Chapter 1468: A bunch of uninformed dirt buns
The World Trade Center bombing has affected many things, but even the biggest troubles will eventually pass, and the Carthaginian art and antiquities exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has finally opened its mystery to the invited experts after a delay of many days.
There are many heavyweights in the field of Western historical research and archaeology, and now the main experts on the planet who study Carthaginian culture and history are basically together: from the time when the ancient Romans deliberately erased all traces of Carthage, this is the most important discovery of Carthaginian art and cultural relics, at least according to the information included in the invitation letter issued by the Metropolitan Museum.
There are a huge number of historical relics, all of which can be called treasures more than 2,000 years ago, and none of the works of art are "cheap clay pots".
The most important thing is that there are many precious metal artifacts and the origin of many Western scripts - Phoenician script, which is the most important thing for experts!
Words write history, and the history of Carthage is almost always in the fog, and perhaps those words can make the fog a little clearer.
Hopefully, almost all of them were ecstatic when these experts from all over the world gathered to see what was inside the exhibition!
This is an exhibition, and the huge exhibition hall is simply a treasure trove of the essence of Carthaginian civilization!
The real essence, no moisture!
An old fellow from the British Museum soon discovered something that was both embarrassing and delightful to him: he was a veteran expert on Carthaginian civilization, and he was an absolute authority on money, in particular.
The British Museum has always been the largest in the world in terms of the number and variety of Carthaginian currencies in its collection, but the variety of Carthaginian precious metal currencies here is completely out of its own museum, and other related currency exhibits of the same era are so rich that even he, an expert in the history of currency after BC, cannot recognize him!
There are none in the British Museum, and some of them have been discovered for the first time: the owners of these exhibits have done a lot of research with the Metropolitan Museum, and nearly ten new coins have been discovered in the Carthaginian civilization alone!
It's not a unique product, it's just that it hasn't been found before, and it's not known, and this will be a few or dozens of pieces of a variety.
Well, the experts understood one thing: the owners of the exhibits did not even think to sell the collection, and one or a hundred of them made little difference.
Carthage's new currency is yet to be studied, and there are many surprises in the large collection of contemporaries: there are so many rare types of currencies of the ancient Greek states that you have never seen them, and these are unique items!
There is also the Roman Republican era, the Persian Achaemenid Dynasty, the Seleucid Empire, and the Azasis Dynasty during the period of the currency are also played here, and after preliminary research, there are two unique pieces!
Currency is a small meaning, those Carthaginian precious metals, glazed artworks are the most important!
After Carthage was completely razed to the ground by the Romans, the Carthaginian culture seemed to disappear and disappear from that moment, in fact, the Carthaginians still survived for a while on the islands of Ibiza and other islands in the Mediterranean.
When Zhang Nan told the place where the treasure was found in public, all the experts and guests were amazed: luck is too good!
A small number of guests who are not experts in the field of history and archaeology also arrived at the scene, and there were some things that these people did not understand, and there were friends who knew each other to help explain a few sentences.
Now everyone understands that the famous Mr. Allen has discovered the last treasure of the Carthaginians, the last treasure of a vanished seafaring people.
It's good that none of the experts on the scene jumped out to chirp, because the Metropolitan Museum didn't invite Spaniards at all.
Deliberately, world-class Western museums such as the Metropolitan Museum and the British Museum are all "big stores", and what they like to do is to exhibit all kinds of cultural relics and artworks looted from other countries.
Mr. Allen's belongings were found on his own private island, and out of concern for the Spanish way of ownership, the Met did not want to add to its own heart, so it did not invite any Spanish-speaking fellows.
Less than one-tenth of the discovery was put on public display, which made a group of experts ecstatic, wearing a necklace composed of 35 Phoenician dragonfly eyes and gold gaskets, and Charlize Theron, who was basically a model next to his brother, had the same smile, and just took the time to say in Zhang Nan's ear: "Just a bunch of uninformed dirt buns, I think if you put all the things dug out of that treasure hole here, you won't all have a heart attack!"
Looking closely, Charlie, who was still a little baby fat on her face, was glared at by Zhang Nan, stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to speak.
Real experts don't sell bricks, it's not good to ridicule them, and how many people can have such luck and find a treasure of this scale, it's amazing for individuals to see it.
The number of exhibits in the exhibition hall of the most rescheduled exhibition is huge, if you count the weight, it is more than a ton, and the total amount found is more than sixteen tons!
One-third are gold coins, about half are silver coins, and the rest are various precious metal vessels and a small amount of pale green glazed ware.
The exquisite, mysterious concentric circle glass beads were not on display this time, and a necklace was put together, but dozens of various bizarre human faces like Phoenician dragonflies were amazing to look at.
Not only to see, but also to get started: all the exhibits are closed in the afternoon, and the invited experts have up to 4 hours of hands-on research, and the owners are very angry!
It's a pity that the most classic Phoenician dragonfly eye from the early Carthaginian kingdom has not been carefully studied, and it hangs around the neck of the owner's sister.
However, before leaving, Charlize Theron actually untied the necklace from her neck and gave it to an expert to see: it was a Greek female archaeologist in her 60s who praised the necklace of the Princess of the Stars.
Charlie is still very personable in front of outsiders, and she takes the initiative to untie the necklace and let people watch it carefully.
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The Carthage exhibition lasts for two months, and of course ordinary visitors can only see it, but not touch it. When the exhibition is finished, the things will naturally return to the estate's vault, although the Spanish press and "experts" will talk about the ownership of these artifacts the day after the public exhibition.
However, the Spanish government will not react at all, and it is estimated that after a certain time, this reaction will be to send someone to make representations, and finally it will be resolved.
The Sunshine Coast affair illustrates one thing: this Mr. Allen is a madman who can still make sense!
The point is that you are crazy, you don't mess with it!
The last time he was reasonable, it may not be necessary to do it again, he can make your country jump at any time.
On the 18th, Zhang Nan took his Boeing 767 to Hamburg, Germany, and his new yacht had entered the broadboard stage.
No 747, it's too high-profile.