The sudden movement of the lid of the sarcophagus really scared the three of us enough. Not to mention the old ghost who was close at hand, he was even more frightened, his legs weakened, and he collapsed to the ground.

For some reason, the lid of the coffin suddenly opened on its own. Suddenly, a figure jumped out of it, and rushed to the ground where the old ghost was sitting in a daze!

When Qian Cheng and I saw this scene, we could still stand by and watch, and immediately raised the AK-47 in our hands, ready to give this "uninvited guest" a shuttle. However, for fear of hurting the old ghost, he didn't shoot immediately. Instead, put your index finger on the trigger, ready to fire when you take aim.

However, when he looked closely, he immediately stopped the muzzle.

It wasn't anything else, it was a dry mummy. As soon as it pounced, Qian Cheng and I were really nervous, thinking that the thousand-year-old rotting corpse in the coffin had been resurrected.

But after looking at it for a while, I found that it didn't have any autonomous movements, and then I knew that it was a false alarm.

On the contrary, the old ghost, when he saw something pounce on him, immediately screamed in despair. The sound was decibel-high, like the terrifying cry of a pig when it was killed. It is no exaggeration to say that even the tone has changed.

The mummy lay down on the old ghost's body safely, and as the old ghost continued to struggle, it seemed to sway autonomously. This scene is both weird and somewhat funny.

"Click!" A lightning flash flashed, and this "lightning" made me dizzy.

Looking back again, his jaw dropped to the ground: it turned out that Qian Cheng was taking pictures with his mobile phone! I see this scene. It's so infuriating and funny.

The old ghost was naturally also shocked by this bright light, and it was Qian Cheng taking pictures at first glance. immediately scolded angrily: ", money shopkeeper, you're too inhumane, aren't you?" When is it, why are you still taking pictures with your mobile phone? ”

Who knows, Qian Cheng said calmly: "What is this? It's normal to see a mummy here. What's so strange? The Egyptians were best at making zuò mummies. ”

Hearing Qian Cheng say this, I asked him curiously, "Oh? Do you have research on this? ”

Qian Cheng smiled and said, "I can't say it's research, I just know a little bit about it." ”

"I want to hear about it." I say.

Qian Cheng said: "Mummies, that is, "artificial dried corpses". The word is mainly translated from the English mummy, derived from the Persian word mumiai, which means "asphalt". It refers to a corpse that can be preserved for a long time under artificial embalming or natural conditions.

They believe in the afterlife. Its soul does not die. Will still be attached to a corpse or statue. Therefore, the pharaohs and others were mummified after their deaths. As a method of immortalizing the dead or embalming the corpse with sesame oil (or medicinal materials), the mummy of ancient Egypt is the most famous.

Since the Ming Dynasty, China has transliterated it as mummy.

In many parts of the world, preservatives are used. Shriveled over time. That is, the formation of mummies.

According to statistics. The largest number of mummies found in Egypt is the oldest and the most technologically sophisticated.

The Egyptians when making mummies. First, a part of the brain marrow is taken out of the nostrils of the dead body with an iron hook, and some medicinal materials are injected into the brain to cleanse it. Then, with a sharp stone knife, make a cut in the flank, completely remove the internal organs, clean the abdomen, fill it with coconut wine and mashed spices, and sew it up as it was. After this was done, the body was placed in alkali powder for 40 days, then washed, wrapped from head to toe in a fine linen cloth bandage, and coated with the gum that is usually used in Egypt instead of ordinary glue. The body was then given to a relative, who placed it in a special human-shaped wooden box and kept it in the burial chamber, leaning against the wall.

Ancient Egypt, in the early days, liked to make the corpses of kings or ministers into dried corpses, i.e., mummies, and preserve them. This cannot be done without a high level of medicine. Unlike ancient China, the making of dried corpses even became a custom in ancient Egypt.

To make a mummy, you need to dig up the internal organs of the corpse, soak it in salt water, fill the abdominal cavity with spices such as ** and cinnamon, and after stitching, immerse the body in a special embalming solution, take it out after 70 days, and then wrap it in linen, fill it with spices, and coat it with resin, and it becomes a mummy.

The ancient Arabs believed that mummies could cure diseases, regarded it as a medicinal herb, and were once introduced to China.

Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty recorded relevant rumors in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". ”

"Holy, won't you?" I was extremely surprised when I heard Qian Cheng's words.

However, Qian Cheng put his hand up and continued: "In ancient Egypt, there is such a moving myth and legend. Once upon a time, Osiris, the son of the earth god Sebu, was very capable and was once the king (pharaoh) of Egypt. He taught people to engage in agricultural production, such as farming, making bread, making wine, and mining mines, which brought happiness to people. As a result, he was worshipped as the god of the Nile and believed that life was given by Osiris. He had a younger brother named Seth, who had bad intentions and plotted to kill his brother and seize the throne.

One day, Seth invited his brother to dinner and asked for a lot of people to keep him company. During the meal, Seth pointed to a large beautiful box and said, "Whoever can lie down in this box, give it to whomever he wants." At the instigation of everyone, Osiris gave it a try in front of everyone. But as soon as he lay inside, Seth closed the box, locked it, and threw him into the Nile.

After Osiris was killed, his wife, the goddess Isis, searched everywhere and finally found her body. Unexpectedly, this matter was known to Seth. In the middle of the night, he stole the body, cut it into 48 pieces, and threw it in different places. Isis found fragments of Osiris' body from various places and buried them on the spot.

Later, Horace, the widow of Osiris, was born, and he was brave from an early age. When he became an adult, he defeated Seth, avenged his father, and inherited the throne on earth. He dug up the fragments of his father's body from all over the place, pieced them together, and made a dried corpse "mummy". And with God's help, he raised his father back to life.

The resurrection of Osiris is not a resurrection on earth, but a resurrection in the underworld. In another world, he became the master, responsible for the judgment of the dead and the protection of the pharaohs on earth.

This myth began to circulate among the people. Later, when the Egyptian pharaoh heard this, he used it to deceive the people, saying that the Pharaoh had God's help and was therefore a ruler alive and a ruler after death. Whoever opposes Pharaoh will be punished while he is alive, and he will not be able to follow the Hades judgment of Osiris after death. (To be continued......)