Rebirth of the Viking King

Chapter 507 26 Mergwin’s Research (2)

The books Emma Waldorf took out from the Obsidian Pyramid are completely different from the Book of the Dead collected by the Byzantine maesters!

Because there are actually two completely different texts written in these "Books of the Dead"!

The line on the right is not much different from the hieroglyphs written by the Stygian priests.

Really weird left.

The line of text on the left is not similar to the hieroglyphics used by the ancient Egyptian civilization, but a language made of dense triangles stacked up.

This writing is very similar to the cuneiform writing used in the ancient Babylonian kingdom.

But there is no doubt that it is more primitive and more ancient.

This involves another ancient civilization that achieved advanced development-the Sumerians.

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In 4000 BC, the ancient Egyptians of the Nile River were not the only civilization that achieved an advanced ejection start.

In the Mesopotamian plains, the Sumerians also broke away from barbarism and built large city-states. After bloody battles between different city-states, in 1800 BC, "Hammurabi" unified the Mesopotamian plains.

His territory spread from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, becoming the largest empire of that era second only to ancient Egypt.

The Pharaohs drove out slaves to build the majestic pyramids, but the King of Babylon would not give in any more. Known as the "city blessed by the gods", the city of Babylon was the most prosperous city of that era.

The ancient Greek historian "Herodotus" once left a complete travel diary when he visited this city.

In Herodotus's notebooks, he used a quill pen to meticulously draw hundreds of pictures, including the huge Tower of Babel in the city and countless gods living in the towers.

Outer gods, ancient gods walk in this majestic city and live with humans.

Black stone tablets were erected at both ends of the street, with cuneiform characters engraved on them the laws that gods and humans must abide by.

This is a great city that is not inferior to Thebes, the "City of Hundred Gates".

Unfortunately, like Thebes, the city of Babylon did not usher in a happy ending.

In the civil war of the Assyrian Kingdom around 700 BC, the city of Babylon was destroyed by war, and the majestic "Tower of Babel" and the "Hanging Gardens" disappeared in the long river of history.

The books of the dead that Emma took out from the obsidian pyramid actually have the handwriting of these two ancient civilizations, and they are symmetrically distributed, like documents specially prepared for "translation".

Although Mergwen has not been in the academy for a long time, she is still keenly aware of the hidden problems.

If the "Book of the Dead" is indeed as the scholars said, it is the "life of the dead" handed over to Osiris, the god of the underworld.

There is no need to write two handwritings in this kind of book!

The existence of two ancient writings at the same time can only mean one thing - this thing does not belong to the gods!

The Book of the Dead is addressed to humanity.

Considering that "Old Babylon" and "Ancient Egypt" were the two most powerful countries in that ancient era; when they were at their most powerful, these two countries were only separated by the Mediterranean Sea

Mergwin felt as if there was only a thin layer of paper between him and the truth.

As long as it is discovered, the research on these two ancient civilizations will make a huge leap at the same time!

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Unfortunately, there is often a huge gap between reality and ideals.

However, entering the Black Desert is completely different from her sister Emma's journey to the New World.

At this time, the new leader of the "Aztec Empire" in the New World, "Pure One" Yum, is Emma's friend. When entering the land of the New World, Emma can use all the resources she needs at will.

The free people in the Black Desert have never surrendered to any nobles in the Western Continent.

After many twists and turns, Mergwin was forced to rely on his family. The most reliable partner of "Waldorf Astoria Trading Company" in the Northern Route route is "Mohammed Harsh".

At this time, Mergwin had arrived in Memphis in advance and waited for him in the "Sand Lake Hotel" for three full days.

Mergwin's journey was far from smooth.

First of all, her status in the Royal Academy of Sciences is completely incomparable to that of her sister.

In recent years, Emma has opened up a stable route from the Mediterranean to the New World, which has not only allowed everyone to deepen their understanding of "Amazon warriors" and "Mayan civilization"

A new channel has also been developed.

Chocolate, coffee, and rubber were in-demand goods that once required desperadoes to obtain through bloody battles. At this time, they were being shipped back from the New World in a steady stream.

To obtain these products, you only need to provide some extremely low-priced cheese, salt, glass, and steel.

All merchants along this route need to thank Emma for her services to the Byzantine Empire.

Emma walked in Constantinople, and the citizens of Rome respected her no less than the mayor and senators. The rolling in of gold coins caused Byzantine King Michael III to increase the budget of the Royal Academy of Sciences year after year.

The origin of all this stems from the value she created for the empire.

By contrast, Mergwin's research was inherently not taken seriously.

Regardless of "Ancient Egypt" or "Old Babylon", these two ancient countries have been destroyed for hundreds of years. Except for some funerary objects hidden in the tombs that have been preserved, most of the evidence that these two countries once existed has disappeared.

In this case, apart from some irrelevant "academic literature", she was unable to provide any substantial help to the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The free folk in the desert did have a lot of scarce goods. But as we all know, the free people in the endless sand sea of ​​the northern continent are not the biggest enemies of the merchants.

The endless black desert is.

Manpower is too insignificant in the face of nature, and conquering the desert is obviously unrealistic in this era.

In other words, she cannot bring profits to the Academy of Sciences.

Without profits, there is no research funding.

With only expenses but no income, the chief bachelors of the Academy of Sciences would not invest too many resources in her.

This time, there was not even a mentor who followed Mergwen into the Black Desert. Even though she bears the dual title of "Emma's sister" and the Waldorf family, the chief bachelor of the Northern Continent, "Sappho Glass", only symbolically sent 7 students who have not yet graduated to come with her. .

Among the seven people, two were descendants of the Mohist family who had just crossed the ocean from the Eastern Continent.

The purpose of adding two Eastlanders to the team was not so much to conduct research work together. Sappho's real intention was to integrate them into the group of bachelors as soon as possible and familiarize them with their working methods.

The funding for the investigation is only a symbolic 120 gold dinar coins.

The only thing the Royal Academy of Sciences can provide is a customs clearance document issued by the city.

This stamp with the signatures of 24 chief bachelors of the "Royal Academy of Sciences" and the documents of Byzantine King "Michael III" and Pope "Gregory III" can prove that everyone in the team is indeed from Constantine. fort.

If they need any assistance during the journey, the Royal Academy of Sciences will provide double the amount in the future.

That's all.