Ancient Egypt had very few beautiful weapons and equipment, and throughout the entire dynastic history, the ancient Egyptian weapons were very single, and they seemed to lack the enthusiasm to develop new weapons at all, even in the heyday of the Egyptian kingdom, this phenomenon still existed.

As a result, once they encountered the more sharply equipped West Asian peoples, they were blinded, and the Hyksos, who were more advanced in equipment, troops, and tactics, almost effortlessly eliminated the resistance of Egypt, until the ancient Egyptians learned the techniques of the Hyksos, and they were freed from slavery.

Unfortunately, the ancient Egyptians still didn't like to develop and update their equipment, and as a result, they would be ruled by foreign races in a few hundred years......

Offensive weapons and equipment were single, and protective equipment was even more backward, and until the Middle Kingdom, the ancient Egyptian army was not equipped with any armor.

It is also because the era is too early, there are fewer equipment with beautiful appearance and aesthetics in line with later generations, and almost all of them belong to the category of "primitive and rude", which will definitely be considered a great luck to find such a beautiful golden dagger!

Holding the handle in his left hand, he took off the glove of his right hand and flicked the golden blade of the dagger with his fingers.

This is Zhang Nan's habit, and when he encounters a cold weapon, he will have this action.

It seems that the center of gravity of this dagger seems very reasonable, which means that the dagger blade may be a bit problematic: if the blade is pure gold, the center of gravity must be moved forward!

It looks like pure gold, but they all know that the texture of pure gold is too soft, and if Zhang Nan is the pharaoh, he will not be bored enough to get a pure gold dagger that is not used as an ornament.

It's useless, it's too heavy.

If it is crisp, it means that the material is good and the hardness is high: if it is an ordinary modern knife, take a key and gently tap the back of the knife The effect is more obvious.

As a result, this bullet, the pop-up problem came.

The metallic texture is very strong, it is not the sound of gold at all, it is not even copper or bronze, it should be steel!

The blade of the dagger came to his eyes and took a closer look: it was still gold.

praised the sentence: "It's interesting, it's not gilding, the ancient Egyptian gold technology can no longer see the link point, high!"

William Brin on the side knew that Zhang Nan had obtained a treasure: this was a gold-clad steel dagger, or 4,600 years ago!

But William is not red-eyed, this is the tomb of the pharaoh, and there are treasures everywhere in his eyes!

There was no iron ore in ancient Egypt, and even if there was iron ore in the ancient dynasties, it would not be smelted, it could only be meteoric iron.

Well, the meteorite dagger Zhang Nan more than 3,000 years ago already has it, and it is all a great treasure. This trip got another 4,600-year-old weapon, which will probably be the world's earliest iron weapon!

There are also several small hieroglyphs at the junction of the blade and the handle of the dagger, which do not need to be translated by William, and Zhang Nan already remembers that this is the name of the king of Snifru.

Didn't say it, take this dagger.

Put yourself there, it can't be made public in the past twenty or thirty years, and the world won't know about its existence, but Zhang Nan doesn't care.

It's good if you like it, we're not saints, and other people don't know about their own birds!

I didn't open the damaged box, otherwise it would be difficult to restore it to its original state, so I crouched down and got up to play a flashlight, and looked inside through the air raid left by pulling out the dagger.

There seemed to be no weapons inside, but there were remnants of stick-like objects.

"William, come and see what's going on here?"

Mr. Professor also squatted down to look at it, and after a while, he said, "It seems to be a scepter, and there is more than one." ”

There were many kinds of scepters in ancient Egypt, and it seems that except for a scepter that could be used by both gods and pharaohs, and whose names were awkward, the other varieties of scepters of the pharaohs were relatively short.

After reading it, the professor simply asked, "Do you want to take it apart?"

Zhang Nan glanced at him, "You finish?"

"No problem. ”

At the end, the shape of the demolition should not be too obvious, otherwise if someone from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture comes to see the flaw in the future, it will not look good on everyone's face.

William Brin obviously has the bottom in his mind, so let's tear it down.

As soon as I opened it, I saw clearly: there was a set of hooked hekas and flail scepters, as well as several ornaments, which were also supposed to represent the authority of the pharaohs.

