Chapter 617: 300 Years Forward
Zhang Nan directly treated everyone as fools, except for William and his team, everyone else didn't know what Boss Guan was in his hands at all!
There is no fear that William is talking nonsense now: although they have signed an agreement with the Sudanese government, they are actually guarding against the Sudanese and the relevant UN departments from pointing fingers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
William hadn't even informed the Sultan that there was an unbelievable object in the main burial chamber.
Don't talk about it, wait until you understand it.
According to the agreement, the ownership of all the excavated artifacts in the pyramid belongs to the Sudan, but the archaeological team has the right to research, and the research results will also be shared, which is also a popular operation mode of international joint archaeology.
Zhang Nan is a patron, or the god of wealth of the Sudanese, holding a copper lump to study for a few days, and it is not to take Sudan away, those Sudanese officials and people from the United Nations did not say a word.
You can hold and play if you like - a few pure gold statues have been unearthed in the front hall, and this Mr. Allen has not even taken a look at those few artifacts of immeasurable value.
This copper bump is interested in studying it, but even if he takes it, "The super-rich who can't even look down on the golden statue and come on a 767 private jet will still run away with a copper stove?"
The layman's eyes are full of copper and gold, and he thinks he knows it.
Besides, I've already taken a photo archive just now, if you don't have such a thing, you're embarrassed to be a rich American?
The Sudanese guessed correctly, Zhang Nan did not plan to take this copper tripod for himself.
If you take it away, whether it is stealing, bribing, or killing people, then it is a precious Chinese Spring and Autumn Bronze Ding.
If this matter is made public, then the value of this copper tripod will be wildly reflected.
But all this must be done by yourself to understand the internal text of Tongding, lest the Sudanese and the United Nations make trouble for themselves after the matter is opened.
The others had no opinion, William who was standing next to him looked at Zhang Nan with a strange look, and another doctoral student from the United States saw that his professor did not speak, so he kept silent.
Academics aren't complete nerds either.
This trip to dig up the tomb of the king relied on Mr. Allen's financial support, otherwise he would have returned home a long time ago. I also know what a terrible thing it is to offend a Wall Street tycodile and a military contractor boss in the United States if he says the wrong thing at this time!
William couldn't figure out what Zhang Nan was thinking, and his mind struggled violently.
This is actually a second or two, Guan Xingquan looked at William coldly, and there was emotion in his eyes - it was a warning!
And Zhang Nan added: "William, do you have any wax paper? If so, please give me a few sheets, and I will rub the pattern." ”
"Yes, I'll get it. ”
Zhang Nan's words reassured him, this is not to take the copper tripod away.
As long as you don't take it directly, then everything is negotiable.
If he insisted on taking it, William had no choice, for the sake of his own life, he had to help Mr. Allen come up with a good reason.
What does it mean to ride a tiger?
took the initiative to find such a person as Mr. Allen, the current William is bitter and self-aware, and he can't even complain, everything is self-inflicted.
As soon as William finished speaking, he explained two sentences to his students and walked out of the tomb with Zhang Nan.
Zhang Nan's footsteps didn't stop, and he walked directly to the camp, William hurriedly followed the side, thought for a while, and asked as he walked: "Mr. Allen, is this a Chinese artifact?"
"The inscription on the bronze tripod of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period of China is a very elegant and difficult to decipher text. You wait for me for a day, and I'll tell you the content when I crack it. ”
got an accurate answer, and it was William's turn to pass by hundreds of alpacas on the door of his head...... "Brother Su... What are you doing?"
William forgot, it would be like there was no Brother Su yet!
Zhang Nan really wanted wax paper, so William went to get it.
"I'll be in the tent later. "Tell William that this copper tripod will not take the RV there.
As soon as Mr. Professor turned a corner, Zhang Nan directly asked Alyosha to take the satellite phone, and said casually: "Brother Guan, Chen Hao, you go to the tent first, and I'll make a call." ”
Guan Xingquan nodded and didn't say much. This time at the camp, Zhang Nan got into the RV and saw Adjani making a fruit platter.
