The cellar was dark, only a few lights on the walls were on, and it couldn't illuminate the 100-square-meter cellar at all. Zheng Zheng could only see that there seemed to be some small objects in the cellar by the faint light, but he couldn't see what they were.

Anna fumbled around for a while, and then pressed the power switch with a "snap", and the cellar suddenly lit up.

According to Anna, it was a makeshift wine cellar. Zheng Zheng pondered, this should be true, because around the wine cellar room, there are still empty wine racks, which seem to be inconvenient to carry out.

And in the open space in the center of the cellar lay a large pile of earthy yellow stones, each of which was about the size of a fist, and at a rough glance it looked like three or five hundred pieces.

There was a table next to these stones, on which were placed all the medicinal materials and objects that Zheng Zheng needed.

The pile of rocks did have a visual impact, but Zheng Zheng glanced at it and didn't look at it anymore. Maybe you need to put some stones in the cellar to increase the wetness or increase the dryness? Who can say for sure? Zheng Zheng didn't know what this was for, but looking at the fact that those stones were not placed randomly, it seemed that these stones also had their own functions.

Walking to the table, Zheng Zheng checked the medicinal herbs, clay pots, charcoal and other things that needed to be used on the table, and saw that there was no problem, Zheng Zheng was relieved. He was really afraid that the medicinal herbs that Anna found were not in the right way, otherwise he would have to waste an unknown amount of time.

There are indeed all the things that should be on this table, but there is still one thing missing, that is, the antiques that Zheng Zheng wants to restore. Seeing that there was nothing like antiques in this room, Zheng Zheng looked at the wine shelf on the side.

Could it be that these shelves are antiques? No, can't they...... The point is, it doesn't look broken, does it?

Zheng Zheng didn't understand in his heart, so he simply didn't guess, and asked Anna on the side: "Mr. Anna, what about the antiques you asked me to restore? ”

"Ah...... That's it. As she spoke, Anna pointed to the side.

Looking in the direction of Anna's finger, the sweat on Zheng Zheng's forehead came down. He touched his nose and confirmed to Anna, "Mr. Anna...... These are the ...... you're going to have me fix Uh, rocks?"

Anna was pointing to the pile of stones that had been placed in the cellar. Zheng Zheng couldn't believe it after seeing it, so he could only confirm it with Anna again.

"Yes. Anna nodded naturally, and then corrected Zheng Zheng's statement: "However, Mr. Zheng, this is not a stone. Well...... Although they appear to be stones, these are fragments of a statue. ”

Zheng Zheng listened to it, and couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Isn't this still a stone......

However, although he was complaining in his heart, Zheng Zheng's face was in place, and he wondered what was not shown on his face at all, and he did his duty as a listener.

Clearing his throat, Anna said with a straight face: "Mr. Zheng, this statue is the Sphinx. ”

When Zheng Zheng heard this, he almost laughed. The Sphinx Zheng Zheng still knows, not to mention that these stones add up to the size of the Sphinx, the key question is that the Sphinx is still in Egypt, why did it appear in the shape of pieces in Anna's wine cellar?

If you want to talk about stealing or something, it's better to talk about small things. But a super large piece like a sphinx...... You try to steal one without alarming a thousand eight hundred people?

Looking at the strange look on Zheng Zheng's face, Anna also knew where Zheng Zheng was going. He shook his head and explained, "Mr. Zheng, maybe what I said is a little inaccurate...... This is not the Egyptian Sphinx, but the archetypal statue of the Sphinx. It can be said that the Sphinx in Egypt was carved according to this prototype. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing Anna say this, Zheng Zheng also put away his scattered thoughts, and said: "Prototype statue? Please Mr. Anna explain to me the origin of this prototype statue." ”

"Yes. Anna nodded, but asked again, "Mr. Zheng, how much do you know about the Sphinx in Egypt?"

Zheng Zheng said: "If the question involves the question of whose order the Sphinx was made, I really don't know much. ”

The Sphinx, twenty meters tall and fifty-seven meters long, with a face five meters long, wears a crown of "Nems" and is engraved on its forehead with the inscription "Coobera" (i.e. cob

A: Cobra) Holy snake relief with the emblem of the emperor on the lower jaw - a long drooping beard. As for its function, it is generally believed to be a guardian statue used to protect the pyramids.

