Chapter 173: The Treasure of America
It really deserves to be the old city, from the hotel, Zheng Jing saw the most is the unfinished building.
It was only a few kilometers from the hotel to the old town, and it took Zheng Jing more than an hour to get there.
It's just that the streets here are too narrow for cars to pass through, and the roads are congested.
γPyramid Peak Antique Shopγ
Pyramid Peak antique shop, it should be this.
Looking at the name of the store, Zheng Jing walked in with his things.
Mr. Assad is in his 40s and has followed his father in running an antique shop.
More than 30 years have passed, and due to the development of the times, more and more tourists have come to Egypt, and the business of antique shops has become better and better.
"Are you the owner of this antique shop?"
Just as Assad was about to close the door, he suddenly saw a handsome young man walk in.
Assad glanced at Zheng Jing, stood up and said, "I am the owner of this antique shop, Assad. β
"Hello, I have a few things to sell, I don't know if you can accept them here?"
Assad noticed the box in his hand at the beginning and asked curiously, "Can you see what it is?" β
"Of course!"
Zheng Jing opened the box, revealing the brass utensils inside.
This time, Zheng Jing took out a total of three items made of brass, a brass disc, a brass amphora and a brass cat worth a million.
Seeing these three items, Assad's whole body was refreshed.
Putting on his white gloves, Assad took out the brass cat statue.
After seeing the words "Malfurion" under the base of the statue, a hint of surprise appeared in Assad's eyes.
After looking at the statue, Assad picked up a brass plate and a brass amphora.
"This is an aristocratic item?"
Seeing the Dacama family crest on these two items, Assad carefully put them down.
"Wait a minute, I'll check the information."
Assad picked up an old-looking book and flipped through it.
"Found it."
"Oasis Eagles β The Dacama Family."
The family coat of arms on the book is identical to the picture on these two items.
Closing the book, Assad asked curiously, "Where did you find these two items?" β
"I went to bathe in the Nile and found it in the silt on the bank." Zheng Jing said seriously.
Asad didn't believe that Zheng Jing was found from the Nile, but the Dacama family lived in the Harij Oasis, hundreds of kilometers away from the Nile, how could they appear there.
Since he doesn't say, Assad doesn't ask either.
said: "Do you sell all three items?" β
Zheng Jing nodded: "Of course, as long as the price is right, I will sell it." β
Assad heard what Zheng Jing meant, if the price is not suitable, he will not sell it here?
Assad liked the three items very much, and said: "You name a price." β
Zheng Jing pointed to the cat-shaped statue, the brass amphora and the brass disc and said, "This one is 1.6 million yuan, the amphora is 600,000 yuan, and the brass pattern is 300,000 yuan." β
Hearing the price Zheng Jing said, Assad was surprised in his heart and looked at him in surprise.
It's actually the highest price of the item.
Originally, Assad was still thinking about Zheng Jing's youth and wanted to make a lot of money on these three items, but now it seems that it will not work.
Assad thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes, at this price." β
Although they were the highest prices for the items, Assad bought them anyway, not because he could sell them at a higher price.
His shop is now all for foreign tourists, so he is not afraid that these three items will not sell.
It doesn't matter if you can't sell it, the price will increase in a year or two.
Zheng Jing was ready to bargain, and who knew that Assad actually agreed.
This made Zheng Jing wonder if the price was too little.
"The money has been transferred to you, you see."
Assad said after transferring the money.
Zheng Jing took a look and found that the bank's text message had been sent.
Seeing that the money had arrived, Zheng Jing didn't stay here for long, turned around and left.
When he came outside, Zheng Jing found that the back of the car had been blocked by bicycles and motorcycles, and the vehicle could not reverse, so he could only move forward.
Coming out of the alley, Zheng Jing did not go to several other antique shops, but returned to the hotel after seeing that the time was not early.
As soon as he returned to the hotel, Zheng Jing met the girl who was looking for joy all night.
When she saw Zheng Jing, her eyes lit up, and she said if she wanted to have a meal together in the evening.
How can a beautiful woman refuse an invitation, anyway, he is also a person, so he agreed directly.
Before parting, the two jotted down each other's phone numbers.
Back in the room, Zheng Jing was overjoyed.
I forgot to write down the contact information last time, Zheng Jing thought he couldn't touch it, but who knew that he would meet it again today.
I looked at the time and saw that there was still an hour before dark.
Lying on the bed, Zheng Jing opened WeChat and dialed Dong Qiang.
He was going to ask if the bow was ready.
The video was quickly connected.
Zheng Jing saw that Dong Qiang was busy in the studio.
Zheng Jing asked about the situation, and Dong Qiang took out a bow and crossbow for him to take a look.
Seeing the shape and appearance of the two weapons, Zheng Jing was extremely satisfied.
After telling Dong Qiang to make more bows and arrows, Zheng Jing hung up the video.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Zheng Jing dressed neatly and took the elevator to the hotel restaurant.
When she came to the restaurant, Zheng Jing saw her at a glance.
Seeing what she was wearing, Zheng Jing's eyes lit up and he walked over with a smile on his face.
