Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Although he had previously determined that there should be some treasures hidden in this well-preserved ruins, he was still a little shocked when the two people's metal detectors responded almost at the same time.

Because Joan of Arc and Elizabeth were standing several meters apart, if there was a treasure buried between them, the treasure they could find this time was likely to exceed their previous imagination.

So Liang En immediately walked among them with a metal detector and started detection work. Unfortunately, after more than ten seconds of detection, he had to admit that his judgment was somewhat wrong:

There was no metal reaction on the land between the two, and after a simple excavation, he found that the soil layer below was much thinner than the soil layer on the two ladies' side, only a centimeter or two, and there were stones underneath.

"I seem to have discovered something here." Just after Liang En completed his inspection, Marie Antoinette signaled that she had discovered something not far away.

"What is going on in this place?" After confirming that Mary had indeed found something, Liang En showed a thoughtful expression.

Because as the search progressed, everyone was able to find obvious metal reactions every less than a minute, but there was only one thing hidden in each treasure location.

This strange distribution of items naturally aroused Liang En's interest, so while the three ladies were searching with metal detectors, he took out the probe and began to explore the ground on a large scale.

"So that's it." After the exploration of the tenth discovered object and the surrounding environment ended, Liang En nodded clearly because he discovered the secret underneath:

As a natural cave, the ground here cannot be flat, so the flat bottom of the cave is purely artificial.

According to the results of the probe search, a small part of the opponent flattened the originally protruding parts, while most of them used a large amount of soil to raise the ground level and completed the leveling of the ground.

There is no doubt that this means that a lot of work was spent on repairs back then, but from another perspective, it is not that complicated to use the dents that were filled in to hide items.

"What do you think we can find this time?" After completing the exploration, they quickly started excavation work. Because the depth of the soil used for filling would not exceed 1m and was not hardened, the excavation work was very easy. .

The first thing was unearthed 15 minutes later. It looked like a smashed football, black and covered with dust. It doesn't look pretty.

"What is this?" After digging the thing out from the bottom of the pit, Jeanne stepped forward and knocked it with the tool in her hand and asked. "Although it weighs close to a stone, it doesn't feel like it when knocked. At least the outer shell seems to be a bit soft -"

"This should be something wrapped in asphalt." Liang En said after knocking, touching, and then using a knife in his hand to scrape off some debris and put it in front of his nose and smell it.

"This can be regarded as a common preservation method in ancient times. It has been around since the ancient Egyptian times. Ancient people would use asphalt to isolate the air and complete the sealing work. At the same time, the asphalt itself can also kill a series of microorganisms."

"I know this. Even in my day, we would choose to use asphalt to seal certain things." Mary said at this time. "It's just that it's more difficult to restore things sealed with asphalt to their original shape."

"But it won't be difficult if you use extraordinary power. After all, asphalt is a mineral." Hearing this, Liang En smiled and snapped his fingers, and then activated his power on the asphalt ball.

With the output of extraordinary power, the asphalt on the sphere squirmed quickly as if it suddenly came to life, and then fell off the sphere bit by bit, revealing something that looked like a book inside.

"It's so heavy. It feels like it's made of lead." After the asphalt was cleaned, Joan of Arc immediately pulled out the hidden things inside with her hands. Unexpectedly, she found that this thing that looked like a book was heavier than she imagined. Much heavier.

"A book made of lead - I hope it's not fake." After seeing this book made entirely of lead, Liang En shook his head and said, because the precedent in the historical field forced him to be cautious in this regard.

In March 2011, a British scholar named Elkington announced a batch of metal books called Jordanian lead tablets. This batch of books is about the size of a credit card and contains about 5-15 lead tablets. Made around the 1st century AD.

As soon as the news was announced, it attracted a lot of attention. The Israel Antiquities Authority even planned to buy back the entire batch of books, and the rumors among the people became more and more exaggerated.

There are even rumors that these books were produced by Jesus’ followers in the decades after his crucifixion. They record Jesus’ preaching experience and are similar to the Chinese Analects. They are very miraculous.

However, many historians later publicly stated that these books were fakes, because a paragraph of text in the book actually imitated an inscription on a tombstone in the Amman Archaeological Museum, and there were also some problems with the reliefs on it.

The result of the controversy was a comprehensive scientific examination of the batch of lead tablets. It was found that the lead tablets themselves were indeed nearly two thousand years old, but the writing on the lead tablets was forged by a modern forgery workshop.

So in 2017, both the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Jordanian Archaeological Department announced that the pencil tablets were all fakes. It's just that Elkington and a group of diehards firmly believe that these books are authentic. Israel and Jordan refuse to admit it because the books contain secrets.

Golden Dawn had been interested in these books before, but after inspection, they saw from the traces of engraved text that the tools used by the other party should be modern alloy steel, so they immediately lost interest.

After all, alloy steel did not exist around the first year of the Christian era, not to mention that the text on the other side's engraving had some abrupt twists and turns, making it look like it was copied from a different document.

"I don't think there's any need to be too nervous." Mary, who was more familiar with the matter, said, "Compared with things like the Jordanian tablet book, which has an unknown origin, we can be sure that this book is indeed from the same era as the ruins. "

"That's right." Liang En nodded as he said it, and then carefully opened the book in his hand. Because it had been buried for a long time, the book was covered with a layer of gray-white rust, which fortunately did not affect reading.

"This book feels a little small." Joan muttered quietly after watching Liang En open the book in her hand, because she remembered that in her time, every book was thick and heavy, and looked like city wall bricks.

"This is a book made of lead." Liang En turned around and raised his eyebrows and said, "After all, this is not a fantasy world, so practical metal books will not be too big, otherwise they will be difficult to read. "

Although the book was only a small booklet that was not much bigger than an adult male's hand and less than five centimeters thick, Liang En felt that holding this book was almost like holding a shot put.

"A book that not only increases knowledge but also exercises arm strength." Mary finally gave a very appropriate answer. "This is a really good book."