Five hundred and two. Treasure of Priam

Mr. Karn would never have dreamed that Baron Alexon would be here!

How is this possible? It's incredible!

As if in a dream, Mr. Kahn put on the clothes that the baron had prepared for him, and then swaggered out of the room under the escort of Wang Weiyi and Guo Yunfeng.

In the hall on the first floor, Klingenberg and his teammates, who had already eliminated the four Turkish agents, watched in amazement as the baron appeared in front of them protecting Mr. Kahn.

God, how the hell did the Baron do that?

Many people call Klingenberg a "magician", but Klingenberg swears that the baron is the real magician!

No, it's not magic, it's magic!

The three cars had already stopped outside, and when the team members got into the car, there were still Turkish soldiers passing by on the side, Wang Weiyi didn't care at all, and even took off his hat and greeted them politely

"It can't be!" Second Lieutenant Oné stared at a large hole in the shower room in disbelief.

"Second Lieutenant we swear absolutely nothing was heard, this"

"How did this hole come about!" Ensign One flew into a rage, pointing at the hole that seemed to be laughing at him.

The two agents looked at each other, it was so weird that they swore they hadn't heard a single sound

But how did this damn hole come about? Where did the damn Karn go?

"Blockade, blockade!" Ensign Ourne's spirit was on the verge of collapse.

His only hope now was that Kahn and the rescuers hadn't had time to get out of Ankara

It is true that Kahn has not yet run out of Ankara. And Wang Weiyi has no intention of leaving Ankara for the time being.

When they arrived at the safe place provided for them by Major Herbert, Karn was relieved and said with great gratitude, "Baron. I really don't know what to say, you actually risked so much risk to save me for me."

"Well, Mr. Karn, I'm not here to hear your words of gratitude. What's more, you have done so much for Germany, and I will not abandon you. Wang Weiyi interrupted him: "Now, let's discuss Abdul. Karami's thing. ”

Karn immediately guessed what the baron wanted to do, and he actually wanted to put Abdul. Calami rescues him!

"Karami is now being held in the west of Ankara. Truth be told, the defense is not strict. Karn was quick to say, "The men of the Capital Legion loyal to the Sultan have been trying to find a way to rescue him, but they still have nothing to do with the poorly defended ones. ”

Wang Weiyi smiled: "It seems that those people from the Capital Legion are very interested in Sultan Abdul. Hamid II is still loyal. ”

"Baron. Loyalty to the Sultan was another aspect, but there was one more thing that was the most important reason why they had to rescue Karami," Karn said unexpectedly slowly, "Have you heard of the Treasure of Priam? ”

"Treasure of Priam?" Before Wang Weiyi could speak, Herbert had already preemptively said, "Mr. Ambassador." Are you talking about the treasure that is already in Germany? ”

"Yes." Kahn nodded: "The treasures in Germany." ”

Wang Weiyi was confused when he heard it: "What Priam Treasure?" ”

"That's right. The treasure of Priam was originally just a legend, but then it became a fact. Herbert is clearly very clear about this history:

"Probably the most famous of Homer's epics is the Trojan War. The Trojan War ended, but the controversy over its historical authenticity lasted for three thousand years. When the great and legendary German archaeologist Heinrich . After Schliemann's birth, the authenticity of the Trojan War was about to be confirmed"

Schlieman memorized the verses of the Iliad and the Odyssey and was convinced of their authenticity. He believed that Homer was telling the truth, and that archaeological excavations would lead to the ruins of the cities and the tombs of the heroes of Homer's epic poems.

60s of the 19th century. Schliemann already has a lot of money, and the desire to discover the city recorded in Homer's epic poems is even more urgent. Year 1868. He came to Greece and Asia Minor and set foot for the first time on this land in Homer's epic poems. In 1869, Schliemann divorced his Russian wife. At the age of 47, he was so fascinated by the culture and history of ancient Greece that he thought that only Greek women were suitable to be his wife. He asked a friend to introduce him and stressed that "she had to be passionate about Homer". Soon Schlieman got his wish and married Sophia, a 17-year-old Greek girl. Although there is a big age difference between the two, they have similar interests and are very happily married.

