Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Although due to taboos, Liang En and the others did not visit the royal mummy house, but they still went to a free animal mummy house nearby.

It has to be said that the ancient Egyptians were quite knowledgeable about preserving animal carcasses for a long time, so Liang En and the others saw the mummies of a series of animals such as baboons, crocodiles, lions, cats, etc. in this room.

Compared to the morgue next to it, which houses a series of mummies of ancient Egyptian royals, this room has a much better feeling. At least most of the mummies are stuffed in plaster shells, and they don't look like they have anything. So exciting.

After leaving the museum, it was already 3pm. Because they were very hungry and this place was a tourist area in the city center, Liang En and the others simply followed a group of French tourists to a nearby street to find something to fill their stomachs.

To be honest, things near tourist spots around the world are similar. Things like barbecue stalls exist wherever there are people. It's just that for some reason there is no beer to drink during the barbecue here, and only some tea can be used.

After eating a large portion of barbecue burrito per person and a large glass of freshly squeezed juice, Liang En and the others, who had been so hungry just now, finally came to life and planned their next travel destination.

Because the pyramid will be visited collectively tomorrow, after a brief discussion, Liang En and the others decided to stroll around and look for anything good.

Although Liang En does not intend to purchase any cultural relics discovered through illegal excavation, in order to develop tourism, there will be some state-run souvenir shops near various tourist spots in Egypt.

The difference from Liang En's last world is that some of the functions of Egypt's state-run souvenir shops in this world are a bit like the cultural relics stores operated by China in the early years. Some legal cultural relics can be purchased.

"It feels like all places related to cultural relics in Egypt are arranged in the same style." After entering, Fan Meng whispered to Liang En in Chinese.

Just like the museum just now, the room is full of things here. Various imitations of cultural relics and ancient Egyptian-style artwork occupy almost every inch of the room.

Because of Champollion's gift, after listening to a few words of accented English, Liang En simply started chatting with the clerk in Arabic. After learning the purpose of Liang En and the others coming to the store, the clerk took Liang En to a row of cabinets.

"If you want real cultural relics, they are all in these cabinets." The clerk pointed to five or six glass cabinets and said, "You guys take a look here first, and call me when you like something."

"Are these things legal?" Although he had done his homework beforehand, Liang En still asked, "We are foreign tourists. Can the things we buy here be taken out of customs legally?"

"Of course, and this is the meaning of our stores." The uncle clerk introduced, "If you buy something from us, we will issue you an appraisal certificate so that you can bring those items with you." Things are coming home.”

"Why do you feel that everything here is full of junk?" After the clerk left, Fan Meng looked at the things in front of him and said in confusion.

Because the things in the glass cabinet were either some rusty Arab-style copperware, or various stones or mud fragments, only a few gold and silver coins placed in the plastic box looked valuable.

"No, no, no, there are a lot of treasures in here." Liang En looked at the fragments on the clay tablets and stones with sparkling eyes. "They may not have much economic value, but historically they are priceless."

Obviously, Egypt's cultural relics department has a similar level of appraisal of many things as Fan Meng. In their eyes, the value of cultural relics is obviously related to material and size, so naturally some important things will flow into this kind of store.

"And don't forget, in principle, cultural relics before 1883, no matter whether they were unearthed or not, as long as they are newly discovered, cannot even be transported out of Egypt for research, exhibition or exhibition without the special approval of their Ministry of Culture or even higher-ranking officials. Allowed, let alone privately owned.”

Liang En had already read the Egyptian laws before coming, so he sighed and looked at the mess in front of him.

"Even though what's sitting here now looks like trash, it's the only legal artifact we can buy in this country."

Because there were so many things piled here, Liang En directly used a [Detection (N)] card in order to avoid missing any good things. In an instant, a white light emerged from the bottom layer of the cabinet.

Bending down, Liang En discovered that the white light emitting there was a small pile of broken clay tablets. After quickly looking at the two lines of cuneiform writing on one of the tablets, he realized that the clay tablet described Gilgamesh in Akkadian.

Gilgamesh is the oldest epic poem of mankind. It originated from the poetry and legends of the Sumerians. The story has different sources and versions. Because the entire epic has been circulated for more than two thousand years, every existing version has None of the versions are complete.

The earliest clay tablets come from ancient Babylon, and together with the Akkadian clay tablets discovered later, form the source of modern translations of Gilgamesh. In the 1870s and 1880s, the entire known epic had been translated.

As for why things from the Middle East were found in Egypt, the reason is very simple. After all, there were extensive exchanges between the countries in the ancient Middle East and ancient Egypt, so it is not uncommon for both sides to find things from the other side in their respective territories.

The biggest reason why the clay tablet that is now Liang En's target appears here and is sold as goods is that it is mixed in a pile of broken clay tablets the size of basketballs on the ground, so it is regarded as a lot of garbage.

And during careful observation, Liang En discovered some interesting things from this large pile of clay tablets. So if there are no surprises, you should be able to cut off a lot of price.

"How much does this pile of clay fragments cost?" After making up his mind, Liang En called the clerk and asked, pointing to the pile of fragments under the counter. "I hope you can give me a more honest price."

"12,000 euros." The clerk took out a book from the back of the cabinet and said after looking at it.

"These things are the oldest here, so although they are fragments from different places and are very damaged, they will not be too cheap because of the writing on them."

"If they are all genuine, then the price is still appropriate." Liang En thought for a moment and nodded, "But it would be inappropriate to sell them at this price if there are fakes inside, right?"

"How could this be forged?" The clerk immediately opened his mouth to argue after hearing this, but immediately closed his mouth before he finished speaking, because Liang En showed him a photo he had just taken.

In the photo, there is a clay tablet circled in red, and the cross section of this clay tablet is inlaid with a piece of plastic sequins commonly used on clothes. Obviously, such a thing could not have existed at the time when these tablets were made.

"Uh - I'm sorry." After bending down and looking at the clay tablets, the clerk immediately bowed to Liang En and then took out his mobile phone to ask for instructions from his superiors. Soon, an Arab in a suit and ties came from outside. Came in.

"Hello, I'm the manager here." The middle-aged man said. "I'm very sorry for the fakes appearing in this pile of clay fragments. So if you still want these things, we will compensate you in the price -"