Just wanted to hand Zhang Nan a piece of orange, but when he saw that his man was in a hurry, he stopped.
"What's wrong Alan?"
Zhang Nan went straight to the bedroom to get his communication book, and when he heard this, he said casually: "A major event in the archaeological world, there is a cultural relic of ancient China in the tomb. ”
"Huh?!"
Adjani, of course, understood which tomb he was talking about, and already knew the background of these pyramids, and her jaw was about to fall in surprise.
Incredible discovery!
Ignoring the French Rose who was a little sluggish for the time being, he returned to the bedroom to find the communication book and turned to the page where he remembered the phone number of Nong Bosheng, the director of the Yongcheng Exhibition Hall.
Looking at the watch, I feel that this will be in the afternoon, and the agricultural curator should not be off work, and will be in the unit.
The satellite phone dialed the number, rang twice and then passed, and Nong Bosheng's Yongcheng dialect came from the receiver.
"Hello, I'm Nong Bosheng, who is it?"
"I, Xiao Zhang, Zhang Nan. ”
As soon as he heard this, Director Nong's mood improved, and he changed to Mandarin and said, "Xiao Zhang, have you returned to China?"
In the eyes of people who are really engaged in academics, whether they have money or not, whether they have power or not, they are like that, and they only talk about the feelings between people.
If you value those fame and fortune, otherwise Nong Bo would have been promoted dozens of times.
"No, Director Nong, I'm in Africa, in the pyramids of Sudan, I have made a big discovery!"
At this time, Nong Bosheng, who was far away in the office of the Huaxia Yongcheng Exhibition Center, immediately became serious and said: "Xiao Zhang, I know that Sudan has pyramids, a little later than Egypt's, what is the situation?"
Nong Bosheng knew in his heart that if a pharaoh was dug up, then this Xiao Zhang would not call him, because he would not know much more about ancient Egypt than Zhang Nan.
"We participated in an archaeological excavation related to UNESCO, which unearthed the tomb of a pyramid of the Kush kingdom that is about 2,500 years old.
The royal tomb has not been stolen before, and a bronze tripod of the Chinese Chu Kingdom was found in the main burial chamber..."
"What?!Xiao Zhang, you say it again!"
The voice on the other end of the earpiece is a little excited!
Zhang Nan had to repeat it again.
"You wait...... Can you be sure it's the Bronze Tripod of the Chu State?"
"Yes, typical artifacts from the Spring and Autumn Period of the Chu Kingdom, as well as bird seal inscriptions, but I only recognize the two words King of Chu..."
Talking about what he saw, Nong Bosheng on the other end of the phone was silent for the time being, and seemed to be thinking.
"Xiao Zhang, this should be a major international archaeological discovery, can you get in touch with that copper tripod now?"
"It's in my tent, put me here.
The United Nations and the Sudanese are all sticks, and a few experts from the United States know it in their hearts, but they will not tell the Sudanese for the time being. ”
Now the agricultural expo is in a hurry!
"Did you take the original photo?"
It's the same as Zhang Nan thought - if it appeared in China alone, then it would be just a copper tripod of the Chu State, and it would be called a treasure when it was dug out of the pyramid!
"Don't worry, dozens of photos were taken, and two cameras were used, one of which was controlled by us. ”
This discovery can push back the history of indirect economic, trade, and exchanges between China and North Africa by at least 300 years!
At this point, Zhang Nan was a little puzzled.
"Curator Nong, you said we had dealings with North Africa 2,200 years ago?"
"Yes, at least indirectly.
In Egypt nearly 100 years ago, a bronze tripod from the early Western Han Dynasty was unearthed in a tomb of an ancient nobleman more than 2,100 years ago. ”
Now it was Zhang Nan's turn to interrupt Nong Bosheng's words: "Where's the thing?"
"I lost it, I saw the relevant materials and photos when I was in Moscow, it should have been dug up by the British, but the things were gone during World War II, and it is possible that the Germans' bombs exploded into the sky..."