Chapter 116: The Mystery of Tutankhamun: Human Sacrifice

The previous excavation work has been almost completed, and the space in the rectangular opening, both wide and high, makes it easy to walk around. Coupled with the fact that the slope is not too steep, it is better to see it as a secret room on the same level as the original mausoleum rather than an underground palace.

Since this is a supernatural operation, and we are basically members of the supernatural circle, the Egyptian government has not prepared any weapons and equipment for us. And judging from the previous events, the people who went to the tomb did not encounter any danger, they all contracted strange diseases after returning to the ground, and the weapons should not be useful. But just in case, in addition to the peachwood sword, I also brought a copper coin sword, because I thought that if I came back to life with a mummy, this thing should be considered a zombie, not a ghost.

Bald brought a military dagger, about 30 centimeters long, with a thin and wide blade, suitable for short-range assassination, and the Egyptian soldiers called this kind of dagger "killer". As for whether Rowling brought any other equipment, I don't know, her things were in her backpack and she never took them out, and I was still curious about how the exorcist did it.

We didn't walk long before the front grew wider, revealing the size of the hidden burial chamber. Under the reflection of the miner's lamp, it can be seen that both sides of the tomb are made of polished whole rocks, which is more ornate than the tomb outside, and its construction technique is more like a pyramid, which is very characteristic of the ancient Egyptians. At the same time, it also shows that since the construction of the hidden tomb is more important than the tomb of Tutankhamun outside, there is definitely a hole in it, and maybe the owner of the tomb is really Tutankhamun's mother.

The tomb road can be seen at a glance, and there is only a large burial chamber, but there is no coffin in the burial chamber, only some burial goods. I heard that some of the burial artifacts had been removed, but after the accident, the work was suspended, so there were some containers left, which Balde said were not ordinary materials, but lapis lazuli and obsidian. The walls of the chamber are still carved with frescoes, similar to those on the outside, but not identical, at least not in the area.

"That's it?" Zhang Lun said disappointedly, "It's a big fart, it's gone?" ”

I was also surprised that I didn't feel any yin energy in this burial chamber, it was just an empty cave. Why do those who go to the grave get sick when they go out?

I observed the reaction of the others, and Rowling was walking around the tomb with a necklace of a cross and a spell in her mouth. Chen Keying looked a little overwhelmed, while her teacher, Balder, stared at the mural on the wall. The most strange thing for me was Bald, who urged us to leave when we were looking at the murals outside, and now he himself is looking at them endlessly.

I asked directly, "Professor Ba, have you found any clues?" ”

Balder muttered, "This mural ...... It's the opposite. ”

"Opposite?" Hearing this, I looked at the mural suspiciously, and after looking at it for a while, I seemed to find it boring.

In the murals outside, the faces of the figures are facing each other, but among the dozen or so murals in this tomb, only one is facing away.

One looks to the left at the back of the portrait on his left, and one to the right at the back of the portrait to his right.

"That's it, the evil spirit is in this direction!" At this time, Rowling also pointed at the mural with a cross and shouted.

"Is there any other secret room?" Chen Keying asked.

"That's right." "My old friend told me on his deathbed that radar scans showed that there was room behind it, but he didn't want anyone else to die, so he didn't say it. ”

Chen Keying was surprised: "Teacher, why don't I even know ......?"

Balder didn't answer, he was still staring at the mural in a daze.

I thought to myself: If this man knew Balde, he must have known that he would die in the catacomb, and it seems that this man is even more reluctant to let the secret be sealed forever...... Archaeologists are really crazy.

"This mural should be a mechanism, I'll try it." As he spoke, Zhang Lun walked straight to the mural, looked at it for a while, and then directly stretched out his hand and pushed it up.

I was speechless and said, "Big brother, why don't you look for the mechanism, how can you ...... directly"

Before I could finish speaking, there was a loud "boom", and I saw Zhang Lun shouting anxiously: "Come and help, the door has moved!" ”

We hurriedly lined up to help him push the door together, and soon, the two murals became two stone doors, which gradually turned to form a crack for one person to pass through. But Zhang Lun, who was standing at the front, fell directly to the ground because of too much force.

