Chapter 2985: Open air museum
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian took David and Joshua and others up to a hill on the outskirts of Luxor and looked up to the Nile River and the direction of the Valley of the Kings not far away.
After two days of trekking, the tripartite joint exploratory team arrived in Luxor in the middle reaches of the Nile yesterday afternoon. After a rest in Luxor, the exploration started this morning.
Luxor is a famous ancient Egyptian city, located in the middle reaches of the Nile River. It is one of the most important cities in the Nile Valley.
The capital of ancient Egypt, Thebes, is located here. It is a concentrated area of ancient Thebes and is known as the "largest open-air museum" on earth.
Thebes is a capital built between the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (from 2040 to 1071 BC). It has a history of more than 4,000 years.
According to historical records, Thebes at that time had hundreds of city gates, densely populated, and extensive buildings. It was extremely prosperous. It was the largest city in the world. It had the reputation of "the capital of a hundred gates." The Arabs once praised it as 'Palace like city'.
The pharaohs of the past dynasties built a large number of temples, palaces and tombs in Thebes. They are magnificent in scale and exquisite craftsmanship.
However, as thousands of years have passed, many of the magnificent palaces and temples are unheard of, but from the remaining temple ruins, the tombs of the emperors, and the tombs of the nobles, one can still imagine the grandeur of the Bez’s heyday.
The famous Valley of the Kings is located to the west of Luxor, that is, to the west of Thebes, about seven kilometers from the west bank of the Nile.
There are many tombs of many pharaohs from the eighteenth to twentieth dynasties of the new dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well as a large number of tombs of nobles. The famous Tutankhamun tombs and treasures were discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
In ancient Egypt, as slaves and shepherds of the Pharaohs, although the ancestors of the Israelites lived mainly in the Nile Delta of Lower Egypt, there were also several settlements in Thebes of Upper Egypt.
These locations are all located on the outskirts of Thebes. When the ancestors of the Israelites lived here, they also built some temple-like buildings and worshipped their own gods.
After the destruction of ancient Israel by the New Babylonian Kingdom, some of the Israelis who fled Jerusalem had tossed and turned, and once again returned to the land where their ancestors once lived.
One more thing, the Queen of Sheba went to Jerusalem several times to meet with King Solomon, and when Menelik I escaped from Jerusalem and fled back to Ethiopia, they had all been here and stayed here.
Because of this, the three-party joint exploration team will come to Luxor to explore the legendary Solomon’s treasure and the Ark of the Covenant!
At this time, the hill where Ye Tian and the others stood was one of the former settlements of the ancestors of the Israelites.
It is a pity that thousands of years have passed, under the double erosion of time and wind and sand, the few temples that originally stood on this hill are left with only a few short sections of stone walls, even broken walls. Not on.
At this point, it is still uncertain whether they were built by the ancestors of the Israelis, the ancient Egyptians, or later the ancient Greeks and Romans!
As for the houses of the ancestors of the Israelites, just like their people, they have long been turned into yellow sand, and there is nowhere to find them!
Standing on the top of the hill, Ye Tian and the others could only see the quietly flowing Nile in the distance and the boats that shuttled back and forth on the river, but they couldn't see the famous Valley of the Kings at all. They could only imagine!
looked towards the wind for a while, and then Ye Tian retracted his gaze, turned around and looked at everyone on the scene.
"Gentlemen, let's start, hoping to gain something. I also hope that the ancestors of the Israelis or the ancient Egyptians have hidden something here. At least we have to leave a hint!
Even if we cannot find the legendary Solomon’s treasure and the Ark of the Covenant, if we can find a Pharaoh’s tomb similar to Tutankhamun’s treasure, then we are worthy of a trip! "
"hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone laughed.
"A pharaoh's tomb like Tutankhamun's treasure? Steven, your ambition is too big!"
"Wow! If we really find such a pharaoh's tomb, it will definitely cause a sensation in the whole world!"
After some discussion, everyone took action to prepare for the upcoming joint exploration operation.
Ye Tian went to many brave men to explore the company's employees fearlessly, ready to assign work to his employees.
came closer, he glanced at these guys first, then smiled and said loudly:
"Guys, as in the previous exploratory operations, we divided into several groups and scanned the ancient ruins thoroughly with a pulsed metal detector to see if we could find something.
If you find metal objects buried deep underground, and you are not sure what those metal objects are, remember to notify me immediately, let me see the situation, and then decide whether to dig and explore.
Compared to the Apophis I pyramid located deep in the Sahara, it is undoubtedly much safer here. There is no need to worry about landmines and traps, but you still have to be careful and take care of each other.
After scanning the hill thoroughly, if nothing is found, except for a few people, I will follow me to check the broken walls. The others can rest and wait for the next place to explore! "
Next, Ye Tian said a few more words before finishing the work arrangement.
After that, everyone can assemble freely, divide into several groups, and then take out a pulse metal detector from the metal suitcase, quickly assemble it, and start exploring!
In a blink of an eye, these exploratory teams dispersed, each holding a pulsed metal detection conference, just like mine-sweeping troops, and began to scan the hill carefully.
Ye Tian led a few people to a low stone wall, to study the condition of that stone wall, to see if it was the site of a temple built by the ancestors of the Israelites!
Just as everyone started exploring, under this hill, more and more people heard the wind, and only a few flat areas under the hill were completely filled!
Fortunately, the Egyptian police had been prepared for a long time, and they deliberately marked out a few visit areas and pulled up a cordon to control the scene well~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Among these crowds, there was Lu The local residents of Xorso, there are also many tourists from all over the world, explorers, treasure hunters, experts and scholars from all walks of life, etc.
There are many guys who follow the three-party joint exploration team all the way for Solomon’s treasure and the ark, and each pair of eyes is full of greed and jealousy.
Of course, there are also many media reporters on the scene, both from Egypt and from the world's major news media!
The scene was like a press conference. These guys raised the camera and video camera in their hands, and kept shooting on the top of the mountain!
As the tripartite joint exploratory team began to act, these guys who stayed down the mountain to watch the excitement suddenly climaxed!
"Guys, what do you think is hidden under this hill? Is it a magnificent pyramid? Like the pyramid of Apophis I hidden under the sand dune!"
"It's really a shame. My family has lived in Luxor for generations. Why didn't I expect to come to this hill to find treasures? I regret it!"
Just as these guys were talking about it, the joint exploratory team on the top of the mountain had already discovered something.
"Steven, take a look at this stone, there are some interesting things carved on it!"
An archaeologist from Columbia University exclaimed, with a very excited tone!
