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For going to Egypt, Li Mobai is still quite interested, it is also a magical country, I don't know how many secrets are buried under the desert, when Li Mobai first came to study in Europe, he went to Egypt to see Egyptian treasures in major museums, although many treasures in Egypt are not in Egypt, but the impression left on Li Mobai is still good. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The preparations for the Biennale are almost complete, except for some installations that are not yet completed in line with the environment.

Li Mobai's works are not only very diverse, but also try to use the techniques of oil painting to paint Chinese paintings, and also try to use the techniques of Chinese painting to paint oil paintings, which are full of experimental flavor, and fully embody the theme of the personal museum - bridge. However, Li Mobai still values "The Emperor's New Clothes" the most, which introduces the concept of Chinese painting to show the storyline into Western painting, and incorporates a large number of Chinese painting techniques into the painting technique.

In terms of Chinese painting, Li Mobai already has a long scroll, as well as a long scroll of "Hundred Sons" that has never been publicly displayed, as well as a large number of "Scratching" and "Many Sons", although the subject matter is similar, but the artistic conception of each painting is very different.

Calligraphy works can be said to be a highlight of Li Mobai, Li Mobai has always thought that he is hungry for calligraphy is good at painting, Zhong Dingwen, big seal, small seal, insect and bird seal, grass seal, wild grass and other calligraphy is Li Mobai's most proud.

After agreeing to Zhang Qun, Li Mobai spent a few days figuring out his thoughts again, and then flew to Cairo, Egypt with Jiang Suhan, and the three babies were naturally left to their mother to take care of.

Egypt is the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa, and it is said that it should be rich in the world, but in fact Egypt is not a rich country, and compared with the Middle East oil power, which is also an Arab country, Egypt looks poor.

Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world, with a population of 18 million people, the city is intertwined with tradition and modernity, with more than 800 mosques and European-style architecture. The locals have an ancient style of wide robes and big sleeves, and there are even village girls riding donkeys to graze on the streets, while the bustling streets are full of people of all races, full of cosmopolitan trends, giving people a sense of unreality, as if they have traveled through history, and they can't tell where they are.

In the past 200 years, Egypt has also been affected and plundered by Western culture, in addition to China, the world's major museums have a large collection of ancient Egyptian antiques, and is the treasure of the museum, the United States is in Cairo to spend a huge amount of money to establish an American university for the purpose of spreading Western culture, which is very similar to China's Qing University, which is also established by the United States with Gengzi indemnity, but now Qing University has no American funds, but Qing University and Beijing University are completely American talent training bases, most of the students have gone to the United States, Be a U.S. citizen.

Egypt is most famous not for these, but for the pyramids, the pyramids have neither gold nor towers, but a kind of square or triangular bottom made of stone, with a changeable bottom spire, because it resembles the Chinese character "gold", so Chinese scholars have translated it as a pyramid.

The Pyramid of Khufu is the tallest of the 96 pyramids that have been discovered in Egypt, with a height of 146.5 meters, equivalent to a 40-story skyscraper, and then after more than 4,000 years of wind and wind, the height dropped by 10 meters, even so, before the Eiffel Tower in Paris was built, it was the tallest building in the world.

The largest pyramid of Khufu was built around 2690 BC, and the base is more than 230 meters long on each side, and it is a kilometer to walk around; The triangular slope is 52 degrees, and the bottom area of the tower is 52,900 square meters; The tower is made of 2.3 million stones, each weighing an average of 2.5 tons, with the heaviest reaching 160 tons, and some scholars estimate that if the stone of the pyramid was transported by train, it would take about 600,000 wagons, and if the stones were chiseled and paved into a one-foot-wide road, it would take about 100,000 people 20 years to build. The passage inside the pyramid is open to the public, and the passage is intricately designed and calculated, which is admired by the world.

The second largest pyramid is the mausoleum of King Khafre, the son of Khufu, built in 2650 BC, 3 meters lower than the pyramid of Khufu, and is now 133.5 meters high. But the architectural form is more perfect and spectacular, with outbuildings such as temples and the famous Sphinx built in front of the tower. The face of the Sphinx is a reference to Havera, with a lion body, 22 meters tall and 57 meters long, and one of the statue's ears is 2 meters high. The whole statue is carved from a natural rock except for the lion's claw. Due to the loose stone and more than 4,000 years of time, the entire statue is severely weathered and the face is badly damaged, some say that Mamruk used it as a target to practice shooting, and others say that it was left by the shelling of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in the 18th century.

The third largest pyramid was built around 2600 BC by King Menkaura, the grandson of Khufu. It was the time of the decline of the Fourth Dynasty, and the architecture of the pyramids began to corrode. The height of the pyramid of Menkaula was abruptly reduced to 66 meters, and the internal structure collapsed.