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Nothing was said all night.
When I woke up the next day, the beautiful woman had already left.
After washing up, Zheng Jing looked at the time, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
Sitting on the sofa, Zheng Jing took out food from the space and ate it.
After eating, I called the room housekeeper and asked about the hotel's airport drop-off service.
He had already bought a ticket to the United States tomorrow and wanted to ask in advance.
When the housekeeper left, Zheng Jing took out the camera and prepared to go to the pyramid to have a look.
You can't come to Egypt without looking at the pyramids, in the words of Captain Jia, isn't that for nothing.
The most famous pyramid in Egypt is definitely the Pyramid of Khufu.
The Pyramid of Khufu, also known as the Great Pyramid, is located in the Giza district, 10 kilometers southwest of Cairo, and has three large pyramids, namely the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkola, which many people collectively refer to as the Great Pyramid.
The hotel where he now lives is less than twenty kilometers away from where the Pyramid of Khufu is located.
It's just over twenty minutes by car.
Driving away from the hotel, Zheng Jing first went to a nearby shop selling cold drinks and bought a few cold drinks.
Because of the weather in Egypt and the fact that alcohol is not allowed to be sold, the cold drink business here is particularly good.
Zheng Jing saw many cold drink shops on the road, and there were many customers in front of each shop.
Everyone knows that a cold drink shop can be opened without a large area, at most 150,000 yuan.
In arid countries like Arabia, cold drink shops are not on fire.
Back in the car, Zheng Jing left only one cup and put the rest into the space.
Half an hour later, Zheng Jing walked out of the city, and at a glance saw the tall Sphinx in the distance and several pyramids next to it.
After driving a little further, Zheng Jing was stopped by the management staff.
"Park your car here."
Zheng Jing parked the car, put on his hat and got out of the car.
"Do you want to see the pyramids?"
"Yes."
On such a hot day, he didn't look at what the pyramids were doing here.
"Twenty Egyptian pounds, can you enter the inside of the pyramids?"
"Get in."
It's all here, how can you not go in and see what the inside of the pyramid looks like.
"The ticket to go inside is 100 Egyptian pounds, and it's 120 Egyptian pounds in total."
Handing over the money to the administrator, Zheng Jing walked over with the certificate given by the administrator.
Although the weather is very hot, it still can't resist the curiosity of tourists about the pyramids.
There were a lot of people here, and he was the only one who saw people from several countries.
"That's high."
Although it doesn't look high from a distance, when you walk in, you realize that the Pyramid of Khufu is really high.
It has to be 150 meters, right?
It's so high, if it is replaced by a building, it can't be more than 40 floors?
Obediently, the ancients were really awesome, in which era of manpower could actually build such a miracle.
"Sir, do you want to ride a camel?"
While Zheng Jing was holding a video camera, a middle-aged man with a turban walked over with a camel.
Looking at the emaciated camel, Zheng Jing shook his head.
Seeing that Zheng Jing was not sitting, the man led the camel to find someone else.
Coming to the shady side of the pyramid, Zheng Jing suddenly saw that there were many horses here.
The horses were tethered to stakes, and some sat on the ground to rest.
When someone saw Zheng Jing, he immediately stood up and asked him if he wanted to ride a horse.
Zheng Jing shook his head, he didn't ride a camel, let alone ride a horse.
Coming to the other side, Zheng Jing found that not far from the Pyramid of Khufu, there were two other pyramids that had collapsed and only the base remained.
Judging from the holes left in the pyramids, the two pyramids have been robbed by tomb robbers.
After filming the video outside, Zheng Jing came to the entrance of the Pyramid of Khufu.
The pyramid is not entered from above, as others imagine, but from below.
In addition to him, there was a group of European and American tourists lined up in front of him, led by the guide.
Listening to the tour guide's introduction to the information about the pyramids, Zheng Jing listened carefully.
"Let's go inside the pyramid first, and then come out, I'll take you on horseback and camel to walk around the outside of the pyramid.
Let me first introduce you to the information of this pyramid, the pyramid next to us is the Pyramid of Khufu, which was originally 146.59 meters high, which is equivalent to 40 floors.
Later, due to thousands of years of weathering and erosion, only 138 meters remained, and the bottom of each side of the pyramid was 230 meters long, and now it is only 220 meters.
Since the pyramid was built, it has been the tallest building on our planet for thousands of years.
Do you see the stone on the top of the pyramid, it is limestone, this pyramid is made of a total of 2.3 million polished limestone stones, the average weight of each rock is about 2.5 tons, and these rocks are lifted by man.
The stones were so tightly joined that not even a piece of paper could fit in.
At that time, 100,000 people were used to build this pyramid.
You can think about it, thousands of years ago, the Khufu emperor spent 100,000 people to build a mausoleum for him, at that time we were still a group of savages in the jungle hunting in the Americas.
Let me tell you, there are three burial chambers in the tower, the first is an ordinary burial chamber, the items in the burial chamber are gone, only some frescoes exist, you can take a look at the murals, if you are curious about what items are inside, I can take you to the National Museum of Egypt at that time.
