Chapter 3030: Difficult ancient Hebrew
Noah's Ark Church.
Between the two prayer houses on the left and right of the crucifixion of Jesus, there has been an extra hole about three meters deep under the huge and solid granite stone.
The mouth of this deep pit is rectangular, about two meters long, and the two prayer houses are one meter on each side and one meter wide, which coincides with the cross of the granite rock.
The dirt and stones dug from this pit have been transported out of Noah's Ark Church and piled on the grass outside.
There is only a little remnant on the floor of the church, which looks quite clean.
After entering the church, Ye Tian went straight into the prayer room on the right side of the cross and stood at the entrance of the pit and looked towards the bottom.
It was Derek who was digging at the bottom of the pit at this time.
He is clearing the remaining mud on the granite slab at the bottom of the pit for observation.
For safety's sake, this guy has a safety rope tied to his body and a gas mask. The protective measures are quite in place.
From the parts he cleaned up, it can be seen that there are indeed many ancient Hebrew characters carved on that stone slab, as well as several ancient patterns.
It's just that there is a lot of residual dirt on it, so it's not very real.
Ye Tian looked at the situation at the bottom of the pit, and then said loudly:
"Derek, clean up the remaining dirt on that slab, and then take pictures of the ancient Hebrew texts and patterns. Don't dig the edge of the slab.
Let's first interpret these ancient Hebrew words and patterns carved on the stone slabs, look at the specific meanings of these words and patterns, and then proceed to the next step! "
Derek looked back at the hole, then nodded and said:
"Understood, Steven, I know what to do!"
"Ok, pay attention to safety"
Ye Tian nodded in response, and then exited the prayer room.
At this time, Joshua and Mustafa had come to the door of the prayer house and were looking inside.
Seeing Ye Tian coming out, they asked in unison:
"Steven, what did you find at the bottom of the pit?"
Ye Tian looked at these two guys, then smiled and said:
"Just as Derek said on the walkie-talkie before, there is a granite slab at the bottom of this deep pit. I don't know how big it is.
There are many ancient Hebrew words and some patterns carved on this granite slab. The meaning of these ancient words and patterns is unclear for the time being.
I asked Derek to take pictures of these words and patterns, and then asked the archaeologists and ancient writing experts outside to translate them to see what they meant.
After understanding the meaning of those words and patterns, let's discuss the next course of action. You must be cautious in every next move! "
Upon hearing this, both Joshua and Mustafa were silent.
After thinking for a moment, they nodded.
"Well, Steven, do as you said, we have no objections"
"There is one more thing. This cave, located deep underground, should have been closed for three to four hundred years. If it has no vents, the air inside must be dirty and possibly poisonous.
If this cave is connected to the outside world, there may also be some creatures living in it, such as poisonous snakes, or bats. They are all dangerous, and you must be careful.
In view of this, before opening the stone slab at the bottom of the pit later, I suggest that everyone near Noah's Ark Church wear gas masks, preferably a full set of protective clothing, for safety! "
Ye Tian nodded and said.
"No problem, Steven, we all have protective equipment"
Joshua nodded and said.
However, Mustafa was embarrassed.
"Wear a full set of protective equipment? Is it really necessary? Isn't it a bit too careful? We don't have these equipment!"
Ye Tian looked at him, then shook his head and said:
"Be careful! Mustafa, we have explored many treasures before. Some treasures buried deep underground are indeed likely to produce poisonous gas, which is a fatal threat.
We encountered this situation when we explored the treasures of the Knights Templar and found the Holy Grail in Portugal. The small white translucent snake with eyes was discovered during that operation."
Before he finished speaking, Mustafa's face changed.
He involuntarily looked at Ye Tian's left cuff, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
Ye Tian smiled and continued:
"If you don't have enough protective equipment, we can provide it. After all, everyone is a cooperative relationship. I don't want to see anyone having trouble!"
"That couldn't be better, Steven"
Mustafa nodded in response.
While talking, another bucket of mud was hung up from the pit in the prayer house, and then it was transported out of Noah's Ark Church.
Immediately afterwards, Derek's voice came from the prayer room.
"Guys, pull me up, I'll take a good photo"
"OK"
Several company employees on the ground responded and immediately used a winch to pull Derek up from the bottom of the pit.
After returning to the ground, this guy immediately took off the gas mask and walked towards Ye Tian.
When he came closer, he began to report the situation.
"Steven, I photographed all the ancient Hebrew words and a few patterns carved on the granite slab at the bottom of the pit, and did not dig the edge of the slab."
"Okay, good job, let's rest for a while, I will go to those archaeologists and paleographers, translate those ancient Hebrew texts and patterns, and see what is recorded."
Ye Tian nodded and said, patted this guy's shoulder lightly.
Afterwards, Derek uploaded the pictures he had taken to the ipad, and then went to rest.