There has been controversy among archaeologists about the builder of the Sphinx. One of the schools of thought argues that it was built by order of Pharaoh Khufu and that it was built for the sake of his own pyramid vigil. In line with this statement, there is another description of the construction of the Sphinx: in 2610 B.C., Fauff came here to inspect his near-completed mausoleum, the pyramid. While making his rounds, Khufu noticed that there was still a boulder left on the quarry. Khufu immediately ordered the stonemasons to carve a sphinx in the shape of his face.

At first, this theory was relatively accepted, but later, some archaeologists led by Rainard deduced that the stone statue was built by the order of Pharaoh Havre, the son of Khufu.

Hafre ruled Egypt in 2600 BC, and the dynasty lasted 500 years before collapsing due to war and famine. According to hieroglyphic records, Cheops built himself a pyramid 146 meters high, 400 meters from where the Sphinx was later built. Havre also built his own pyramid, but it was 3 meters shorter than his father's and 400 meters from the Sphinx. Raynal has found evidence linking the Sphinx to the Havre Pharaoh, with the earliest evidence dating back to 1853. That year, a French archaeologist named Auguste found a life-size statue of Havre carved in black volcanic stone near the Sphinx, near which was the remains of a building. And in 1925, another French archaeologist, Émile Barez, excavated the remains of another ancient structure directly in front of the Sphinx, known as the Temple of the Sphinx.

This evidence suggests that Pharaoh Havre arranged a great architectural project, including the Sphinx, his own pyramid, and the temple, although many archaeologists still insist that the Sphinx was built by Khufu. It wasn't until 1980 that Renard hired a young German geographer, Tom Egner, who proved in a new way that the Sphinx belonged to the Havre Pharaoh's family of buildings. After examining the rock samples of the Sphinx and the Sphinx, Raynal and Tom found a number of fossil samples, and based on the identification of these fossils, they found that many of the stones used to build the walls of the temple were hewn from the boulders on which the Sphinx was carved, apparently using ropes and wheels to pull the remaining huge stones from the Sphinx to the site where the Sphinx was built for "recycling".

As a building on the same level as the Great Wall of China, Zheng Zheng has heard of the Egyptian pyramids since he was a child, and later read some information about this. However, as for what the Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx are all about, those sources basically have their own set of theories, and they all have some contradictions with each other. Zheng Zheng has not deliberately gone to the in-depth understanding, so in general, Zheng Zheng can only be regarded as knowing some basic knowledge, not in-depth understanding.

Anna nodded and said, "Mr. Zheng doesn't know much about this controversy, and it doesn't prevent us from doing what we have to do today. In fact, our focus is not on who ordered the Sphinx to be made, but on how the Sphinx was built. ”

Speaking of this, Anna changed his words and asked, "Mr. Zheng, when building such a huge statue, there must have been a design drawing, right? And with the technical ability of ancient Egypt, if there was no prototype before the construction of the Sphinx, it was obviously impossible to do it at will." Even now, before construction begins, builders give sketches and sand tables to facilitate planning. ”

"You have a point. Zheng Zheng nodded.

Seeing that Zheng Zheng agreed with his theory, Anna seemed a little happy. He cleared his throat and continued, "This Sphinx is a prototype carved out in advance by the person who carried out the construction of the Sphinx at that time. It was in this prototype that they built the Sphinx that is now in Egypt. ”

"As for the Sphinx, it was brought back by an archaeological team funded by my grandfather. My grandfather took it, but he couldn't verify whether it was real or not. Later, my grandfather extracted the stones from these stones, and then he took some stones from the Sphinx in Egypt and compared the two stones together. After comparison, most of the stones on these stones are the same as those on the Sphinx. So, my grandfather thought this Sphinx was real. It's just that this sphinx is too old, so it is very troublesome to restore, and he has not found anyone who is proficient in this technique. When he was dying, it was his last wish to restore the Sphinx. ”

Speaking of this, Anna sighed and said, "My father has also been working this matter, and he has found some people in the middle to do this, but those people have not been able to do this. When I came to me, I gradually lost my confidence in this matter, and although I also valued my grandfather's last wishes, I think it would be difficult for me to accomplish what I had not done for two generations. ”

"Until I met you, Mr. Zheng......"

Anna looked at Zheng Zheng, his eyes flashed with hope: "None of the people my father found have professional and top-secret antique restoration techniques like you, Mr. Zheng. I have a gut feeling that my grandfather's last wish can be fulfilled through you, Mr. Zheng. ”