The hook was originally a tool for herdsmen, and the flail, originally an agricultural tool used by farmers to thresh grain, can still be seen occasionally in some rural areas of China today.

The flail and the hook Heka scepter are generally used in pairs, and "Heka" means "ruler" in ancient Egyptian symbols, symbolizing the king's ruling power, and is often used by the king pharaoh, and the Hades in ancient Egyptian mythology is also used.

The use of hooks and flails together has often been found on the mummified coffins of deceased pharaohs, and even though there are not many objects, this image appears a lot, meaning that the supreme ruler also enjoys authority in the underworld.

Of course, Pharaoh usually only took one of these things when he was alive: one in each hand to go shopping and to meetings?

That's a stupid fork!

Even if you have a soft spot for the scepter, you have to do something else with your hands free, or even the Pharaoh will feel uncomfortable.

Both scepters are gold-clad with a pigment section in between, and the inside is presumably wood.

You're welcome, take it!

Pharaoh Sniferu will not be damaged by Zhang Nan's removal of these two scepters, and according to the general understanding, the mummy of the sarcophagus should also have a set in his hand.

Well, Snifrudu is about to be pulled out of the sarcophagus, so don't think about the majesty of it: archaeology, things are not spared, and the dead have to be studied again!

Fortunately, the internal organs of the mummy are basically empty, otherwise they would not have escaped the fate of being dissected, and finally put it in the display case to be looked at strangely!

As for this scepter, it is said that the pharaohs would prepare many sets: it was not the scepter of the marshals of the Third Reich, and it was sometimes used by the marshals.

Pharaoh's scepter, one set is not enough, always have to prepare a few pieces. Zhang Nan took one set, and there must be a strange set in the sarcophagus that can be put in the museum by modern Egyptians.

......

There are at least a few thousand pieces of cultural relics in the tomb, but most of them are Ming vessels, Zhang Na is not interested, and her eyes search for those "funeral goods that are urging".

There were many statues, large and small, some of them were of Snifru, but most of them were not: there were a large number of wooden statues about forty centimeters high in the corner, at least one or two hundred of them were crooked, and those were supposed to be the avatars of the servants of the Pharaoh's side, and there were also people in the underworld who wore them.

A wooden, brown statue of a pharaoh is about 1.7 meters tall, with its head still staring at the crown of the pharaoh.

It is said to be a crown, but in fact it is more like a "royal circle", and the workmanship is very fine, and it looks a little interesting.

It's a pity that Zhang Nan stepped forward and wiped the side of his crown slightly, dispelling the idea of taking it.

The statue has a mark on the door of the head, unless the statue is also removed, how can it be concealed?

Forget it, we're not tomb robbers scraping the ground this time, just mean it.

There was a statue of a woman lying diagonally next to the statue of the pharaoh, and at first Zhang Nan thought that it would be a statue of a god: the statue of the pharaoh often stood with the god.

It turned out that it was not, and William said that it was the queen of Pharaoh.

I looked at it, and there was no crown on the statue of the queen, nor on the ground, but there was a fallen ring on the broken finger.

Lapis lazuli scarab, plus several kinds of gemstone decoration ring gold rings that Zhang Nan can't see at once, fine workmanship: aside from the disgusting and terrifying scarab plot in "The Mummy", the craftsmanship of this ring can be seen in modern times!

And it was made 4,600 years ago!

Pick it up, hand it to Lin Ming, and put it in a small sealed plastic bag.

He simply turned around and looked through the box again, and chose a few small breastpieces and rings from the inside, and then stopped: Snifru would not have an opinion, there were at least thirty or fifty more in the box.

It's useless to have an opinion, you have to be dragged out of the coffin for exhibition, and you can still have a fart opinion.

No matter what your identity was when you were alive, after a thousand years, all of them will be cultural relics with historical research value; if you have research value, you will be lucky, at least you can continue to stay in the display case for dozens or hundreds of years, if you don't have "research value", hehe......

Dump garbage heaps, or as in the late 19th century, mummies burned directly as train fuel.

Then I chose a gold plate with a diameter of more than forty centimeters, almost seven or eight millimeters thick, and a palace pattern carved on the front, and I was going to leave.

Yes, Zhang Nan had already taken what he needed, and for the first time in his two lives, he took a photo in the tomb, and left.