Soon after his marriage, Schlieman and his wife set off for Turkey to find the legendary ancient city of Troy and fulfill their childhood dreams. He believed that Homer's Troy was at the foot of Mount Hisarek. Schlieman's practice of "following the map" and superstitious Homer was said to be a laughing stock at the time.

After obtaining excavation permits from the Turkish government, Schliemann officially began excavating at Mount Hisarek in 1871. This archaeological enthusiast with a passionate and romantic imagination of Homer's epic poems was somewhat reckless in his methods of excavation. Instead of digging the site with the care of professional archaeologists, he hired more than 100 laborers and ordered them to dig as wide and deep as possible, from one end of the hill to the other, digging a 130-foot-long tunnel, and one person sarcastically said: "He is digging the Suez Canal, which looks like he is digging at an archaeological site." But Schliemann didn't care about any of this, and was bent on finding Troy in Homer's epic poems as soon as possible.

But after numerous disappointments, Schliemann found nothing, which made him gradually begin to doubt his beliefs.

However, at this time, a miracle happened

To Schlieman's surprise, he found a large expanse of the city buried under the hills. Layer upon layer of ruins, each layer represents a city, separated by multiple layers of earth. There are several layers of ash present, indicating that the city was once burned by fire. But Schliemann was not interested in the upper layers, believing that the real Troy, the Troy of Homer's epic poems, should be the lowest or nearest strata. The god of luck did not abandon Schlieman. On June 14, 1873, the day before he decided to return home, Schliemann was under a wall of the "Palace of Priam" when he stumbled upon the long-awaited flash of metal. He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and quietly asked Sophia to dismiss the migrant workers. He did not want the migrant workers to report the discovery of the gold to the Turkish government, because the excavators were required by the permit to hand over half of the artifacts found to the Turkish government. Schliemann was determined to hand over the artifacts he found to the Greek government, and he had made Greece his home.

As soon as the laborers left, Schlieman began to dig desperately for gold under the wall that was about to collapse, and one treasure after another was handed from his hands to Sophia's hands. Schlieman later recalled: "It took a lot of effort and a great deal of danger, because the walls of this fortress, under which I had to excavate, would collapse on me at any moment." But seeing so many artifacts, each of which is priceless to archaeologists, makes me blind to danger and to think of danger. ”

It is said that Sophia used her red shawl to smuggle the treasure into the hut where the two of them lived. The excavations were rich in treasures, including a variety of gold and silver vessels, gold ornaments, and bronze daggers, arrows, and axes, the most notable of which were two ornate gold crowns. The crown is made up of more than 16,000 pieces of gold leaf, with 74 short chains and 16 long chains hanging from the crown, and the crown is composed of small rings overlapping rings and blade-shaped gold plates. The smaller one resembles a large gold crown, except that the chain hangs from a narrow belt of gold leaf, and the side chain is shorter enough to cover the temples. Schlieman put the little golden crown on his wife's head, as if he had seen Helen back then. The Schlieman family managed to transport the treasure out of Turkey, where it was hidden in gardens and sheds by relatives in Sophia, Greece.

In 1874, Schliemann announced the discovery of the "Treasure of Priam". It was then that people believed that the city of Troy in Homer's epic was not an illusory legend.

The discovery of the treasure also caused problems for Schlieman, who was extremely angry and demanded that Schlieman return the treasure, while the Greek government also refused to accept the treasure under pressure from the Turks.

Eventually, Schliemann sent them to Germany for storage in a national museum in Berlin. During the Second World War, German art treasures, including the Trojan Gold Treasure, were packed and hidden in underground bunkers as a precautionary measure.

Wang Weiyi was completely fascinated by what he heard.

Treasure of Priam - Trojan Golden Treasure!

Not only did this unearth a large treasure trove, but it also confirmed the existence of the Trojan War. But how much effort did the great and legendary German archaeologist Schliemann put in and how much doubt did he endure?

The hardships are by no means imaginable.

Behind the successes, there are always countless blood and tears, and Schliemann is the most outstanding representative of them.

And Kahn's story is not finished: "In fact, the gold treasure that Schliemann secretly transported back to Germany was only a small part of the treasure of Priam. ”

"A very small part?"

"Yes, more than ninety percent of the treasures Schliemann did not have a chance to be shipped back to Germany!" (To be continued......)