Treasure Hunt all over the World

Under the stunned gaze of everyone, Ye Tian unloaded the guns, ammunition and sabers he carried with him one by one, and handed them to Matisse.

Then, he named two groups of company employees and asked them to bring pulse metal detectors and other exploration equipment to follow him into St. Catherine's Monastery to explore Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant that might be hidden here.

As for Israel and the Vatican, only a limited number of people, such as Joshua and Bishop of Kent, can enter this Orthodox monastery, and other members of the exploration team can only wait outside.

While speaking, everyone had come to the gate of St. Catherine's Monastery and stopped at the gate.

This door is opened at the bottom of the city wall on the west side of the monastery, and the door is very narrow, less than 1.5 meters wide, and about 2 meters high. It is out of proportion to the tall and thick city wall. It looks more like a hole carved out of the city wall. .

Just above the entrance of the monastery, there is a small window, which is convenient for the people in the monastery to fight back against the intruders.

And directly above this small window, there is a relatively smooth piece of granite with a line of words engraved on it, but it is not very clear!

Walking to the door, Father Harris pointed to the deep entrance of the monastery, then pointed to the piece of granite above the entrance, and introduced to Ye Tian and the others:

"Gentlemen, Bishop of Kent, Rabbi Isaiah, this is the entrance to St. Catherine's Monastery. Since the monastery was built, this gate has been there for more than a thousand years, witnessing the history of the past thousand years.

Right above this door is a piece of granite, on which is engraved a sentence from the Bible, "Here is the gate of the Lord, and the righteous will enter." Although these words are not very clear, they are always engraved in our hearts! "

Following Father Harris' introduction, everyone at the scene looked at the deep monastery gate and the piece of granite directly above the gate, with solemn expressions on everyone's face.

Especially the Bishop of Kent and Rabbi Isaiah, when they looked at the piece of granite above the door, they all prayed in low voices in unison, very pious!

Although they belong to Christianity and Judaism, they are different religions, but they all believe in God, which is common!

But Ye Tian, ​​who stood at the front of the team, saw something different from the others.

In his eyes, this ancient and vicissitudes of the famous monastery radiates dazzling colorful light, which makes people dazzled!

After the Bishop of Kent and Rabbi Isaiah finished praying, everyone lined up to enter the narrow gate and walked to St. Catherine's Monastery inside!

This is a dark passage,

Although there are a few lights hanging in the corridor, the light is very poor. This may be deliberately done by St. Catherine's Monastery to create a sense of mystery and sacredness for people!

On both sides of this corridor, there is a bronze oil lamp every few steps, which is placed in a niche on the wall. Although it has long been used, it has not been removed.

Without exception, these bronze oil lamps are all antique relics, and they all come from the Middle Ages, so they have certain collection value!

On the walls on both sides of this corridor and on the vault above, religious stories from the Bible, religious stories from folklore, and many ancient texts are engraved.

Among them are ancient Arabic, ancient Syriac, ancient Latin, ancient Greek, etc., and so on!

In addition, there are several small sculptures in this passage, including a statue of the Virgin Mary, a statue of the Crucifixion, and a statue of St. Catherine, as well as statues of angels.

Except for the statues of angels on the vault, the rest of the statues were placed in niches, which were dug directly from the walls.

If you are not a Christian believer, walking in this dark passage, other people will probably have a cold feeling, and you can even say it is gloomy and uncomfortable!

This can be said to be a common problem of castles, especially the Byzantine and Gothic castles with strong religious colors, which bring people this feeling even stronger!

If the old castle has been abandoned for a long time, partially collapsed, or even turned into ruins, overgrown with weeds, then you can directly shoot ghost and horror movies!

Of course, this is not the case in St. Catherine's Monastery. Ye Tian and the others who are in this corridor at this time don't care about it!

They are admiring everything here with great interest, listening to Father Harris' introduction, and learning about relevant history and stories!

After a while, the group of them passed through this corridor and officially entered the interior of St. Catherine's Monastery!

What appeared in front of everyone was an ancient small city full of religious overtones.

All the buildings in this small city are in typical Byzantine style, and these buildings are very dense, one building after another, the streets are very narrow, only two or three people can walk side by side, the terrain is undulating, and steps can be seen everywhere.

In this small city, time seems to have stayed in the Eastern Roman Empire more than a thousand years ago. Except for some wires and lights, and the glass on the windows, there is almost nothing related to modern society.

In this monastery, the Orthodox monks who were looking at Ye Tian and his group were all wearing black robes, hats, and long beards, with pious and solemn expressions, just like penances from ancient times!

Just like previous explorations, Ye Tian took a quick look at the monastery the first time he entered St. Catherine's Monastery, secretly seeing through the ancient buildings in front of him.

What he saw was a colorful and beautiful scenery, which was amazing, and there were many top-notch antiques and artworks that were priceless, and there were a lot of them!

Even the walls, pillars, roofs, and various other places here are engraved with various patterns and decorations, including ancient emperors, Christian saints, birds, animals, fish, insects, flowers, trees, and so on.

Seeing these, even the well-informed Ye Tian couldn't help but secretly admire them, and then reluctantly ended the perspective.

At the same time, Father Harris' voice came out again.

"Gentlemen, Bishop of Kent, Rabbi Isaiah, what you see now is part of the interior of St. Catherine's Monastery. Although it has passed through more than a thousand years, it has never changed. This is a peaceful religious holy place! "

In the introduction of Father Harris, everyone heard a strong sense of pride, even a bit of complacency, and piety.

Before the words were finished, several Orthodox monks in robes suddenly appeared from the bell tower not far away, and walked straight to Ye Tian and his group.

Walking in the front was a sixty or seventy-year-old Orthodox monk, obviously an important person.

Every monk who saw him would take the initiative to say hello to him and respect him very much.

While speaking, these Orthodox monks had come to him.

Father Harris immediately stopped talking and began to introduce these monks to Ye Tian and the others.

As everyone expected, the headed Orthodox monk was the vice president of St. Catherine Monastery, who was responsible for handling various daily affairs of the monastery, and was a real powerful figure.

The abbot above him basically ignored these secular affairs and only wanted to practice, so he didn't show up at this time.

After everyone got to know each other, the deputy dean welcomed the tripartite joint exploration team on behalf of St. Catherine's Monastery, and then entered the topic.

"Gentlemen, next, Father Harris and I will lead you to visit St. Catherine's Monastery. Except for some forbidden areas where outsiders are not allowed to enter, you can go to other places.

After the joint exploration operation is launched, we will monitor it on the spot. To be honest, we also want to know whether the legendary treasure of Solomon and the Ark of the Covenant are hidden in the monastery! "

Speaking of this, the Orthodox monk couldn't help but glance at Ye Tian, ​​his eyes were full of curiosity and anticipation.

After chatting for a while, everyone began to visit St. Catherine's Monastery. Under the leadership of Father Harris, they walked to the nearest Byzantine building.