"Grandma, you guys have to hold on a little bit of strength." Zhang Lun got up from the ground and complained.

"When the doors are turned 180 degrees, they become two portraits facing each other, and when they are turned 90 degrees, they form the entrance." I looked at Zhang Lun with admiration, "How did you come up with that?" ”

Zhang Lun smiled: "Whatever you want, I'll try it casually." ”

I muttered, "Hehe, stupid people have stupid blessings......"

We took a break and got ready to continue exploring this new chamber. When the miner's lamp shone on the back of the stone door, we all noticed a line of ancient Egyptian writing on it.

"Death will come upon him." Balder translated the words on the door.

"Isn't this Tutankhamun's curse, there should be a last sentence?" Zhang Lun asked.

"The last sentence is on another door." Balde continued, "Whoever disturbs the peace of Our Lady. ”

"Is it the Virgin, not the Pharaoh?" I asked.

Balder nodded, "I won't be mistaken, it's not Pharaoh written here. ”

Zhang Lun said: "It seems that this is the tomb of the Virgin." ”

Chen Keying said a little excitedly: "Teacher, it seems that your speculation is correct, the owner of this tomb is indeed Nefertiti. ”

Balder frowned slightly and muttered, "However, there is no record that Nefertiti has the title of 'Madonna'. ”

"Just go in and see!" Zhang Lun urged.

"Wait a minute." Balde called

"The secret room has been sealed for thousands of years, and there may be radon gas. This poison gas can be found in many Egyptian tombs, and the current mainstream of scholarship believes that the so-called curse of Tutankhamun was caused by radon. So let me test it first. ”

Balder pulled out a detector, and the results showed that the air in the chamber was in normal condition and free of any toxins.

"Just in case, let's put on an oxygen mask, the oxygen content inside is definitely not as good as the outside." Chen Keying said.

Behind the stone gate was a narrow secret passage, and after walking for more than ten minutes, a huge space appeared at the end of the dark passage. Looking at the structure, it is obvious that this is not a burial chamber, because the height of the hall is more than a few tens of meters. There are also frescoes on the walls around the hall, but this time instead of gods, they depict strange, never-before-seen graphic symbols.

"This seems to be the sacrificial text of ancient Egypt." Balder muttered as he touched the wall.

Due to the faint light of the miners' lights, we could not illuminate the entire hall, so we walked cautiously forward for a while, and our feet stepped on the mud and stone floor, which felt a bit potholed. Suddenly, the scene in front of him made everyone tremble in their hearts, and Chen Keying was even more frightened and hid in Balde's arms. Rao has seen a large number of corpses and ghosts, and I also have a trace of coolness from the soles of my feet.

Rows of mummies lay neatly in front of you, as far as this hall could see. Their deaths were horrified and horrified, expressions I had only seen on the faces of demons who were about to disappear. Some of them were standing, some were lying on the ground in the thousands, like terracotta warriors and horses that had experienced an earthquake, in tatters.

"I can feel the smell of rotting corpses through the oxygen mask." Zhang Lun said with a frown.

I thought in my heart, maybe it smells stronger than your feet.

"How can there be a human sacrifice here......" Balder, who had been stunned for a long time, suddenly said in confusion.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

"What do you mean?" I asked, puzzled.

Balde explains: "The ancient Egyptians only used human sacrifices to comfort the gods when the pyramids were completed. They believed that eternal life could only be maintained by offering human blood and hearts to the gods. Countless prisoners, naked and bleeding, were brought into the ceremonial square, where the ritual would mummify them all, and at the most, kill hundreds of thousands of captives. However, human sacrifice has never been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, and according to records, the pharaohs did not have the custom of sacrificing living people in tombs, and this horrific custom is more common in Mayan and Aztec cultures. ”

"Either way, it's terrible, Amen." Rowling prayed silently.

"It seems that this is no ordinary burial chamber, and it is likely that there are other uses." I speculated.

Balder sighed, "The only way we can move forward is through these corpses!" ”

Hearing Balde's words, everyone gasped. It undoubtedly takes a great deal of courage to get through such a frightening scene.