Chapter 374: The Cave

After nodding in agreement, Qian Miaoyin took the map handed by the little monk, the material of the map is animal skin, I don't know what kind of special treatment it has undergone, it feels soft and silky, the animal skin is very complete, and the handwriting on it is also very clear, Qian Miaoyin looked at the little monk like a fool, "You're not mistaken...... This thing doesn't look like it has been around for years...... "How long has the Mayan civilization been there?"

The little monk took the animal skin from Qian Miaoyin's hand, and then took a knife and cut it hard, but the thin animal skin was like an invulnerability, no matter how the little monk got it, there was not even a little scratch on the animal skin, Qian Miaoyin finally closed his mouth.

Watching the little monk throw the animal skin back, Qian Miaoyin solemnly picked up the animal skin, she looked at it carefully, the painting on it is very simple, a Mayan pyramid, there is an eye above the pyramid, Qian Miaoyin did not see any information about the crystal skull in it, why did the little monk swear so confidently that this thing may be related to the thirteenth crystal skull?

The little monk seemed to think of Qian Miaoyin's idea, took the map back, and then took out a lighter and roasted it on the map, he roasted it very evenly, the flames licked directly on the map, and the magical map did not even have any traces of being blackened by smoke, and it didn't take long for the painting on the map to change, and the skeletons drawn by twelve dotted lines surrounded a huge skeleton drawn with solid lines, well, the Mayan Temple, thirteen skeletons, but it was not indicated whether it was a crystal skeleton, and those who saw it would not think of anything else.

"And then?" Qian Miaoyin looked at the little monk expectantly, is there anything else? Although the two paintings are simple and rude, people can know what they mean at a glance, but ...... Where is the temple? Where is the crystal skeleton, is it not written on it at all!

The little monk's eyes lit up and he took out one book after another, in Spanish, in English, and in an ancient Mayan script...... Of course, the ancient book is not an original, it looks like it was copied and rebound.

Qian Miaoyin picked up these books and looked at them separately with Mo Zining and Ouyang Lan, and what Qian Miaoyin was holding in his hand was an English book "The Mystery of the Mayan Holy Well".

One of the last surviving stone cities of the Maya was found to be a cenote made of limestone. The well contains hundreds of gold and gemstone offerings, as well as hundreds of human bones.

Legend has it that the ancient and mysterious Maya worshipped the god of rain very much, and every spring a grand sacrifice ceremony was held, and the king threw a beautiful 14-year-old girl selected into a holy well leading to the "palace of the rain god", and let her be the bride of the rain god, and the bones of the holy well in China were the maidens who had been sacrificed. At the same time, various jewels are sprinkled into the holy well, and they beg the rain god for good weather.

In this world, where there is treasure, there are explorers, in our Chinese parlance, tomb robbers. In mid-July 1987, French explorer Daniel embarked on a treasure hunt. He came across an ancient rocky mountain and noticed what appeared to be a raised road on the left. Not far away is a stone monument almost covered with weeds, which is a relic of the Mayans...... Mayan Sacred Well Monument. It is carved with a beautiful girl holding out her hands to welcome the rain.

Following this, Daniel found the pyramid-shaped temple of the Mayans. Daniel discovers a stone slab in the temple, and underneath the slab is a spacious basement with a large stone pier. He removed the stone pier, revealing a square hole underneath. Suddenly, a 4-meter-long python opened its mouth and pounced on him! He hurriedly killed the python with a shotgun, only to find that there were two human bones on the stone slab that had been bitten off by the snake's waist!

Daniel removed the skeleton and there was a large stone slab underneath it. After priing open the five layers of stone slabs, I finally saw a stone door under the stone slabs, and behind the stone door was a dark hole in the ground. He took out the rope and finally went down to the bottom of the cave, lit the torch and looked around, and he was lying on a mountain of jewels! The 15-meter-deep cave was filled with gold, bracelets, fine jade, and vases encrusted with precious stones.

There are many strange things about this book from Daniel's point of view, such as Daniel, after discovering the treasure of the Holy Well, he did not take it for himself and did not report it to the state, but was discovered by the mafia Benjamin and kidnapped him to find the treasure together...... Qian Miaoyin saw this, and looked at the book cover, this is ...... Let's explore...... Well, later Daniel used his wits to kill the great villain Benjamin with the boiling water of the geyser, and in the end Daniel did not escape death, and when he was dying, he wrote in his diary: "It is the treasure that brings the most tempting imagination to people, and it is also the treasure that brings a fatal end!"

By the end of the 90s of the 20th century, a large number of archaeologists from Europe and the United States found Daniel's bones and his diary at the top of this cliff. This diary played a decisive role, and through the diary experts, they found the world-famous "world's first holy well". Risking their lives, the archaeologists installed a dredge machine and began the salvage. At first, all that was salvaged was sludge, and then countless bones were dug up, and these bones were the "brides". Countless gold, silver, utensils, and jewelry appeared in the end.

Since then, all the secrets of the "world's first sacred well" have been opened, and these secrets have also provided us with valuable information for the study of Maya.

Qian Miaoyin closed the book...... This is really not an expedition? Because Mao has the same sense of déjà vu as American blockbusters. She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Mo Zining, Mo Zining was holding a book in Spanish, Mo Zining knew that Qian Miaoyin didn't understand Spanish, so she shook the book in her hand and explained to her, "This book is written about the Pyramid of Kukulkan." ”

The pyramid of Kukulkan has been more than 1,000 years now, this pyramid was built by the Mayans to worship the snake god, the snake god is the sun god in the mythology of the Mayans, is the image of a cobra with wings on its back, so it is also called the god of Quetzalcoatl, the god of Quetzalcoatl is a favorite image of many writers, and has appeared in many people's works, and it is interesting that this Quetzalcoatl temple is built on top of a natural cave.

Experts have found that the cave is connected to other caves and lakes, and that the design has a deep meaning for the Mayan culture, as the Maya worshipped the snake god. The sinuous pit resembles the graceful posture of the snake, and the construction of the pyramid above the cave is a tribute to the snake god, so archaeologists believe that the pyramid was built here with religious significance.