Chapter 3008: Rival statues
After opening the cave opening on the cliff where the treasure is hidden, the few rock climbers from Israel and Sudan began to drive rock nails around the cave and install cable-dropping equipment.
However, they did not want to destroy the cave entrance, such as expanding the cave entrance, but to protect the Shandong as much as possible, and they did not immediately go into the cave to explore the treasure.
The work of entering the cave and exploring the treasure will be completed by the subsequent exploration team members who climbed the cliff, including all excavation and clearing work.
After installing the cable-descent device, the few rock climbers descended from the cliff and rested in the valley.
Immediately afterwards, Peter and another Israeli security personnel climbed up the cliff over there and successfully reached the hole in the inverted area in the middle of the cliff.
But they did not enter the cave. Instead, through cooperation with ground security personnel, two young archaeologists from Israel and Sudan were hung up to the cliff and sent into the cave.
As the two archaeologists entered and the lights entered, the internal situation of the cave hanging high in the middle of the cliff was finally presented before everyone's eyes.
The treasure that was hidden in the cave for many years has finally revealed the mystery.
After climbing into the cave, the two archaeologists wiped off the dust on the stone walls on both sides of the cave entrance and cleaned up the gravel on the ground of the cave entrance.
With their actions, the ancient characters and patterns carved on the stone walls on both sides of the cave entrance finally appeared, which was much clearer than the previous pictures taken with the Beetle drone.
As you have seen before, on the two stone walls, there are many ancient Hebrew characters, some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, and ancient Syrian characters.
Those ancient Hebrew texts basically tell stories from the Talmud, and the Talmud quoted is even older.
In addition, on the two stone walls are carved the patterns of Mount Sinai and the "Burning Thorns" respectively, which are rich in religious colors.
The temple building carved on the left cave wall looks like the famous second temple.
This discovery caused a cheer in the valley, which made all Israelis excited.
"Oh my God! How can there be a picture of the Second Temple here? Could it be that this Israeli ancestor has always been in contact with Jerusalem?"
"If this is really the Second Temple, it is enough to show that at least before 70 AD, this ancestor of the Israelites lived in this valley and discovered this cave on the cliff!"
Compared with these excited Israelis, the high-ranking officials of the Sudanese government who were on the scene are more concerned about what treasures are hidden in this cave, and how valuable is it?
After cleaning the entrance of the cave, the two archaeologists climbed into the cave and went deeper into the cave.
At the same time, the lighting equipment they carried also illuminates this extremely hidden cave.
Compared with the previous pictures taken with the miniature beetle drone, the area inside this cave is more than doubled.
Entering from the entrance of the cave, there is an open space, equivalent to the front hall, and there seems to be a lot of space behind.
It's just that this cave is winding and winding, blocking the line of sight. I don't know for the time being, how deep and how big is this cave?
On the ground of the cave’s front hall, many things were piled up into a small hill covered with dust.
Through some of these gaps, it seems that you can see bright golden lights.
It can be seen that there must be a lot of gold or gold products hidden under the thick dust.
And around the front hall of the cave, on the naturally formed stone walls, there are many niches of different sizes, with a total of more than a dozen or twenty.
In each niche there are things, mostly statues, and there seems to be some pottery and religious items!
In addition, there is a small altar at the front hall of the cave facing the entrance of the cave, but it is empty and there is nothing on it.
On the stone wall behind this altar, there seems to be a six-pointed star that symbolizes Israel, with a thick layer of dust falling on it, which is not very real.
The discovery of this altar made many Israelis in the valley excited again.
Because this shows that this cave is not only a very hidden treasure place, but also a small religious place where the Israelis hidden here can pray.
Seeing these contents on the video surveillance screen, everyone was shocked.
The same goes for Ye Tian. While watching the video surveillance screen, he analyzed the situation here to the people around him.
"From the situation of this cave, the people who hide the treasures in this cave are most likely children around ten years old, the oldest being no more than fifteen years old, or dwarfs.
