This is Africa, not China! This really shocked Zhang Nan -- this thought even flashed through his mind in an instant: "Could it be that someone traveled to North Africa more than 2,000 years ago?"

No, if you cross, is it from China to North Africa? Contemporaneous teleportation?

Alien abduction?

......”

For a moment, the chaotic thought jumped in my mind: if this was a North African tomb that was only a few hundred years old, then it would not be too strange for a Chinese-style copper tripod to appear, because Zheng He and that guy should have been to the Red Sea coast, not to mention that at least since the Tang and Song dynasties, China and distant Africa have also had some economic and trade contacts. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This kind of trade even existed as far as the Han Dynasty, and even if there was no direct trade, there were many "international middlemen" at that time, at least in the Tang Dynasty, there were black and white food merchants in China, and northern Sudan at that time seemed to be the territory of the Arabs.

But this is an ancient tomb from about 2,500 years ago!

What period was Huaxia 2500 years ago?

Confucius seemed to be about to be forced to leave the state of Lu and begin a fourteen-year exile of traveling around the world, running around preaching, and it seemed that the state of Wu should also defeat the state of Yue, and Gou Jian was preparing to seek humiliation and seek revenge, and go to Fucha to pretend to be a grandson for a while.....

At that time, China had direct or indirect contacts with Africa?

"No, there will be a powerful Persian First Empire stuck in the middle of the road, how did this copper tripod come over?......"

Zhang Nan's brain is running at a speed that is about to catch up with a supercomputer: not to mention anything else, at that time, there was a huge First Persian Empire stuck in the current location of Iran.

The Persians occupied India to the east, waged many wars with Greece to the west, and destroyed ancient Egypt and ancient Babylon to the southwest, but it seems that they did not reach Kush.

How did this copper tripod come about?

William Brin is a historian and expert on ancient Egypt, but not only that, but at least the typical oriental artifacts are recognizable.

So just now, when I waited for the "Aya fork" to stand aside and saw the bronze tripod in the tomb, I was also startled.

The first thing I thought of was to find Mr. Allen - Mr. Allen is Chinese, and he is also a collector and lover of antique cultural relics, and in the previous chat, William knew that Zhang Nan had a very high attainment in Chinese cultural relics.

Now Zhang Nan can see at a glance that the copper tripod placed near the huge coffin is a copper tripod in the southern style of Huaxia, three-legged and not large, at most about 30 centimeters in diameter, and the height is one-third more than the diameter.

And even if there is still some distance, you can clearly see the pan claw pattern and three-dimensional dragon pattern attachments all over the head.

There are three-dimensional dragon pattern ornaments on the tripod, coupled with the shape of "thin waist and tall", you can recognize that this is 100% a thing of Chu from a few glances: those three climbing beasts are unique to Chu State.

The burial chamber is about 20 square meters, and the huge coffin occupies a large area to the east, and the bronze tripod is placed on a seemingly wooden platform in front of the coffin.

The neighborhood is full of ancient Egyptian-style burial goods, and the copper tripod is so unsightly.

Guan Xingquan was also on the side, looking at the copper tripod a few meters away, he was a little stunned - he had moved many Chinese bronzes, and he had seen too much in the museum, and he could see that there was a problem.

"Anan, it's a little strange. ”

When Zhang Nan heard this, he felt that there were 10,000 alpacas jumping over in his head!

I really didn't expect that even the boss would be funny...

From the cut to the copper tripod, there were still a few jars, Zhang Nan took out a pair of gloves and put them on.

Seeing this action, Guan Xingquan on the side said: "Be careful inside, the mercury steam is basically gone, but there may be on the surface of the item." ”

Zhang Nan nodded.

William on the other side wanted to say something, but his mouth opened and he didn't say it in the end.

Behind him, several Sudanese officials and people from the United Nations saw Zhang Nan's actions and said nothing: they wished they had cleaned up the tomb as soon as possible.

Moreover, they still don't know that there is an unreasonable thing here: everyone can be an official, but how many are professional?

Putting on gloves, Zhang Nan was about to go in.

Then he stepped in cautiously, Guan Xingquan was staring at the back, and Alyosha, who came in to "join in the fun", stopped in the opposite direction - the boss wants to see things, no matter what official you come from the United Nations or the Ministry of Culture of Sudan, you will wait outside for Lao Tzu!

The light inside the tomb is not very good, so first look at the ground to see if there are any scattered cultural relics, so as not to step on it.

The ground is very clean, and after walking a few steps, I arrived in front of the copper tripod, and I didn't touch the copper tripod first, but took a flashlight and shone it everywhere.

When entering the tomb, don't just stare at the most conspicuous thing, there may or may not be a new discovery nearby.

There were North African gadgets all around, so I squatted down to see where the copper tripod and the painted wooden shelves were connected.

It's good, it's just put on top.

got up and took the flashlight and looked at the copper tripod again.

Unlike the ancient bronzes unearthed in China, which often have a layer of paste or patina similar to "black lacquer ancient", this copper tripod has the original bright color of bronze, and it is slightly silvery-white.

Of course, this does not mean that this copper tripod is a new product put here by aliens, but it maintains the original color of the bronze and is smoked by mercury steam: last time I dug the Western Zhou bronze cellar in Yangjia Village, West Qinmei County, there are several bronze surfaces and some blocks have a similar situation.

Because it is dry and isolates oxygen.

And from the surface of this copper tripod, it has been "used" for a long time, and there is a layer of smooth pulp formed before entering the tomb - the tomb is dry enough to make people dry corpses, and the copper tripod is very well preserved.

As for the mercury vapor, it seems that it will react a little when it encounters copper, but Zhang Nan, a liberal arts student, can't figure out what will be generated, and it shouldn't be a highly toxic substance anyway.

And then...

Inside the copper tripod, Zhang Nan saw what he wanted to see the most: the inscription!

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the bird seal book of the Chu State had at least dozens of characters.

But the question is... Nima, I still don't know each other!

I have used my spare time to study the golden inscription materials for so long, and the characters of the northern countries can be recognized, but this bird seal script will basically confuse me.

It's not just ordinary writing, it's more like a painting!

However, this is definitely a Chu State Copper Ding in the Spring and Autumn Period of China, which can't be wrong!

After recognizing it for a while, I finally recognized two words: King X of Chu.

I don't know the word in the middle.

No matter what, he carefully picked up the copper tripod and walked out, and handed it to Guan Xingquan, who was also wearing gloves, on the mouth.

As soon as the person came out and saw that everyone in the front hall of the tomb was looking at him, Zhang Nan took a breath and said in English: "This artifact is a bit special, I will study it for two days first."

William, you start cleaning up now, gentlemen have to hurry up and report to the authorities. ”