Treasure Hunt all over the World

"What you see now is the bronze statue of Jesus and Saint Catherine. Saint Catherine is also known as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. She is a Christian saint. The Orthodox Church respects her as the 'Great Martyr',..."

In the church of St. Catherine's Monastery, Father Harris is introducing the church and the interior of the church.

Compared with the khaki, unusually simple, old and mottled city walls that you have seen before, this church located inside St. Catherine's Monastery looks resplendent and dazzling.

The interior walls, pillars, and the vaults and gates above the church are engraved with lifelike images of ancient emperors, Christian saints, and many murals derived from biblical stories.

Especially the altar in front of everyone, which is inlaid with a lot of gold and various gemstones, is extremely dazzling. The bronze statues of Jesus and Saint Catherine lie supine on this golden altar.

At this time, everyone looked solemn and listened intently to Father Harris' explanation. The Bishop of Kent and others kept crossing their chests and praying silently.

Ye Tian, ​​who was also at the scene, while admiring the two holy statues, also secretly looked at this ancient church, including the altar, walls, vaults, and the depths of the ground, not letting go of a single corner.

In some of these places, he did find some hidden secrets, such as valuable antiques and so on.

But these antique relics have a very strong religious color. Once discovered, they will definitely be left in St. Catherine's Monastery. They have nothing to do with Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant, nor him!

Under such circumstances, Ye Tian would naturally not be stupid, to reveal these hidden secrets in a thankless way, to contribute to St. Catherine's Monastery!

Due to the limited time, everyone visited St. Catherine's Monastery at a fast pace, basically tantamount to watching flowers on horseback.

After visiting the magnificent church, under the leadership of Father Harris and others, everyone came to the library of St. Catherine's Monastery.

This is a well-known library in the Western world, and it is also the second largest Christian authentic library in the world after the Vatican Library, with a collection of more than 3,000 handwritten rare books.

Among all the books in this library, the most precious is a Greek parchment Bible manuscript "Sinai Codex" written in the fourth century AD, which is the oldest surviving "Bible" in the world.

It is a pity that there are only twelve pages and forty fragments of the original manuscript in St. Catherine's Monastery. The rest are in Russia, Britain and Germany. They were forcibly borrowed or bought by these countries, and have never been returned!

Another important book,

It is a palimpsest of the ancient Syriac manuscript "Bible" written in 778 AD, and its original writing date can be traced back to the fifth century AD.

The monastery also houses some ancient manuscripts written on papyrus, as well as scrolls in Arabic, Turkish, and ancient Greek.

For Christianity and the Western world, all these manuscripts and books are precious spiritual treasures given to mankind by God. They have witnessed the monastery's enduring monastic life and firm belief after seventeen centuries.

When visiting this famous library of authentic Christian texts, Ye Tian did not forget to perform perspective in secret.

In the process, he also discovered some little-known secrets, such as a manuscript caught inside the cover of an ancient book, or a rare ancient book that was tightly wrapped and hidden in a dark compartment on the wall.

It is a pity that these manuscripts and ancient rare books are either written in ancient Greek, or written in ancient Latin and ancient Arabic, or ancient Hebrew and ancient Syriac, which he does not know at all.

When the group of them came out of the library, the sun also rose, and the golden sunlight filled the ancient monastery and shone on Mount Sinai!

In the early morning sunshine, there was a sound of chanting the Bible in the monastery, which reached the ears of everyone present.

No need to ask, this is the monks of St. Catherine's Monastery saying their morning prayers.

With the sound of prayers, the atmosphere in the monastery suddenly became solemn and somewhat sacred.

Ye Tian and the others all stopped and stood there with solemn expressions. Father Harris, Bishop of Kent and others even prayed in a low voice.

After praying, everyone started again and walked to another historical building not far away.

This is the museum of St. Catherine's Monastery. It is small in scale, but almost every piece of antiques and artworks displayed in this museum is priceless and top-notch.

Since its completion, St. Catherine's Monastery has received more than 2,000 ancient paintings, colored paintings, and other various antique relics and artworks donated by successive emperors and royal families and nobles from various European countries.

Due to the small size of the Byzantine building used as a museum, St. Catherine's Monastery only exhibited 150 authentic works, and the rest of the top antiques and artworks are stored in warehouses.

Most of these ancient paintings on display are works from the 6th century to the 15th century, reflecting the religion, history and life of the past dynasties in Europe, each of which is a treasure.

One of the painted paintings of two sages, Sarcius and Bahes, wearing Byzantine military uniforms and riding side by side on horses, is an artistic treasure for the study of Byzantine culture.

During the visit to the museum, Ye Tian not only admired the top-level antiques and artworks on display, he also didn't let go of the treasures stored in the warehouse, and saw through them one by one!

Not only that, he also took this opportunity to absorb some aura, strengthen his strength, and make himself even stronger.

In addition, he also made discoveries in this museum, but he could only admire them secretly, and he could not tell them about them!

In the blink of an eye, nearly half an hour passed.

The tripartite joint exploration team had finished visiting several main buildings, and then, led by Father Harris and others, they came to another famous holy place in St. Catherine's Monastery, the Well of Moses!

At this point, before Father Harris began to explain, Joshua, Isaiah, and several other Israelites all knelt down and began to pray devoutly.

The Bishop of Kent and several other representatives of the Vatican also prayed in low voices and crossed themselves, but did not kneel on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Ye Tian and David immediately looked at each other, then took two steps back together, silently waiting for Joshua and Bishop of Kent to finish their prayers.

For the Israelites and Judaism, Moses saved the entire Jewish nation, brought the Jewish nation back from Egypt to their hometown of Canaan, and founded Judaism. He is the saint of Israel.

Because of this, Joshua and Isaiah behaved like this when they came to the Well of Moses.

Not only them, but any other Jew who comes here will behave like this.

For Christianity, Moses is not only a Jewish saint, but also a Christian saint, so the Bishop of Kent prayed here.

In Islam, Moses is also regarded as a true prophet, and is admired by people throughout the Islamic world!

After a while, Joshua and the others had just finished praying and stood up from the ground one after another.

Only then did Father Harris begin to explain.

"What you see now is the famous Well of Moses, which existed long before St. Catherine's Monastery was built, and before St. Helena's Church was built.

It was at this well that the sage Moses met his wife, Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, a priest of Midian, and they knew each other and fell in love with each other.

Although the well of Moses has gone through thousands of years, it has never dried up, and it is still the main source of water supply for St. Catherine's Monastery, but now it is drawn through a modern pump,..."

While Father Harris was explaining, Ye Tian and the others were also observing the well.

From the appearance, this is an ordinary well, nothing special.

The only amazing thing, perhaps, is the stability of this underground water source. Although it has gone through thousands of years, it has never dried up!

Because Moses met and fell in love with his wife here, this well gave the well a layer of mythology, and it also made it a holy place in the minds of the Israelites!

Because of this, many religious patterns and characters were engraved around the well, including symbols of Judaism and Jewish culture, a hexagram, and some ancient Hebrew characters.

After roughly observing the situation around Moses' Well, Ye Tian came to the well and looked into the well.

Almost at the same time when his eyes were cast into the well, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed in the depths of Ye Tian's eyes, and it was so fleeting that no one noticed it!