Well, the Führer of the Third Reich was indeed frightened, and rejecting the posterior account of a person present at the time, the Führer's face changed a little, which was a rare sight, even when the French front was attacked by a heavy enemy group, he did not show any more panic than at this moment.

Xu Jun took a sip of black tea from the teacup, trying his best to hide his gaffe, but the slightly trembling liquid surface had already revealed his nervous mood at the moment.

"The Ark of the Covenant? Are you referring to the legend told in the Jewish Bible? Xu Jun put down the teacup, put his hand on his knee and asked calmly.

"It is the legendary chest used to place the stele of the Ten Commandments, on which the covenant between Moses the Jew and God is recorded, and this sacred ark of the Testimony is also God's sanctuary on earth." Fredgem didn't seem to notice anything unusual about the Führer, and he spoke excitedly.

"Make a cabinet of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high." Xu Jun whispered that this was the record of this holy vessel in the Book of Exodus in the Old Jewish Testament.

"The outside is to be wrapped in pure gold, and the perimeter is to be inlaid with gold and ivory." Fredgem went on to read, his expression full of yearning for the picture in the description.

No one can confirm that the Ark of the Covenant still exists, and may have been destroyed by the war when Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon invaded Israel. The Jews did not record when or why the artifact was lost, but it is certain that after the destruction of the First Temple, those in the know were either killed on the spot or enslaved, and the Babylonians did not give them the opportunity to record the history of the time. Xu Jun's fingers tapped lightly on his knee.

"I didn't expect you to know so much about this history, and very few people have studied it, especially since Hitler came to power—" Fredgem paused at this point, and then he remembered that the person sitting across from him was Hitler's successor.

"Don't worry, Dr. Heinzberg, history is the common heritage left by our ancestors to all future generations, and my attitude towards this aspect is very clear, and academic research should not involve ideological contradictions." Xu Jun smiled and comforted Fredhelm, and in order to dispel the other party's concerns, he also took the initiative to pick up the previous topic.

"As I said earlier, the Babylonian prisoners lost their history, and religious sacrifices were the preferred targets of slaughter and torture by the invaders at that time, because they held the most secret knowledge and vast wealth of the state at that time. Moreover, the First Temple was the last line of defense in Jerusalem and the place where the fighting was fiercest, and once the line was breached, few people on the defending side were spared the retaliation of the Babylonian soldiers, and there is no official record of this final battle, which is enough to prove the bloody and tragic battle at that time. ”

Xu Jun did have a little research on the history of religion in Europe, which has been interspersed with the wars of the Western world, and the favorite thing of ancient European careerists was to exploit and play with people's devotion to their beliefs.

"But we stumbled upon an Egyptian papyrus that records Jewish relics. Please wait a moment, I'll go get those information, my Führer. Perhaps Xu Jun made an excellent impression on him, and the archaeologist unknowingly began to refer to him as "my Führer".

Fredhelm hurried out of the small living room, Tysenhofen and Dougan looking at each other, the Führer and the Doctor were discussing something too high-end for them to understand, let alone interject into the topic. Dougan and Tysenhofen received a Junker education, and ancient history and religious history were too far for them.

"I was surprised that Minister Himmler was also interested in historical archaeology." Dougan held back for a long time, and finally came up with a topic that he could control.

"He didn't want to know about that history, he cared about the mysterious power of the legend. He's so obsessed with the occult that it seems like I'll have to find time to talk to him about it in person. Xu Jun scratched his head and began to think about how to clean up the restless SS national leader, this time he had to be taught an unforgettable lesson.

Himmler used to like to take his so-called Twelve Horsemen and light bonfires at SS headquarters to carry out cult-like religious ceremonies, trying to get God's revelation from such rituals, or to get spiritual cleansing from them. However, in Xu Jun's view, it is actually a group of hopeless secondary two patients, playing role-playing games happily.