Ye Tian reached out and took the ipad, clicked on the pictures, and started to look at them one by one.
In those pictures, there are some mottled ancient Hebrew texts and a few patterns, which are taken very clearly.
However, those ancient Hebrew texts give people a paradoxical feeling.
They are ancient Hebrew, yes, you can tell from the structure and characteristics of the text at a glance.
However, they are different from the ancient Hebrew texts in many ancient books that are currently known in Israel.
Not only that, but they are also different from the Hebrew currently used by the Jews.
In these ancient Hebrew texts, there seems to be a bit of African overtones.
To be precise, they are somewhat of Amharic and Nubian, more like localized ancient Hebrew.
Although Ye Tian does not understand ancient Hebrew, Amharic and Nubian, he still knows the characteristics of these languages.
The patterns carved on that slab seem to come from the Old Testament.
There is a pattern of human migration, which depicts the content that looks like the process of how the ancestors of Beta Israelis came to Ethiopia from Jerusalem.
Ye Tian took a quick glance at these pictures, and then handed the iPad to Joshua and Mustafa.
These two guys have long been eager to see through, and are full of expectations.
When they saw the text on those pictures, they were all dumbfounded.
Obviously, they don't know those ancient Hebrew texts, and they don't understand what those text records are.
Ye Tian looked at them, and then asked:
"Can you recognize these ancient Hebrew words? These words are not the same as the ancient Hebrew words I have seen in Jerusalem, Goshen, and other places. There is a paradoxical feeling!
To be precise, these words still retain most of the characteristics of ancient Hebrew, which seem to incorporate some of the characteristics of Nubian and Amharic, so it gives people such a feeling."
Joshua groaned a little, then said:
"Your analysis is correct, Steven. This is an ancient Hebrew localized by the Beta Israelis. Among Beta Israelis, very few people understand this ancient Hebrew.
The ancestors of the Beta Israelis fled from Jerusalem as early as the eighth or nineth century BC, followed Menelik I to Ethiopia, and severed contact with their homeland.
The ancestors of the Beta Israelis at that time used the oldest ancient Hebrew language, and after they broke off contact with their homeland, the ancient Hebrew language they used began to develop independently.
As time goes by, the number of people using this ancient Hebrew language has decreased, and most Beta Israelis have begun to use the local Ethiopian language, namely Amharic.
Over time, as a spoken language, this ancient Hebrew language gradually disappeared. It only existed as a written language and was greatly influenced by the local language.
That's why, we can see the colors of Amharic and Nubian in these ancient Hebrew texts. This is the result of localization, giving people a paradoxical feeling! "
After listening to this explanation, Ye Tian was suddenly stunned.
He thought for a moment, then said:
"This is the same as the Hebrew language you are using now, except that it develops in a different direction. After being exiled in 70 AD, the Israelis lived around the world and gradually lost their language.
For nearly two thousand years, Hebrew has disappeared as a spoken language and only exists as a written language. It was not until the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century that the function of spoken language was gradually restored.
However, the Hebrew that was restored after two thousand years must be very different from the Hebrew of BC. At least in pronunciation, the two Hebrews, ancient and modern, will definitely be different.
It can even be said that the ancient Hebrew used by the Jews in Jerusalem around AD is very different from the ancient Hebrew used by the United Kingdom of Israel in the 8th and 9th centuries BC.
What's more, the ancient Hebrew language used by Beta Israelis, which has been independently developed for thousands of years and has been localized, can even be said to be two classical dialects under the same skin. No wonder you don't know it! "
"That's also true, Steven, this ancient Hebrew language developed independently by Beta Israelis, I know very few people, and I can count it with one hand!"
Joshua nodded and said, approving Ye Tian's analysis.
"Since even you Israelis don't know these ancient Hebrew words, we can only find those archaeologists and palaeographers, and hope that they will interpret these ancient words."
Ye Tian said with a smile.
After speaking, he looked at the Israeli and Ethiopian archaeologists who were staying nearby.
Those two couldn't wait a long time ago, and stepped forward immediately.
Unfortunately, when they saw these strange ancient Hebrew texts in the pictures, they were all dumbfounded.
The content they can interpret is more limited than Joshua.
Seeing this, Ye Tian could only walk outside the church with his ipad.
Joshua and the others immediately followed, including the two archaeologists.
As soon as they walked out of the church, they saw the other archaeologists and paleographers.
These guys are blocking the door of the church, pinching their necks and looking inside.
Seeing Ye Tian coming out, these guys immediately gathered around and asked expectantly:
"Steven, what did you find at the bottom of the pit? Did you open the granite slab at the bottom of the pit?"
"I just heard Derek say on the walkie-talkie that there are many ancient Hebrew words engraved on that stone slab. Can we see those words? What are they recording?"