Only the small and soft body of children can freely enter and exit the gap outside the cave without being stuck. Those children should be hung by adults on the cliff and then into the cave.
It is not even possible to rule out the possibility that the ancestors of the Israelis who live here will choose a few young and flexible boys in turbulent times and let them take turns to live in the cave!
In this way, there is no need to go up and down this steep and unusual cliff frequently, and it is much safer! Whenever they encounter danger, they can quickly transfer the tribal property to this cave.
Because of this, there will be an altar in this cave, and in the next exploration, maybe you will find things like stone beds, and maybe some other utensils in life! "
Listening to Ye Tian's analysis, everyone at the scene nodded.
And the subsequent exploration actions also confirmed his judgment.
After exploring the area at the entrance of the cave, the two archaeologists carefully walked into the cave and continued their exploration.
After walking only about three meters in, they found a table similar to a stone bed on the ground, about 30 centimeters above the ground and about 1.5 meters long.
Seeing this scene, everyone in the valley turned their heads to look at Ye Tian, and everyone was full of admiration.
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Soon, the time has come to the afternoon,
After several hours of exploration, the situation in this cave on the cliff has basically been figured out.
As for this treasure hidden in the cave, the preliminary exploration work has also been completed, and it is time to dig and clear it.
Now everyone has determined that this unknown treasure is not the legendary treasure of Solomon.
One of the most holy objects of Christianity and Judaism, the Ark of the Covenant, is not in this cave.
This means that this unknown treasure belongs to the Brave Fearless Exploration Company and the Sudanese government, which are jointly owned by both parties, each accounting for 50% of the rights and interests.
The half of the treasure owned by Brave Fearless Exploration has been sold to the Israeli government.
The next treasure digging and cleaning work will be completed by a joint exploration team composed of the Israeli government and the Sudanese government, and has nothing to do with the Brave Exploration Company.
What Ye Tian has to do now is to stay aside and watch the play, and then from the cleared out treasures, select a few eye-catching top antique cultural relics and art collections.
Of course, his gains are far more than that.
The proceeds from the sale of half of the treasure will soon be transferred to the bank account of the Brave Fearless Exploration Company. It is definitely a crazy and amazing wealth.
The two young archaeologists who entered the cave to explore before have come down from the cliff and returned to the bottom of the valley.
Along with them, there is a five-branched gold candlestick and a bronze statue.
They were replaced by a six-person exploratory group.
Three people each from Israel and Sudan have entered the cave located in the middle of the cliff, and have started digging and clearing the treasure.
At this time, Ye Tian and the others were sitting under a huge parasol, admiring the five-branched gold candlestick and a bronze head in front of them.
This bronze head carved is exactly the leader of the Israelites, Moses.
The five-branched gold candlestick is one of the symbols of the Jews.
Compared with the seven-branched gold candlestick of King Solomon found in Tomar, and the seven-branched bronze candlestick of Herod the Great found in Jerusalem, this five-branched gold candlestick is relatively rough.
Both the manufacturing method and the engraving process are far inferior to those two seven-branched candlesticks.
Its status in Jewish history is incomparable to the two seven-branched candlesticks, and it can even be said to be unknown. No one knows the existence of this five-branched golden candlestick!
However, this does not prevent it from becoming an invaluable top antique cultural relic.
The same is true for the bronze head of Moses. Although the sculpture is rough and has some ancient Egyptian civilization, it is also a top-notch antique cultural relic of invaluable value. It is rare!
Looking at these two top-level antiques that are nearly intact, all the Israelis on the scene were very excited, staring at the two treasures one by one, not even blinking their eyelids.
In the eyes of the Sudanese, these two top antique cultural relics radiating bright light mean a huge amount of wealth. Everyone of them is almost red when they see it.
As for Ye Tian, he looked at these two top antique relics with appreciation.
