The Acropolis Museum is divided into three floors: bottom, middle and upper, and each floor has different displays.

After entering the museum, Ye Tian and the others were the first to visit the ground floor.

The ground floor of the museum is suspended above a large archaeological site, supported by a network of reinforced concrete columns.

Here, Ye Tian condescendingly saw a huge archaeological excavation site from a bird's-eye view.

Through this archaeological excavation site, he saw the economy, culture, art, and social life of ancient Greece two or three thousand years ago, and went to ancient Greece for a ride!

Of course, in the process, he did not forget to secretly open the perspective and explore the secrets hidden deeper underground.

As always, his gaze easily penetrated the archaeological site, revealing many hidden secrets deep underground, as well as valuable antique artworks buried deeper underground.

Unfortunately, he couldn't reveal these secrets, and those valuable antique works of art didn't have anything to do with him, and he couldn't get them.

Unless one day the Greeks are destitute and the Greek government is completely bankrupt and ready to sell the Acropolis Museum, he will be able to get his hands on the treasures hidden deeper underground.

Obviously, this possibility is largely non-existent.

While visiting and appreciating the Acropolis Museum, Ye Tian was also chatting with Pendemaris, who accompanied the visit, and several other experts in the appraisal of Greek antique artworks.

"Mr. Curator, after checking into the hotel, I seriously thought about it, you Acropolis Museum and the Greek Ministry of Culture, as well as the Greek National Archaeological Museum, can send people to participate in this exploration operation."

Hearing this, the faces of several Greeks at the scene showed a look of ecstasy, and they almost raised their arms and cheered.

"Great, Steven, it's rare for you to be generous, thank you very much! No need to ask, let's send someone to participate in this operation to explore the treasure of the shipwreck, it must be conditional, let's hear it!"

Pendemaris said excitedly, his eyes full of anticipation, and the rest of the Greeks were the same.

Ye Tian looked at this old friend, then nodded with a smile and said:

"You guessed it right, Pendemaris, you can only send two people from each of your two museums and the Ministry of Culture to participate in the exploration, preferably experts and scholars who study the sculpture art of the Roman and Hellenistic periods.

And your men must follow the commands, not act on their own, let alone interfere with our efforts to explore this ancient Roman shipwreck treasure, in this regard, they are not professional, and it will only be bad to be involved.

Not only you, but also several prominent museums, including representatives from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the U.S. Department of Culture, are ready to participate in this exploration."

Not surprisingly, the faces of all the Greeks present changed and became very ugly.

Each of them knew very well that the guys at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art were definitely here for the sculptures of the Roman or Hellenistic periods that might exist!

And the representatives sent by the U.S. Department of Culture are a threat to everyone except Steven and his company, which cannot be ignored.

Because of the presence of those guys, anyone who wants to play the idea of this shipwreck treasure or play some tricks will have a little more hesitation, including the Greek government authorities.

The reactions of these Greeks were all seen by Ye Tian, and they were all seen at a glance.

But he didn't see it, and continued to smile and say:

"In addition, the guys from the Louvre in France and the British Museum in the United Kingdom have also called me to participate in this expedition, and have already sent representatives to Athens."

"Ah, how embarrassed are the English robbers, who have sent men too? When I see the English robbers, I would like to ask in person, when will they return the Elgin marble statues that they had stolen from the Parthenon?"

Pendemaris said through gritted teeth, his expression unusually angry.

The other Greeks were the same, and when they heard the British Museum, they were all furious, and they clenched their fists tightly.

Their performance was completely expected by Ye Tian, and they were not surprised at all.

For no other reason than the 'Elgin marble statue', as Pendemaris called it, one of the best, most complete and most remarkable surviving statues of the Parthenon, it was stolen by the British at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

The Parthenon is a symbol of Greece's eternity, which shows how important the Elgin marble statue was in the minds of the Greeks.

When the British snatched the Elgin marble statue, Greece was still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and the British ambassador at the time, Lord Elgin, half-bought and half-robbed the beautiful ancient Greek sculpture.

In the process, Lord Elgin not only ordered the marble statue to be dismembered, cut into pieces and shipped back to England, but also caused great damage to the Parthenon, which every Greek hated to the bone!

Not long after the marble statue arrived in England, in 1816, the British royal family acquired the invaluable marble statue from Lord Elgin and displayed it in the British Museum.

For more than 200 years, the Elgin Marble Statue, or Parthenon Marble Statue, was displayed in the British Museum and became one of the British Museum's famous treasures.

In the 80s, the then Greek Minister of Culture introduced a bill in the United Nations General Assembly demanding that the British return the Elgin marble statue, a request that was also supported by most countries.

However, the result of the vote on this bill was not binding on the British, and the British and the British Museum refused to return the Elgin marble statue.

Over the next few decades, Britain and Greece quarreled over the ownership of the Elgin marble statue, but nothing changed, and the marble statue is still on display in the British Museum.

One of the reasons why the British Museum did not return the Elgin marble statue was that the condition of Athens, Greece, was too poorly preserved, and the old Acropolis Museum was too dilapidated to house this priceless treasure.

However, after the completion of the new Acropolis Museum in 2009, the exhibition collection has reached the world's top level, and the British Museum still has no intention of returning the Elgin marble statue.

This made the Greeks angry, and the people hated the British Museum even more, and they all gritted their teeth with hatred.

As the director of the Acropolis Museum and the experts and scholars of this top museum, Pendemaris and his colleagues can imagine their feelings when they heard that the British Museum was going to send someone to Athens.

Ye Tian knew very well about these disputes between the British and the Greeks, as well as the grievances between the British Museum and the Acropolis Museum.

However, he did not have the slightest intention of mediating, and even gloated a little, waiting for the British to meet the Greeks, and the human brain would be a dog's brain.

After a pause, Ye Tian continued:

"Pendemaris, let's put aside the grievances between you and the British Museum, I believe you will find a solution to the contradictions, let's continue to talk about this exploration.

At the beginning of the exploration, I will provide you observers with a yacht to follow us on our journey to the Mediterranean, and you will not interfere with us in the rest of the exploration.

It would be great if we were lucky enough to find this Roman shipwreck treasure on this voyage, and it does contain a large number of sculptures from the Roman or Hellenistic period.

Next, we're going to start the deep-sea salvage work, and when we've got the old sculptures out of the water, you can come up and admire and identify the old sculptures."

Hearing this, Pendemalis could not help but fall silent, as did several other Greeks.

After a moment, Pendemaris nodded and said:

"Okay, Steven, we accept your conditions, and hope that your exploration will go well in this expedition and find those ancient Roman shipwrecks as soon as possible!"