Xiao Fei stopped him and said: "Don't be busy, we all need to bring the necessary equipment, and then it's not too late to go in, although all of us here are martial arts masters, and the martial arts are extraordinary, but the open gun is easy to dodge, and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, or be careful and subtle, although most of the pharaoh's spells are frightening, but it is estimated that there are many organs inside, and as the saying goes, sharpening the knife is not wrong to chop firewood, we have done a good job of preparations, and naturally it will be much easier later." Xiao Fei chattered endlessly, put down the heavy bag on his back, and couldn't help but tell everyone to hurry up and put these gas masks and radiation protection clothes on their bodies, so we can hurry in. Fortunately, the scientific and technological level of modern society is changing with each passing day, and the gas masks and radiation-proof clothes we brought from modern society have adopted new high-tech and new light and thin materials, so the gas masks are like masks, and the radiation-proof clothes are like raincoats, otherwise how could Xiaofei's backpack contain so many messes and bits and pieces. Hu Jiaojiao was the first to bear the brunt and couldn't wait to get dressed, so our group of people walked inside with a bright flashlight, one by one, frightened and nervous. I can't help but think of the curse of the pharaoh I just heard, the story of the involuntary little flying painting and coloring, there is a kind of eerie, chilling, creepy feeling, accidentally walked to the end, especially walking, feeling a little cold behind the back, as if there was still someone, when I turned around, I found that the back was empty, scared me, fortunately there was someone in front, otherwise if I was alone in it, it would really be scared to the soul, and I fled.

We walked along the entrance for a while, we finally passed through the narrow and low corridor, entered an empty hall, those walls are painted with very exquisite murals with Egyptian characteristics, they are like a continuous picture scroll in front of our eyes slowly unfolded, is so mysterious and unique, different, people fall in love at first sight, never forget, although with the passage of time, those ancient murals appear different degrees of mottling, incomplete, but still do not affect the integrity of the whole, everyone can not help but look stunned, fascinated, dreamlike look, these murals are very bright, beautiful, each is differentIt is unique, with the simple beauty of the ancient Egyptian people on the wall, reproduces the daily life of the pharaohs in the ancient Egyptian period thousands of years ago, as well as the life scenes of the dignitaries and ordinary people, vivid, lifelike, especially the facial contours are realistic, there are idealized modifications, the expression is solemn, there is almost no expression; some eyeballs are inlaid with crystals and quartz materials to achieve realistic effects. When we pass through these mottled murals, we feel as if we are in the scene, and in a trance, we feel like we are witnessing the wonderful and vibrant life scenes, mysterious and unpredictable natural beliefs and exaggerated and grotesque ritual scenes of the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago. And if you take a closer look, you will find that each lifelike ancient Egyptian mural is often matched with crooked and vivid hieroglyphs, although we can't understand the message they want to convey, but we feel that these words and pictures are the same, indispensable, complement each other, make the picture more complete, full, this kind of text itself is a picture, with a sense of beauty across time and space. In particular, those gorgeous costumes, bewitching eye makeup, fashionable hairstyles, healthy sun-colored skin, inexplicable goatees, and their various strange poses really opened my eyes, amazed, breathtaking, I feel that they are really trend-setting, really modern Egyptians, these elements are all the rage in our modern society. The modern wheat color, as well as the thick and bewitching smoky makeup, and the long and heavy eyeliner, are only popular in the society now, but I didn't expect that the ancient Egyptians had already been popular.