Ye Tian looked at these guys, then smiled and said loudly:
"Gentlemen, in the deep pit dug in the prayer room of the church, there is indeed a thick granite slab full of ancient Hebrew characters and several stone carvings.
However, those ancient Hebrew scripts are specious, they are languages localized by the ancient Beta Israelis, and are very different from other ancient Hebrew scripts previously discovered.
I need everyone to study these ancient texts carefully, translate them, and wait for the content recorded in these texts to be clear, let's move on to the next step! "
Upon hearing this, those archaeologists and paleontologists were excited, and their eyes shone straight.
"Ah! Ancient Hebrew localized by Beta Israelis, that must be very interesting!"
"I have heard of this kind of ancient Hebrew. It seems to exist only as a written language. It has long lost its oral function and I know very few people!"
Many experts and scholars talked about it, all eager to try.
Afterwards, Ye Tian handed the ipad to one of the ancient characters expert, and asked him to identify and interpret the ancient characters on the pictures.
But who would have thought that this paleographer from Harvard University was dumbfounded when he saw the ancient Hebrew text in the picture.
Not only him, but other archaeologists and palaeographers are the same, all with a dumbfounded expression.
"Yes, this is indeed ancient Hebrew, but it is specious. There seems to be a lot of African cultural elements in it, which is not easy to interpret!"
"According to the grammar and interpretation of ancient Hebrew, some words can be interpreted, but some words are unclear. Therefore, the decoded words cannot be read together!"
Hearing the words of these experts and scholars, Joshua was a little disappointed.
In contrast, Ye Tian's face was always filled with a faint smile.
For him, whether the ancient Hebrew words and patterns engraved on this granite slab can be correctly interpreted is not really important!
He already knew what was hidden in the cave under the stone slab.
In order to make everything seem reasonable and logical, he allowed many experts and scholars to interpret these ancient Hebrew texts and patterns.
While talking, the ipad has been passed to an Israeli paleographer.
The Israeli palaeologist carefully identified the ancient Hebrew words, and fell silent.
After a while, he looked up at Ye Tian and Joshua and said to them:
"Steven, Joshua, I can't interpret these ancient Hebrew texts. They are quite different from the ancient Hebrew texts I studied and studied before.
But I know of a person who may be able to interpret this ancient Hebrew text. He is a professor at the Hebrew University and a Beta Israeli.
I want to send him these pictures so that he can interpret the text and see what is recorded on it, but it will take some time."
Ye Tian looked at the paleographer and said with a smile:
"If you have no objection and are willing to share this important discovery with other paleontologists! Then I have no opinion, and you can send these pictures to the professor and let him decipher it.
But I have one request. Before we enter this cave deep underground and pick up the hidden things, he needs to keep the content of these texts strictly confidential! "
"No problem, Steven, the professor is very supportive of this tripartite joint exploration operation, and he is definitely willing to keep it secret!"
Said the Israeli palaeontologist, vowing to himself.
Ye Tian nodded immediately and agreed.
Next, the Israeli palaeontologist immediately began to contact his friends.
Needless to ask the result!
As an expert and scholar who specializes in ancient Hebrew, how could he refuse such a good thing!
The Hebrew University professor agreed very happily, and repeatedly promised that he would never leak the secrets!
Later, these photos were posted and sent to the professor at the Hebrew University.
At this time, the sky was completely dark.
Except for the surroundings of Noah's Ark Church, the entire Fasilidas castle complex was completely shrouded in darkness.
Standing at the door of the church and looking around, the old castles and many ruins in the castle complex looked fascinating, desolate and lonely, and even felt a bit gloomy.
Ye Tian looked at the surrounding environment and the sky, as well as the slightly exhausted staff.
Immediately afterwards, he looked at Joshua and Mustafa again, and then said:
"It is estimated that it will take a lot of time to translate those ancient Hebrew texts and patterns. So many of us are waiting here. It's not a good idea. UU reading www.uukanshu.com will come here today, and we will explore tomorrow.
Joshua, the guardian of Noah's Ark Church is left to you. No one is allowed to enter the church until the joint exploration team returns to the Fasilidas castle complex tomorrow! "
Without any hesitation, Joshua immediately nodded in response:
"Don't worry, Steven, Seaman and the others will guard this Noah's Ark church all night, and no one will want to enter until the exploration begins again tomorrow!"
Mustafa, who stood on the side, wanted to oppose, but in the end he stopped talking, and didn't say much!
Afterwards, Ye Tian called Matisse and the others over and asked them to notify the other exploratory team members and security personnel, pack their equipment, and prepare to leave the Fasilidas castle group.
Within a short while, many members of the tripartite joint exploration team and experts and scholars have gathered here.
When everyone arrived, Ye Tian immediately announced that today's exploration operation is officially over and everyone can leave here and return to the hotel.