Three pyramids of stone, in Napoleon's words, could build a wall three meters high and thirty centimeters thick around the French border. The slope of the pyramid is 52 degrees, and each stone is closely connected, and even the tip of the knife cannot be inserted if you want to find the gap. If you don't go to see the pyramids, you don't have to go, and now the pyramids have a light show to show Egyptian culture after nightfall, which is also quite exciting.

Sotheby's choice of Cairo as the auction venue is also quite interesting, after all, it is frequently connected to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal, and the heads of the three major alliance countries such as Roosevelt and Churchills and Stalin met here, which shows that Egypt's geographical location is very, very special.

After Li Mobai took Jiang Xuhan to Cairo, he was received by Sotheby's staff and arranged a vehicle, but he did not attract much attention, and he leisurely visited the scenery and ruins of Egypt one by one, and the tiger and leopard followed him inseparably.

When Jiang Suhan saw the real pyramid complex, he was also surprised and sighed. In fact, no one can see the pyramids without admiration, and the construction of such a huge project 4,700 years ago is incredible.

After Li Mobai and his entourage toured Cairo and Luxor in Egypt for 3 days, Zhang Qun also went to Egypt and talked to Li Mobai on the phone. Zhang Qun understands that Li Mobai did not say that he was meeting, even if he brought it up, he would hit a wall, and he would not feel uncomfortable.

In fact, Li Mobai really didn't have time to fart with Zhang Qun now, because Shanying provided Li Mobai with a message that an Egyptian antique smuggler had a batch of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in his hands, and Li Mobai's interest was suddenly concentrated here.

Li Mobai is really envious of the treasures unearthed from Tutankhamun's tomb, but he is not interested in opening the tomb of the pharaoh in Egypt, not worried about the curse of the pharaoh, mainly because the ancient Egyptian civilization has suffered too many tribulations, and the Egyptians have not hurt China, unlike Lao Maozi, who has deeply hurt China, and India's Ah San has repeatedly provoked himself without his strength.

There is no interest in opening the tomb of the pharaoh, it does not mean that Li Mobai will not deal with Egyptian tomb robbers, Li Mobai is not afraid that these things are black goods, as long as they are good things, Li Mobai will not hesitate to take action, but it is a little difficult to transport them out, after all, Egypt has been very strict in cracking down on illegal cultural relics smuggling for several years.

Egypt, along with China, is the country with the worst antiquities stolen, and the Valley of the Kings in Luxor can almost be described as a paradise for tomb robbers. Although Egypt has set up a Ministry of Cultural Relics to fight war of words with Britain, France, the United States and Germany all day long, to recover stolen cultural relics, but the protection of cultural relics in China is worse than that of China, and the Egyptian Museum can almost be said to be the grave of cultural relics, and some precious cultural relics have been put in the basement for decades without anyone caring until they decay and erode.

Therefore, Li Mobai dealt with these cultural relics smugglers without the slightest psychological pressure, and disappreciatively believed that this was a feat to help Egypt protect cultural relics and show the feelings of international friends.

The news of the mountain eagle is very accurate, after the tiger and the leopard came into contact, there is indeed a big deal, Li Mobai couldn't help but be moved, even if it is not as good as the treasures unearthed from Tutankhamun's tomb, but it will not be worse there, after all, the other party's offer is not a small amount, but a total price of more than 100 million US dollars.

Li Mobai got into the car rented by the tiger and the leopard, came to a small hotel in the old city of Cairo, and repainted Li Mobai under the Zhang Luo of the tiger and the leopard.

The old city was chosen because the old city of Cairo is relatively backward and chaotic, especially in the eyes of Egyptians, there is really not much difference between Asians, even if the smuggler is caught, it is difficult to implicate Li Mobai.

Li Mobai, who changed his outfit, followed the tiger and the leopard and others to the place to see the goods, and the location chosen by the other party was in the Khan Khaliri Market, which has to be said to be a good place to see the goods, this is the largest antique market in Cairo, and there are many tourists from all over the world, which can be described as a big hidden in the city.

Li Mobai and his entourage looked like Asian tourists, and walked around the market, and they were full of some handicrafts, which could not attract Li Mobai, but in order to look more like tourists, Li Mobai bought a few handicrafts with great interest.

After wandering around for a while, Li Mobai and the three of them wandered to a jewelry store with a small face, and after the tiger walked into the store, he said, "I want to order 1001 necklaces." ”

Li Mobai couldn't help but hear the tiger's words, this is really a bit of a sesame open door, antique smugglers from all over the world are a virtue.

Hearing the tiger's words, the staff invited the tiger to talk inside, and it seemed that there was no problem at all, just ordinary commercial activities, but behind the commercial activities was the antique smuggling transaction.

After following the staff around, Li Mobai didn't know where he ended up, and when Li Mobai was a little impatient, he finally met the principal Farag.

After the conversation, Li Mobai still didn't see the treasures to be traded, but only saw the photos of the treasures, even if he just saw the photos, Li Mobai couldn't help but be a little surprised.

(To be continued)