Chapter 1003: Salt Pit Ancient Corpse
Hallstatt, Austria is a small town located in the eastern foothills of the Alps, which, like many ancient cities in China, is a well-known ancient city in the West, and is the oldest salt capital in the world, with Celts collecting mountain salt here before 2000 BC, and the oldest salt pit in the world so far.
Of course, the Celtic footprints are not the focus of our pursuit.
Before the Celts invaded here, there were already a large number of humans living here, and we are looking for the footprints of those human ancestors.
However, if you want to pursue things that are so long, it must not be achieved overnight, you have to peel off the cocoon, layer by layer, you must first see what the Celts left here, after all, as long as it is war and invasion, it will inevitably be accompanied by integration, the Celts cannot completely conquer the human beings who lived here in the Stone Age, and only cultural integration can ensure that everything is safe, that is to say, in the cultural heritage left by the Celts here, there must be the cultural characteristics of those super-civilized descendants, As long as you find these contents, then there is a breakthrough in the matter.
That's what I had in mind.
So, when we arrived in Hallstatt, we almost went straight to the famous tomb ruins of Hallstatt.
The remains of the tomb are located at the exit of the salt-producing valley of Hallstatt, not far from the salt lake, which Hathaway refers to as the cultural center of the Celts. In fact, it is a burial area, because there are many, many ancient tombs, so it is enough to show that this place was once extremely prosperous, so there are so many "nobles" buried here, and the so-called cultural center is actually speculated in this way. The oldest tomb here is supposed to be from 800 years BC, and there must be a lot of cultural clues, and I wanted to see if I could find any clues here.
Although, many archaeologists have not found any clues here, but, entering the ancient tombs to see things this thing has to fight for the eye, those archaeologists have certainly not come into contact with some super-civilized ancient ruins, these ruins in the red dust still exist only in speculation and theory, no one has seen it, but I have seen it, and I am still playing very hilarious in it, almost losing my life, so my understanding of these ancient super-civilizations is far beyond those archaeological teachings, These super-civilized cultures are also much more sensitive than them, maybe there is any mysterious symbol in those tombs, they can't see the doorway, I can see the doorway?! It's all something that can't be said for sure.
To put it bluntly, I'm gambling.
However, this ancient tomb remains have so far become a tourist attraction in Hallstatt, in order not to disturb our work, Paul simply contacted the Austrian official side, and asked the other party to clean up the area, along the way Paul did these things, all relying on Hathaway's face, and the officials of all countries where they passed through were particularly cooperative, so our convoy was a long drive straight in, but it was very convenient.
By the time we felt the cemetery at the exit of the salt valley, the area had been cleared, and there was not a single tourist around, only a bearded man in a straight suit waiting at the entrance of the cemetery scenic spot.
As soon as the convoy stopped, the Western warriors in sackcloth who followed quickly got out of the car and rushed into the scenic spot, obviously completely controlling the place.
I just got out of the car with Hathaway and Cao Yuan on my back, and the bearded man who was waiting at the gate of the scenic spot suddenly rushed over and spoke in English.
Anyway, I don't understand, but this time Hathaway has given me full authority to operate, including those Western warriors, so seeing that I can't understand the bearded man's speech, Paul sat up to translate on the side, and I understood what the bearded man was talking about.
What the bearded man told me was that his name was Zweig, and he was the head of the area, and he was ordered from above to be a guide for our sightseeing.
There's no way, in order to keep Hathaway's affairs secret, we all said that Hathaway was out on business, and no one knows what the situation is, as for Hathaway...... I didn't show her face at all, I carried her on my back, and wrapped her tightly in the quilt, revealing only a pair of eyes, and none of those who came to Hathaway along the way would know that the main man was actually on my back, staring at them coldly with a pair of blue eyes.
I didn't have much politeness with Zweig, and just asked Zweig to take us to the tomb.
Zweig was unambiguous and respectfully led the way.
This area is full of ancient tombs, according to Zweig, there are hundreds of tombs that have been excavated, and I am naturally not ready to let go, one by one, Zweig is really a very qualified tour guide, along the way to explain to me the origin of each tomb, who the owner of the tomb is, the age of the tomb, what cultural relics have been unearthed, these have told me, but I am not interested in these, I have been wandering around in the excavated grave pit, trying to find something I am interested in.
For the whole day, we almost walked around the grave pit, but unfortunately, until the evening when I saw the last grave pit, I still didn't find anything, and I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, because this is the only clue I have at the moment, I haven't found anything, I really don't know what to do next, I can't go into the Alps and keep looking for it, right? That hurts!
I never thought that Zweig was a master of observing words and colors, and at this time it was already dark, and the lights in the tomb had not yet been turned on, and it was when the light was at its worst, but he still noticed the disappointment on my face, and then smiled and came up to me and said a long list, which Paul translated: "He said, sir, if you are here for sightseeing, it is really not interesting to see these tombs, after all, these tombs are too old, and the coffins inside are rotten. In fact, it is an empty grave pit, there is nothing to see, I believe you must have come to Hallstatt to see the historical accumulation here, to say that you want to feel this, in fact, it is not difficult, as long as you are brave enough. ”
Courageous?
I was so happy that I said, "If there are any other projects, you might as well talk about them." ”
Paul told Zweig what I meant, and Zweig hurriedly said, "Of course it's the salt pit corpse!" This is the most famous thing in our Harstatt town, because this body was not excavated in the ancient tomb at all, but dug out of the salt pit, and it is very well preserved! ”
Ancient corpses dug out of the salt pit?
My eyes lit up: "Can you tell which one it's from?" Can the age of death be determined? ”
"I can't be sure, because it's so well preserved, many archaeologists can't determine its age after looking at it, and it's difficult to determine the human race, it's not Celtic, their eyebrow bones are higher, and their cheekbones are also very prominent, it should be the earliest humans!"
Zweig said: "Anyway, this corpse is the most legendary attraction on our side, and it was still wearing clothes when it was unearthed!" ”
Salt is preservative, there's no doubt about that!
When many ancient corpses are preserved, salt is used, and this corpse came out of the salt pit, because it is all salt in the end, it is understandable that it is well preserved, but ...... According to Zweig, it's a bit strange that this ancient corpse is so well preserved!
The biggest suspicion is that it comes out of the salt pit, not out of the tomb, and is still wearing clothes, indicating that it is an unnatural death, and the corpse must not have been embalmed, then its internal organs must be in the stomach, don't forget, the human body itself carries a large number of bacteria, these bacteria can also make the human body rot, which cannot be killed by salt, so if you want to use salt to embalming, you must clean and disinfect the person very cleanly, and then dig out the internal organs!
And this corpse has not been treated like this, just because it is in the salt pit, it is so intact, which is unreasonable!
Suddenly, I became interested, and hurriedly said, "Take me to see this corpse!" ”
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