Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

What attracted Liang En's attention was a vague relief on the cliff that seemed to have been worn away by the wind and sand. If he didn't have the card [Careful Observation (R)], he would definitely have ignored these ruins.

After getting out of the car to check, Liang En discovered that this pile of unusually vague-looking relief sculptures should be carved by several people. Judging from the size of the different people, this sculpture was probably related to the Pharaoh.

The reason for this judgment is that when the ancient Egyptians carved human figures, they determined the size of the statue based on the person's status. The greater the difference in status, the greater the difference in the size of the statue.

Judging from the size comparison between the largest sculpture and the smallest sculpture in this picture, this stone sculpture carved on the rock is very likely to have the image of a pharaoh.

"There seems to be text here." Just when everyone got off the car and started taking photos and archiving the normal process, Joan of Arc unexpectedly discovered a line of text under the stone in an unweathered area.

"Let me see -" After hearing what she said, Liang En immediately walked over and found that the hieroglyphics on it came from the early dynasty.

For Liang En, it is still a bit difficult to decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs about the Early Dynasty. Fortunately, this text is not long, so Liang En spent some destiny points to use [Cryptotext Cracking (R)] to decipher this text.

"Hnum Khufu, the Great God, Destroyer of Euentius." Liang En quickly read out the translated sentence, "This is the text left by Khufu.

"Khufu?" Is it the Khufu who built the pyramids? "At this time, Mr. Scood, who was directing his subordinates to take pictures of these patterns, immediately became excited after hearing what Liang En said.

"Yes, the Yuuntiu here refers to an indigenous tribe in the Sinai Peninsula." Liang En pointed to a word in this line and said.

"According to the existing historical records, Pharaoh Khufu was the founder of the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. He continued the strategy of his predecessors in expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula and Nubia, consolidating the empire from the Nile Delta to Nubia."

"However, the Sinai Peninsula was also the last expedition launched by the other party. Since then, Pharaoh Khufu has not made any expedition, but turned his attention to the interior of the country.

"For example, combining divine power and royal power, and calling yourself the living Horus." At the same time, the Pyramid of Khufu, which is now the largest and tallest, was built. "

"Obviously, this inscription should be the inscription that the other party left here as a record after completing the last expedition. It was used to highlight Pharaoh Khufu's martial arts."

This inscription was just an unexpected gain on their way, but as they gradually moved towards their destination, there were more and more various carvings on the roadside.

Because these sculptures are located in this windy and sandy place, not too many of them can be preserved intact, so Liang En and the others only need to take a few photos in the car and use GPS to locate them.

Finally, after a bumpy morning, several cars drove into the valley of their destination. As soon as they entered the valley, they found many human figures on the surrounding stone walls.

Perhaps because the surrounding mountain walls blocked the wind and sand, these portraits seem to be much better preserved than the previous statues. At the same time, many of the portraits have intact text underneath the reliefs.

"Sneferu, Newsera, Userkaf——" Liang En quickly read out the recognizable words. "These are statues of pharaohs from the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties of the Early Dynasty of ancient Egypt."

"It seems we have found the right place." Mr. Scord suddenly became excited. "There are not many places where the ancient Egyptians were allowed to carve statues of their pharaohs, and one gem mine is totally worth it."

"More importantly, you can see the statues of Pharaohs from hundreds of years in this desolate wilderness, which proves from the side that this should be a mine that has been operating continuously for a long time."

"You are right, so next we only need to search for traces of humans around us. Since it is an abandoned mine, there should be many traces left." Liang En nodded in agreement.

So after walking around to confirm that the surroundings were indeed safe, except for two groups of people who were left to investigate the situation on the nearby commanding heights, the remaining people immediately dispersed and began to explore the situation in the valley.

After Liang En, Fan Meng and Jeanne climbed onto a platform about three stories above the ground, they found a cave 3~4m high appearing in front of them.

"This should be a temple -" Joan of Arc said while looking at the well-preserved reliefs inside the cave. Before she came, she looked at a lot of ancient Egypt-related works sent by Liang En from the Louvre. books, so I have a certain understanding of this.

"You are right, this is indeed a temple." Liang En said after carefully looking at the walls on both sides. With the sunlight outside, he found that there were some humanoid reliefs painted on both sides of the cave walls.

Different from the extremely weathered reliefs on the mountain wall before, these reliefs look clearer because they are in the cave.

When they reached the end of the cave, the figure with an eagle's head carved on the stone wall directly showed that this was one of the Nine Pillars of Ancient Egypt. Temple of Horus, patron saint of the pharaohs.

"It seems that the ancient level of this place was quite high." After seeing the statue with the eagle head, Liang En smiled, because this kind of temple of the Egyptian Pharaoh's patron saint was not found everywhere.

If this place is really a mine, then the appearance of the Temple of Horus means that this mine is directly owned by the pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

"There are not many places in ancient Egypt that can be used as mines directly under the royal family -" Liang En explained in French as he looked at the various reliefs about the Horus legend carved on the walls.

"As far as I know, although the Pharaoh theoretically owns all the output of Egypt, only the gold mines, silver mines, large copper mines and some gem mines will be directly controlled by the Pharaoh."

"It's understandable. The ancient emperors over there were not like this. Although the emperor was rich all over the world, there were also emperors who were so poor that they couldn't afford to raise an army. The enemy attacked the capital city and then ran away to hang themselves on the southeastern branch." Fan Meng folded his arms. He nodded in front of his chest.

"I have a small question. Do you think the ancient Egyptians considered precious minerals equally valuable to modern people?" Joan of Arc suddenly asked at this time.

"For example, pepper was a very precious thing in my place in ancient times, even as expensive as gold, but in modern times it is so cheap that you can buy a big pack for a little money."

"Don't worry about this. At least according to current archaeological discoveries, the gems of the ancient Egyptians are still gems today, but the prices may fluctuate a bit." Liang En said with a smile.

"But even if it is cheap semi-precious stones, if we can find a mine, then we will distribute them this time. Not to mention that this mine belongs to the pharaoh of ancient Egypt. We can sell those items several times as much as ordinary goods by simply packaging them. The price——”

"Look what I found -" Just when Liang En was telling Joan of Arc the story about the relationship between ancient Egyptians and gems, Fan Meng suddenly shouted, "I know what kind of mine this is."