The discovery of a large number of uncirculated gold coins from the early 7th century A.D. confirms that the Knights Templar had obtained a treasure hidden before the Persians captured Jerusalem, which was a major discovery!

It is also indirectly evidence of how the Knights obtained the seven-branch menorah: the menorah disappeared for almost 1,400 years, 600 of which were originally hidden by the Jerusalem in the 7th century, and later by the Knights Templar.

As for why the Knights didn't disclose the existence of the seven-branch candlestick in the first place, maybe it was because there was more than one power in Jerusalem, or maybe they didn't want the candlestick to be taken away by the Vatican...

They are the most powerful army in the hands of the Pope, so what if the Vatican wants a menorah?

To give, or not to give?

People are always selfish.

This "why" will most likely remain a mystery forever, and there will never be a right answer!

This major discovery could also add some side explanation for the Templars' massive expansion soon after their formation, perhaps not only because of the privileges given by the Pope, but also because they unexpectedly received a large amount of start-up capital.

Bidding for buying and selling, you have to have money!

Even if you can collect taxes and rob them, it will take time and luck. Get a lot of wealth at once, and this explosion will of course be faster.

Of course, it is also possible that they are not short of money when they get the treasure, strategic reserves.

For this, it may be another mystery that can never be solved.

But in any case, this discovery is very interesting, Zhang Nan and Jerry still need to digest it carefully, and they didn't think that Rick had a more important discovery.

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Zhang Nan asked back, "What's the situation?"

"It's the words, boss.

The base of the candlestick was originally downward, but there was a lot of text on the buried side, which we hadn't seen before. ”

The base of the candlestick is hexagonal, and it was lowered down and buried in a pit, the upper half of which is less than 30 centimeters away from the water pipe from the 20s of the 20th century.

It was because of this distance that no one found out before.

When it was dug out just now, one side of the hexagon has been facing down, 300 kilograms of big guys, and it is inconvenient for everyone to turn it over, and in the process of lifting it to the ground and putting it on the cart, the "bottom" with the most soil on that side has always been facing down.

The other five sides are all embossed character patterns and religious stories, and I originally thought that the sixth side would be the same situation, but I didn't expect Rick to find out when he cleaned up: that side was actually all text!

Text, at this level, is basically more precious and important than a pattern story, because it has the potential to solve many historical mysteries if those words record historical content, not religious stories.

Not to mention, Zhang Nan climbed up the dirt pit along a small aluminum alloy ladder, and as soon as his hand signaled, naturally several bodyguards covered the big dirt pit with a plastic sheet, and then four people entered the fenced car with their backs to the big pit.

Look!

Zhang Nan and his group walked to the wine castle and asked as they walked, "What text?"

Rick-Becker said with a little excitement: "It is probably ancient Hebrew, very primitive, maybe even ancient Canaanite."

I'm not familiar with this kind of ancient script, and Jerry should be better than me. ”

Before Zhang Nan could say anything, Jerry Goodencowan on the other side hurriedly said: "Don't be funny, Rick, how can I know the early ancient Hebrew, at most it depends on guessing."

And in ancient Canaanite, you because I am God?"

Jerry's message is simple: don't talk about him, there are not many people on earth who can know the ancient Hebrew script 2,500 years ago, as for the earlier ancient Canaanite script?

Directly "hehe"!

It is estimated that even God and his old man have a headache when he comes!

The reason why Jerry said this, Zhang Nan knows the reason: no way, it's too early, and this early writing seems to have been cut off for 2,500 years!

The Canaanite script, of course, is the Canaanite script, and the Canaanites are actually the self-proclaimed Phoenicians, they are the northwest branch of the western Semites, who lived on the eastern coast of today's Mediterranean Sea more than 3,000 years ago, which is now the coast of Lebanon and Syria, and once established a highly civilized ancient state.

The 10th to 8th centuries BC was a period of prosperity for the Phoenician city-states, which were preceded by a long history of civilization.

With the passage of time, the Phoenicians have long since disappeared into the sea of history, and the records about them are all from the hands of the ancient Greeks and Romans who suffered from the Phoenicians, so little is known about the Phoenicians in modern times.

As for the ancient Canaanite script, there are two theories, one is that it was a kind of hieroglyphs, and the other is that it appeared around 1500 B.C., and the Phoenicians alphabetized dozens of simple hieroglyphs on the basis of cuneiform to form a letter script.

Almost all modern alphabets can be traced back to the Phoenician alphabet, such as Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin...

Like other ancient writing systems, the earliest ancient Hebrew alphabet is also a kind of hieroglyphic script, which can be regarded as a brotherhood with the Phoenician alphabet in the first version, which is the continuation and evolution of the Canaanite alphabet.

The earliest Hebrew script was used from the Kingdom of Judah until the Babylonian period, until it was replaced by the square Hebrew alphabet around the 6th century B.C., and then the Hebrew script was changed many times, and the Hebrew script today is very different from the original Hebrew script.

To put it simply: the earliest ancient Hebrew script, now it is not fully recognized by the gods, and it is basically a guess!

There are too few artifacts to be systematically analyzed.

As for the pronunciation of the Old Hebrew, it is even more interesting: in 70 C.E., the Romans destroyed Jerusalem, the capital of the Jews, and the Jews were expelled from their homes and exiled to the rest of the world.

From then on, the Jews began to use the language of the host country, and Hebrew gradually disappeared as a spoken language, but continued to exist as a written language.

In the second half of the 19th century, a Lithuanian Jew named Yehuda was determined to resurrect the Hebrew language, and his first child became the first child in 1800 years to speak Hebrew as his mother tongue.

He also set out to compile a dictionary of the Hebrew language, actively expanding his vocabulary.

At this point, it can be understood how much of the same pronunciation can there be with a spoken language that has disappeared for 1800 years and a miraculous resurrection of spoken language.

There would be no tape recorder!

Wisdom knows no limits, imagination knows no boundaries, I have to say that Jews are tenacious and creative!

What exactly is the text on the base of the candlestick?

A group of men hurried into a garage in the castle, where the huge candlesticks were set up improvised: they were lifted up by a wheel, and then held against them by several sturdy barrels, which were watched by flashlights under the drills.

Zhang Nan also lay down to observe: dozens of rows of words were cast on the surface of the gold plate. I looked at it twice, and I came to two conclusions: first, the text on the pedestal didn't know a word!

Second, it should be an alphabetic text, not a pictogram.

Jerry on the other side looked at it a few times and said, "This is the Aramaic alphabet, not the square Hebrew alphabet!"

A major discovery!

The Amira alphabet is also a precursor to the ancient Hebrew alphabet, which was used from the Kingdom of Judah to the reign of Babylon, although it was not only used by Jews.

Later, around the 6th century B.C., the Aramaic alphabet used by the Jews began to be replaced by the square Hebrew alphabet, and at that time an important event happened: Solomon's Temple, built in 960 B.C., was burned down by the Babylonians in 586 B.C., and the Jews began to be expelled!

This says one thing.

Zhang Nan said: "If it weren't for the later generations to make up the letters, then this candlestick should have been in Solomon's First Temple, after the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem, even if the Jews could insist on using the Aramaic alphabet for dozens or hundreds of years, they would not have the financial resources and ability to cast this candlestick!"

This candlestick is the original from the First Temple, not a copy!