There will be no less than three or five thousand cultural relics in the tomb, but Zhang Nan will only have three scepters, a dagger, a few pieces of jewelry and a plate.

Not greedy, because he can't do it, besides, the most important thing is that he doesn't like ancient Egyptian artifacts.

Climb out of the ladder, through the false burial chamber, and out of the pyramid.

Back at the barracks, Pharaoh's belongings and Ihadou's tomahawk, bow and arrow were sealed and packed.

I didn't do anything else, I took a shower immediately, and all the people who had entered the pyramid, including Charlie and the bodyguards, took a bath, and burned all the clothes outside.

Not for sterilization, no bacteria, in order to get rid of bad luck.

Zhang Nan's suggestion, no one objected.

After a casual supper, he told William Brin: "Tomorrow I will leave Egypt, and Sanchez and they will also leave the construction site and travel to Cairo."

But I'll leave you with a small team of security guards, cameos for regular staff, and they'll leave when you're almost done, and I'll give you a path with a little stuff."

To put it bluntly, when you are done choosing, my people should leave, and then let the Egyptians come in, and we will not deal with the Egyptians.

We don't want to be famous, we're just a sponsor. The big name belongs to you, but don't make trouble for Lao Tzu!

In fact, William could only take a few small objects: anything larger than the passage drilled out of the boulder, unless he had the nerve to smash the contents of the tomb!

This is already a very good arrangement, hello me, hello everyone, Mr. Professor can't think of a better choice.

......

Leaving early the next morning, because his private jet was at Cairo International Airport, this time the harvest was not taken with him, but left to the contractor to take out of Egypt through a special route.

It is very strange that as long as the US security contractors are within the scope of the agreement between the two countries, they can already go through the security check with automatic weapons in full armor, while Zhang Nan has diplomatic immunity and takes the diplomatic channel.

Instead of stuffing all the contraband into your luggage, you can leave the international airport with the contractors helping you deal with the follow-up problems.

......

Returning to New York on the 22nd, Zhang Nan met Alyosha in the manor, and his personal bodyguard had returned to New York for 3 days.

As for the boxes......

It has been transported to New York last night.

It was less than half an hour after he came back, and a short meeting of the core personnel was held in the underground warehouse of the manor.

It wasn't long, but it was just an hour: the things had been shipped to the former 40 Wall Street building, which had been renamed the "Star Building".

A small team of construction workers from the Gambia has built a safety vault on the eighth floor of the building, which has now been completed and has now returned to the Gambia.

It's a pity that those people are already dead, from a fire!

Thomas said that there was no pressure at all, that the man died in the Gambia, and that the gang went and took over a business that was very time-packed, and the gas leaked......

It's miserable anyway.

didn't bother to feel sorry for those workers, Zhang Nan planned to go and see his box.

That's fine, going to the Star Building by yourself won't arouse anyone's suspicion, because it's your own property.

Besides, the Chinese seem to like to invest in real estate, and it is only natural to inspect the new buildings that have been renovated.

The only problem is: I didn't go today, I just came back from Egypt, and Zhang Nan is not an American soldier preparing for war, so how can I be in a hurry to run around.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the black convoy that was a little famous in New York drove out of the manor and headed for Wall Street in Midtown Manhattan.

New York is still as bustling as ever, the streets of Manhattan are still as narrow as ever, the afternoon sun is invisible, and the houses on both sides are too tall and too dense.

Everything is normal, what is not normal is that in the core of the world's financial center, there is a small 500-ton nuclear bomb that can be detonated at any time!

The building is being renovated everywhere, and such buildings generally need middle and high-rise floors to rent out at a good price, because there will be good sight and lighting.

Of course, the bottom three or five floors are also good, even if many rooms do not get sunlight all year round, but in addition to the hall, it is still good to do some service industry places: the Xingchen Building is renovated as an office building, and the service industry such as restaurants can be opened below the 7th floor, and the upper 66th floor is not allowed.

As for the dozen or so floors, it's really embarrassing, and you can't rent it at a good price.

So what to do?

The "United Forces" simply set up an office there and encompassed the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors: a "canteen" on the seventh floor, and some warehouses.

The 8th floor is temporarily used as a security floor, and there are some offices.

As for the first renovation of the ninth floor, some security operations around New York will be handled here.