Hu Jiaojiao said excitedly: "You see, these pictures are simply beautiful, the nobles in the paintings are driving small boats, rippling in the depths of the Nile, which is definitely a popular fishing and hunting activity in Egypt's upper class society at that time." The flocks of birds are flying wildly, swimming fish play with each other, the picture is very lively and lively, and the most wonderful part of the mural is the water birds, butterflies, cats and mice at the top. Although these decorative improvisational drawings are an extension of traditional techniques, the expression is witty and incisive, and in this depiction of a feast, the artist depicts the body of a musical girl dressed in tulle as light and graceful. After looking at these pictures, they can restore their lives back then. ”

Zeng Lu looked at it carefully for a long time, and asked curiously: "It's really strange, these murals are completely different from the patterns in our ancient Chinese tombs, the styles are very different, it seems that it is really a custom, you see that there are not only human faces and lion bodies, but also human wolf faces, human body snake heads, all kinds of patterns, which make people really incredible, but it feels incredible, and the imagination is unbridled." Their style can be summarized as a horizontal ribbon-like arrangement structure, using horizontal lines to divide the picture; the picture composition arranges people and objects in a straight line, and the characters are arranged according to the dignity and distance to determine the size of the image, which is orderly, and pursues the effect of flat arrangement; pays attention to the narrative of the picture, the content is detailed, and the depiction is subtle; the figure modeling is stylized, and the combination of realism and deformation decoration; and the hieroglyphs and images are used together. Always maintain the readability of the painting and the painting of the text. But those ancient Egyptian painters, who painted the figures in a distorted and deformed way, and the style of painting was peculiar, I don't know what they were pursuing?"

Duan Gongzi smiled slightly and said, "I know this, in fact, I also saw it in ancient books." First of all, let's take a look at the background of the era in which it was produced. The proverb cloud of the god Amun - the place where the great water irrigates is Egypt, and the Efonti tomb god Anubi drank the water of the residence of the nuns before the burial of the pharaoh, which was also the Egyptians. Egypt is a gift from the Nile. Bordered by the Arabian Desert to the east, barren mountains to the south, the Sahara to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north, it is a complete and closed oasis. Egypt is located on the Eurasian continent and is known as the home of the Nile, which nourished the land and also nourished Egypt, one of the four ancient civilizations. Every year in June, it was Hathor, the goddess of love, and when the flamingo flew over the narrow valley, the Nile began to flood and the floods did not disappear until November, leaving behind a layer of fertile soil. People have been working on this land for 7,000 years. Egypt is divided into two parts by the Nile, namely Cairo: the southern part is called Upper Egypt and the northern part is called Lower Egypt. Around 3200 B.C.E., the rule of Egypt was divided between two kings. They engaged in a series of power competitions, which resulted in the condescension of Lower Egypt and the unification of Egypt into an early dynasty, from which Egyptian civilization gradually emerged. From the Third Dynasty into the Old Kingdom, then into the Middle Kingdom, then with foreign usurpation, the 18th Dynasty conquered the New Kingdom, and finally conquered Egypt in 332 BC. The ancient Egyptian empire went through dozens of dynasties, each of which built pyramids and imperial tombs, and the ancient Egyptian murals were painted on the walls of the tombs of kings and nobles during that period.

Therefore, the purpose of painting in this way is related to the beliefs and culture of the Egyptians at that time. When Egypt entered a slave society, the pharaoh was the supreme leader and the embodiment of the sun god and the Nile god. They were kings of the earth when they lived, and they remained rulers of hell when they died. The Egyptian religion was the belief that after death, the soul simply left the body and wandered in the universe, and that if the body returned, the person could be resurrected. Therefore, the Egyptians kept the corpses as mummies and attached great importance to the making of coffins and the construction of mausoleums to pray for resurrection. So the Egyptians attached great importance to the preservation of the bodies of pharaohs and great slave owners, and built mausoleums at any cost. This is the origin of the world-famous pyramids of Egypt. Since the corpse could not be resurrected due to decay, they thought of carving the statues of the king and princess in stone and preserving them. The king reigned supreme in the underworld and enjoyed all the joys of his time on earth, so he thought of painting all the things of the world on the wall of the tomb for enjoyment. In this way, the art of carving and painting in Egypt took place and developed. People used images to offer great people as funerals in place of living servants. These frescoes give us an extremely vivid picture of life, just like what life was like in Egypt thousands of years ago.

