Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Archeology and tomb robbing may seem like they are both excavating relics left by ancient people, but they are actually two different things. The biggest difference between the two is that the former is for scientific and cultural purposes, while the latter is for naked pursuit of money.

Because of this difference, archaeologists often conduct rescue excavations when excavating ancient ruins, and during the excavation process, they will try to retain all the information in the ruins for future research.

But tomb robbers will definitely not do this. They will only choose to dig out as many valuable funerary objects as possible to exchange for money. In this process, they will not consider the archaeological value of those cultural relics at all.

Therefore, not only will they cause damage during excavation, but they will also sell related cultural relics separately when selling them afterwards, completely destroying the history contained in those cultural relics.

This is why whether it is the Golden Dawn, Rose Cross or other organizations of this type, they mostly oppose the illegal trading of cultural relics, and they also devote a certain amount of energy to fighting those tomb robbers.

In addition, this type of organization often has a better relationship with the local cultural relics protection department because of this rule, because the two parties have all-round and long-term cooperation.

The content found by the Rosicrucians this time came from a museum in Egypt. These cultural relics came from a construction site in Cairo. They were taken over by the archaeological department from the beginning, so the overall preservation was very complete.

Therefore, after gathering all the texts together, Liang En discovered that the person who left these records was not just a priest, but also a high-ranking priest who was in charge of at least one temple.

The reason why we came to this conclusion is that the large number of documents found not only contain the methods of using spices, but also the warnings about the use of spices and the religious rituals corresponding to certain spices.

In fact, the manuscript found by the Rosicrucians was just a simple list, only listing the raw materials required for various spices.

Some of the other documents found clearly stated very detailed preparation methods for some spices, including raw materials, proportions, order of addition, heating and soaking time, and required utensils, all the way to the weight of the finished product.

"I always feel that these ancient Egyptians were a little too enthusiastic about spices." After learning that at least half of the documents unearthed in the tomb were related to spices, Nelson, who came to communicate this time, said subconsciously.

Although he knew that spices played a decisive role in human history. For example, in the Age of Discovery, an important inducement was to obtain spices, but it was a bit strange that the burial objects of a senior cleric were all related to spices.

"The love for spices is probably a characteristic of the entire ancient Egyptian civilization." After seeing everyone's interest in this thing, Liang En immediately realized that everyone in this world probably didn't know this.

In fact, this should have been thought of long ago. After all, the ancient Egyptian language was deciphered relatively late in this world. It is normal for many people to not know these details about the life of the ancient Egyptians.

When he found that most of the people present had interested expressions, he simply gave an impromptu speech and told the story about the relationship between ancient Egyptians and spices.

This can also be regarded as a time for everyone to relax. After all, although this exchange meeting is theoretically a serious seminar in nature, it is not a bad thing to talk about some marginal knowledge to make everyone relax.

"Spices were an indispensable substance in the royal and religious life of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians can be said to be the earliest perfumers in the world." Liang En pointed out the content of today's speech at the beginning.

"Modern archaeologists have discovered the remains of large-scale ancient perfume-making workshops in Egypt, proving that Egypt once had the skills and needs to make its own perfume."

"At least from an archaeological point of view. It was also the first country in history to use perfume or sesame oil, and perfume (sesame oil) was first used for bathing or spraying on clothes."

"So wouldn't earlier civilizations use perfume or sesame oil?" At this time, a young man from the Pythagorean school asked. "For example, those ancient Mesopotamia civilizations."

The Pythagoreans were also a mystical organization, mainly active in Southern Europe. In the 18th century, they were just an organization that was formed from the ancient Greek school with the help of some of the ideas of the ancient Greek school of the same name.

Because they also abide by the rules of occult societies set by large organizations such as the Golden Dawn, they were naturally invited to participate in the exchange meeting this time.

Now it seems that this organization dares to use the Pythagoreans as its name because it has two reasons. At least the question raised now is also the question that most people at the scene want to ask.

"You are right, the two river basins also have a long history, even older than the ancient Egyptians." Liang En confirmed that the other party had finished the question and waved his hand for the other party to sit down, and then said.

"But at least judging from the current archaeological data, they did not use perfume or sesame oil, but preferred to burn herbs or sacrifices."

The pursuit of those fragrant scents may be a common pursuit of mankind, and linking scents with gods is not just an example, but it is just a practice in every place.

After answering the questions, Liang En confirmed that no one else wanted to ask questions and then continued his speech. The next content was related to the application of spices.

"The spices of the ancient Egyptians are clearly divided into two parts: life and death. In the life part, they not only used perfumes mixed with many ingredients to smear the body, treat diseases, spray on clothes or add to baths In water. It is also used in various religious rituals, from the physical to the spiritual level, it is the scope of influence of spices.”

“As for the deceased, it is even more important. In order to pursue eternal life, the ancient Egyptians chose to make mummies, which resulted in the frequent use of myrrh and other precious spices in the mummification of princes and nobles.

"In addition, among the various items buried with the "resurrection from the dead", archaeologists also found distillation equipment and numerous spices, medicines or sesame oils in the bottles and jars among the remaining funerary items. paste--"

As the speech progressed, Liang En gave a popular speech on the relationship between ancient Egyptians and spices by combining his knowledge of his previous life and the information he searched in this life. An hour later, he finally reached the last part.

"——Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, spent a lot of money to extract and make sesame oils from various fragrant plants. It is said that she often used 15 different scents of perfume and sesame oils to bathe, and the charming fragrance spread all over her body. "

“Caesar was obsessed with her in this fragrant earthly fantasy, Mark Antony could not resist the magic created by the rose petals on the ground, and Cleopatra earned the name Cleopatra.”

"Cleopatra, the famous "perfume spokesperson", relied on her strong sales ability to make Egyptian perfume products popular among the people. However, after the last Egyptian pharaoh died of suicide with a cobra, Egyptian perfume also fell into decline. .”

"After all, in ancient times when productivity was lacking, perfume was always a luxury product. And when the last pharaoh died, the era of ancient Egyptian perfume also ended."