Xu Jun really didn't take Himmler's research seriously before, as long as it didn't interfere with his own policies, the SS leader did whatever he wanted, and anyway, he wasted the funds raised by the SS itself. Himmler was one of the more rational of the Nazis, just as Hitler was obsessed with astrology, believing in supernatural forces and trying to study and explain mysterious phenomena with scientific means.

It's just that the rumored German supernatural forces do not exist, and Hitler believed in the power of tanks and planes on the battlefield, and the Nazis did send an expedition to Tibet, China, but it was not to find the heart of the earth as some tabloids said, but to conduct ethnographic investigations, hoping to find more so-called factual evidence for the Nazi and Hitler racial theories.

When Xu Jun found out the truth, he really felt a little regretful, what alien spaceships and Nazi undead legions and the like, it seems that they are all made up by the later family.

"Do you two know what the Ark of the Covenant means to Christendom?" Xu Jun picked up the teapot and filled the teacup in front of him.

"A holy relic, like the Shroud of Jesus in Turin," Dougan replied hesitantly.

"That piece of cloth was forged by a descendant of posterity." Xu Jun said something that startled the adjutants.

"What do you say? The Shroud of Turin is a fake?! Before the lieutenants could speak, Fredhelm's exclamation rang out from the door of the small parlor.

"You're back, Doctor." Xu Jun looked back and said with a smile.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Fredgem strode in front of Xu Jun with a large pile of books and materials.

"My Führer, as you said earlier, the Shroud of Turin, is it really a forgery." The historian's emotions became a little agitated, but the man in front of him was the leader of the country, and it was said that the family had a very long history, and maybe he really knew some secrets that no one else could know.

"Yes, I think it was one of the many false relics made by the Church in the Middle Ages, and there was a large number of scholars and artists in the Renaissance who were keen to forge such objects, not only to show off their superior skills, but also to increase the influence of the Church in the society of the time, which they saw as an alternative expression of piety." Xu Jun looked like he was in his chest, and he really looked quite bluffing.

This is not to say that he is talking nonsense, but in the era before his travel, the well-developed scientific identification methods have found many similar products for scientists, most of them from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, when science and technology in Europe began to develop, and people acquired and mastered the corresponding technology needed to make fakes. As for the Shroud of Turin, Xu Jun didn't know what the controversy was later, but in the time before he crossed over, the archaeological community had already determined that it was a medieval product.

"It's possible what you're saying, but can you find any hard evidence? My Führer. Fredgem asked anxiously.

"Go to Jerusalem, Doctor. Go and look for contemporaneous tombs, where the climate is dry, and you should be able to find well-preserved tombs from the same period. Xu Jun replied.

At this time, the scientific community's research on carbon 14 has just started, and American scientists have just discovered this element, so it cannot be used in dating for the time being, but Xu Jun is ready to go back and immediately start this matter, this technology will be a blessing for world history researchers, and can solve many problems for researchers.

"Do you think the burial form of the time would have been different from what is recorded?" Fredgem was indeed an expert in this area, and he immediately grasped Xu Jun's thinking.

"It's true, the Middle Ages lost too many records of ancient civilizations, and if you're interested, I can fund that." Xu Jun replied with a smile.

"But for now, let's talk about the Ark of the Covenant." Xu Jun spread his hand at the doctor.

"Yes, let's talk about the ark first, this.... This is the papyrus I spoke of earlier, and of course this is a facsimile of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, which I can translate for you..."Fredgem graciously opened a scroll full of hieroglyphs, interspersed with several Egyptian mural-like illustrations.

"The great sons of Horus, Nebuti, Psamedik, and Ra, lord of Upper and Lower Egypt—" Xu Jun pointed to the words on the scroll and began to chant.

Now not only the elderly doctor, but even his two lieutenants widened their eyes in surprise, and the Imperial Führer once again opened their eyes, wondering what else he wouldn't.

PS: Thank you for your understanding, I finally caught up. (To be continued.) )