The Egyptian religion believed that the soul only leaves the body after death, and that the soul can return to find its body one day in the future, so the Egyptians mummified the corpse for safekeeping. But because they were worried that the corpses would not be resurrected if they were decomposed, they thought of carving the statues of the king and princess in stone and preserving them, and at the same time, in order to prevent the souls from returning to find the wrong body, they painted everything that happened when they were alive on the tomb wall. This is the origin of Egyptian murals, which are essentially functional paintings made in order to resurrect people, so it does not require beauty, only authenticity. Thus, we can see that the figures in the ancient Egyptian frescoes have unique shapes, they depict people with frontal eyes and side faces, hands and shoulders from the waist up, and feet and legs below the waist with sides. By processing the physical appearance of the character through this expressive technique, the physical characteristics of the character can be completely highlighted, and this modeling law is also known as the law of frontality.

The Egyptian painters did not do much in the same way as we do, which may also have something to do with the fact that their paintings had to serve another purpose. Therefore, the most important thing is not whether the painting is beautiful or not, but whether it is complete or incomplete! In painting, no matter which angle it is, they will be expressed from a characteristic angle. For example, in Egyptian paintings, the effect of the human body is often seen, and the head is most clearly seen in the side view, so they draw it from the side, but if we think of the human eye, we think of it as seen from the front, so that a front eye is placed on the side of the face, and the upper part of the body is the shoulders and chest, which is best seen from the front, so that we can see how the arms are engaged with the body, and once we move, the arms and legs are much more clearly seen from the side. That's why the Egyptians in those paintings look so strangely flat and twisted. The murals of ancient Egypt are not so much an artistic creation as a record of practicality. The murals of ancient Egypt are not so much an artistic creation as a record of practicality. In painting, no matter which angle they have, they are represented from a characteristic point of view. For example, in Egyptian murals, the effect of the human body often appears, and the head is most easily seen in the side view, so they paint it from the side, and they are neither like the Europeans who paint according to the image, nor like our Chinese painters who paint according to their imagination. It turns out that they create according to the actual purpose and use, so their paintings are not delicate and beautiful, but complete and complete. The painter tried to make everything as clear and durable as possible. Therefore, they do not depict nature according to any accidental appearance, but according to their own memory, and follow strict laws, because this law ensures that everything that must be painted is fully and prominently revealed. Their method of drawing is similar to drawing map markers. It can be seen that ancient Egyptian painting has distinctive national characteristics. They are modeled with lines and filled in colors, which is a bit like Chinese painting in this respect, and the composition is either flat and flat, and some are arranged on a horizontal line, without being limited by perspective, and it may be possible to depict various objects comprehensively and clearly in this way. The picture is composed on a horizontal line, the people who are close and the people with high status are drawn large, and the people who are far away and those who have no status are drawn small; the picture is full, dense and even, and the blank space is accompanied by hieroglyphs, which has a strong decorative art effect. So as the book says – Egyptian art is grand and detailed, solemn and gentle, solemn and clear, proud and humble. Ancient Egyptian paintings are a jewel of ancient civilizations. ”

Duan Gongzi was sprinkled, his eyebrows danced, and he finished talking endlessly, and others didn't have time to admire Duan Gongzi's erudition, they were still immersed in the Egyptian murals and were intoxicated, and they were still looking at those ancient Egyptian murals with relish, especially the quicksand and Wang Gongzi They have studied calligraphy and painting, so they can't take their eyes off it, meticulous, and take it seriously, I think it's also understandable, for these ancients, it is even more shocking to them, because we are used to seeing them in modern society, and they are completely the first time to see such a mysterious painting of the ancient Egyptians, and they are even more interested and surprisedWe urged them for a long time, and then they reluctantly looked away from the beautiful frescoes, and we continued to walk nervously towards the pyramid.