Of course, half of the value attached to these two top antique cultural relics belongs to him, and one point is not enough!
While talking, some things were transported out of the cave on the cliff, packed in a metal box, and slowly hoisted to the bottom of the valley.
Several exploratory team members waiting at the bottom of the valley immediately stepped forward to take the metal box, and then transported it to Ye Tian and the others.
Immediately afterwards, several representatives of the Israeli and Sudanese governments stepped forward to check the appearance of the metal box and the seals affixed to it.
After confirming that there was no problem, the box was opened.
What appeared in front of everyone were four or five gold products, radiating bright light, a small stone sculpture, and a bronze statue.
What's interesting is that the figures carved by the bronze statue and the small stone sculpture are exactly a pair of opponents!
The bronze statue sculpts David, but the statue of David from the ancestors of the Israelites is very different from the statue of David created by Michelangelo.
That small stone sculpture is a person's head.
The figure carved is the legendary chief warrior of the Philistine, the giant Goliath!
According to the "Bible", Goliath was the chief soldier of the Philistines. He led troops to attack the Israeli army. He possessed infinite power. Everyone would retreat and dare not fight when he saw him.
But the one who finally defeated Goliath was the shepherd boy David.
He hit Goliath in the head with a slingshot and cut off his head. David later unified the entire Israel and became the famous King David.
What this head of Goliath shows is exactly the situation when Goliath was cut off. His expression is painful, his eyes are full of despair and fear, full of tragedy!
Seeing these two ancient and rival statues, Ye Tian's eyes couldn't help but brighten.
He asked them to bring these two statues in front of him and appreciate them carefully.
Several other archaeologists who are also here are also admiring these two statues and several other pieces of gold, and everyone is very excited.
After pretending to be serious for a moment, Ye Tian smiled and said:
"It must be said that it is very rare and very lucky to be able to find the statues of David and Goliath at the same time in the same place and in the same treasure.
According to my assessment, the two statues are from different eras. The head of Goliath was carved between 50 and 100 BC, and has a history of more than two thousand years.
This bronze statue of David was cast in the second century or so, a little later, and it has a certain North African cultural color, which is very rare!
Although they are from different eras, they are very interesting to put together. I want to keep these two statues and display them in my private museum in Beijing.
These two statues are displayed together, and it is easy to think of the story between David and Goliath, which is much more interesting than the introduction by the guide and the guide! "
Hearing his words, UU reading www. The expressions of all the Israelis on the scene of uukanshu.com changed, and everyone's eyes flashed with reluctance.
Of course, they knew the value of these two statues, they knew that they were valuable top antique cultural relics, so they were willing to let Ye Tian go away like this.
However, considering the agreement reached between the two parties, they could not say anything!
The excavation and clean-up of the treasure continues.
A large number of gold and silver treasures hidden in that cave, as well as many valuable top antique cultural relics, were removed one by one from the cave and hung one by one to the bottom of the valley!
All the things from this treasure, whether gold and silver treasures or antique cultural relics, will be passed through in front of Ye Tian.
He will conduct the appraisal at the first time, give authoritative appraisal conclusions and approximate estimates, and then let his men record these things and shoot videos to keep the information!
During this period, he chose a few very good top antique relics and prepared them for his own collection. Later, he would ship them to Tel Aviv by the Israelis.
When these antique cultural relics arrive in Tel Aviv, Ye Tian will arrange for his subordinates to receive it in Tel Aviv, and then transfer these top antique cultural relics to Beijing!
Of course, Ye Tian still followed the principles he had always adhered to.
He did not want any antique relics closely related to religion and death, but left it to the Israelis and the Sudanese government!
As for David and Goliath, it's another matter!
Although the story between them is recorded in the "Bible", they are all historical figures, not religious figures. Collecting their statues does not violate the principle!
Looking at the top antique artifacts he selected, both Israelis and Sudanese feel distressed!
However, they all remained silent and did not raise any objections!
