire, it was not burned, thus attracting Moses who was herding sheep.
Whether it is Judaism or Christianity, God's manifestation to Moses through the burning bush is an extremely important miracle.
Especially for Judaism and Israelis, this miracle is even more important!
This dialogue between God and Moses directly determined the fate of the entire Jewish nation, and Moses led the Israelites to escape from Egypt and return to their hometown of Canaan!
Because of this, when many Israelis on the scene saw this statue of the ‘Burning Thorns’, they fell into a state of madness, and even tears of excitement filled their eyes!
This is also a golden statue, placed next to the golden statue of St. Helena, diagonally opposite the black wooden door.
Ancient sculptors used gold to shape a burning thorn. In that golden flame, there seemed to be a person's figure hidden, perhaps the God who appeared to Moses!
And the sculptor gave this burning thorn a circle of holy light, making it more sacred, radiating bright light under the illumination of the searchlight.
In addition to the two golden statues, in this secret space behind the well wall, there are also some other gold products and several small marble sculptures hidden.
Just in front of the golden statue of St. Helena, there were seven or eight small boxes on the ground.
From the signals scanned by the small drone with the metal detector before, we all know that these boxes are full of metal objects, and they are likely to be various gold products or silver products!
And this is only a part of the treasure hidden behind the well wall. In other parts of this hidden space, there must be many valuable antique cultural relics and gold and silver treasures hidden!
There is no doubt that this is a shocking treasure, and its discovery will definitely cause a huge sensation, and it will also attract countless attention!
Of course, there is no lack of greedy eyes among them. The discovery of this treasure will surely stimulate some guys to have red eyes, and even take risks and try to looting this treasure!
When the rest of the people on the scene were still in a state of stunned, and exclaimed for the discovery of this treasure, Ye Tian had taken the lead to wake up.
In fact, he had already seen clearly what was hidden in this secret space behind the well wall, and he knew it clearly!
When he woke up, he glanced at the crowd first, then patted his hands lightly, smiled and said loudly:
"Gentlemen, you can wake up. What everyone sees now is only a part of this amazing treasure. In the following exploration process, I believe there will be many surprising discoveries!"
Following Ye Tian's remarks, everyone suddenly became sober.
The next moment, the frying pan will be on the spot.
"Oh my God! Who would have thought that there is such a shocking treasure hidden in St. Catherine's Monastery. It is incredible. I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"Wow! The discovery of the golden statue of St. Helena and the burning thorns is really amazing. There is no doubt that the discovery of this treasure will shock the entire Western world!"
Everyone at the scene exclaimed in excitement, all in a frenzy.
Ye Tian smiled softly, then said loudly:
"This treasure hidden in the Well of Moses is indeed very amazing. Its discovery will cause a huge sensation. I am very honored to be able to discover this unknown and shocking treasure!
Judging from the current situation, this is not the treasure of Solomon and the Ark of the Covenant that the tripartite joint exploration team is looking for during this trip. The reason is simple. The discovery of the golden statue of St. Helena is enough to explain the problem."
Following his remarks, everyone at the scene nodded without objection.
"Yes, Steven, this should not be Solomon's Treasure. The age of St. Helena is too far away from the time of King Solomon. It is difficult for her to connect with Solomon's Treasure!"
The Bishop of Kent continued, even though this is not Solomon's treasure, his excited eyes shined straight.
The performance of other people at the scene was the same. Everyone nodded or agreed with each other, and they all agreed with the conclusions made by Ye Tian and Bishop Kent.
Ye Tian nodded lightly, then continued:
"As we all know, when St. Helena built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the monks of Mount Sinai rushed to Jerusalem and begged St. Helena to build a church where the thorns burned.
According to legend, the church of St. Helena was built in the place where the thorns burned. It was also the place where God first appeared to Moses. It is not surprising that the golden statue of the ‘burning thorns’ was found here!
Another point is that the largest and most important repair of the Well of Moses was when the Church of St. Helena was built. It is inferred from this that this hidden space for treasures was built at that time.
Taking it a step further, I boldly speculated that the amazing treasure hidden in this secret space is probably the collection of the church of St. Helena, which can be called the treasure of St. Helena!
Of course, this may also be a treasure belonging to the Egyptian provinces of the Roman Empire. For a long time after the completion of the Church of St. Helena, it was under the protection of the Egyptian provinces of the Roman Empire.
When was this treasure hidden? I guess it was before the Arabs conquered Egypt ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ or earlier, in order to protect these treasures, they were hidden.
Everyone knows that after the Arabs conquered Egypt, despite the protection order issued by Muhammad, the monks on the Sinai Peninsula still fled and lost in large numbers, and at one time there were less than 30 people left.
In that case, it is obviously impossible to leave Sinai with a large number of antiques, cultural relics and gold and silver treasures. We can only find a way to hide them. The situation did not change until after the ninth century! "
Hearing Ye Tian's analysis, everyone nodded and agreed.
Next, everyone discussed a few more words before returning to the topic and continuing to explore this amazing treasure.
Under the command of Ye Tian, the Vatican explorer who opened the gate of St. Helena's treasure, once again retreated to the Well of Moses!
Immediately afterwards, Derek controlled the small drone and flew directly into the hidden space behind the well wall to check the situation inside.
The picture that then appeared on the monitoring screen caused a commotion again!