Upward, you will see a second burial chamber, which many people speculate to be the place where the queen is buried.
And up, there is the third burial chamber, which is where Khufu is buried, and there are many frescoes on the walls of this burial chamber, which is buried in the National Museum of Egypt, because the burial chamber is more luxurious than the first two burial chambers, people call it the "King's Tomb".
Because of the weather, coupled with the pyramid structure, it is very hot inside, which makes people a little breathless, and if someone can't stand it, they should quickly say, I will take you out. β
The well-built female tour guide held the flag and said a lot to his guests.
When they went down, Zheng Jing followed them down.
After his death, he was followed by several people.
When I came to the bottom of the pyramid, it was indeed as the guide said, sweltering and breathless.
Zheng Jing saw that many of the European and American tourists began to take oxygen.
Good guys, get ready to wait until it's really complete.
This pyramid is so high, what if the oxygen in the bottle runs out? You won't die here playing mahjong with Khufu, right?
Seeing that they didn't want to go back, Zheng Jing didn't pay attention to them, and walked past them to a road.
It's a road that goes up, and the ladder is very steep, so you have to hold on to something to get up.
This may be a little difficult for others, but for Zheng Jing, it is a five-finger pinching conch and holding a handle.
Arriving at the first burial chamber, Zheng Jing saw that there was only an empty sarcophagus and frescoes on the walls.
Good guy, the mummy in this sarcophagus has been carried away and put in the museum.
really doesn't talk about martial arts, others sleep well and actually change people's places, and they don't ask others if they agree.
Wiping his sweat, Zheng Jing came to the wall and looked curiously at the mural above.
The mural is very ambiguous, and in some places even part of it is missing.
After reading the mural, those European and American tourists also happened to come up.
Seeing their noisy appearance, Zheng Jing walked up.
Coming to the second burial chamber, Zheng Jing felt that the temperature here was even higher.
The concentration of air here is definitely low.
After drinking some water, Zheng Jing walked into the tomb.
It does resemble the queen's burial chamber, because the sarcophagus is not the same as which ordinary sarcophagus is below.
This sarcophagus looks like it was for a woman.
Inside the sarcophagus, there are also some exquisite patterns.
And, at the top of the sarcophagus, he actually saw a black dog figure covered in pitch black.
If he was not mistaken, the black dog seemed to be Anubis, the god of death in Egyptian mythology.
Seeing this picture, Zheng Jing has already determined that this sarcophagus must be the queen's tomb.
Anubis, the god of death in ancient Egyptian mythology, a god of animal heads related to the life after death made by Mumuyin, appears in the tomb murals of the pharaoh in the image of a jackal head and a human body.
If he was not mistaken, the mural in the burial chamber must have a portrait of Anubis.
I searched the walls of the tomb, and sure enough, on the mural facing the sarcophagus, Anubis appeared.
Stone hammered.
It's a pity that everything here has been taken away, otherwise he would have been able to see what the queen's mummy Yin looks like.
It's a pity that I can't see
After seeing this tomb, Zheng Jing continued to walk up.
When entering the corridor leading to the top floor, Zheng Jing glanced down and found that the European and American tourists were climbing up under the guidance of the guide.
Zheng Jing chuckled, and then quickly climbed up.
Coming to the third burial chamber, Zheng Jing felt that the air circulation here was not very good, and it was even more stuffy than the second floor.
This burial chamber is larger and more luxurious than the queen's burial chamber.
It's just a pity that the coffin where Khufu slept was also carried away, and the entire burial chamber was left with only frescoes on the walls.
Zheng Jing took pictures of the murals on the walls, and then looked at them slowly.
The frescoes in Khufu's tomb are wonderful, and they are well preserved and he can read them.
The frescoes say nothing else, but some of the things Khufu did during his reign.
To put it bluntly, these murals are used to praise themselves and put gold on their faces.
I don't know if these murals were painted by that master, or what kind of mood he felt when he painted them, whether he would be hanged for not holding back his laughter.
After looking at the murals, Zheng Jing looked at this layer again, and there was nothing else except rocks.
When he came to the Yongdao, Zheng Jing looked down and found that no one had come up.
Since no one came up, then Zheng Jing went down.
Quickly go to the second floor, and then quickly go down again.
Those foreigners on the second layer of the fast speed thought that Mu Mu Yin had been resurrected.
didn't care how lively the second floor was, Zheng Jing quickly came to the first floor.
Although the air on the first floor is not very good, it is much better than the above.
Coming out of the pyramid, Zheng Jing felt relaxed, and the feeling of nervousness disappeared at once.
It's still cool outside.
It's hot outside, but compared to the sweltering heat below, it's heaven outside.
Taking out the water and taking a sip, Zheng Jing saw that there were more and more tourists around the pyramid.
Some of these people come alone, and some come with a travel agency.
Seeing so many people coming, Zheng Jing hurriedly got out of the way.
Seeing this group of tourists going down, Zheng Jing guessed that they should come up soon.
For no other reason than the heat down there.
These tourists are quite old, and with the temperature and environment below, these people will definitely not stay long.
Sure enough, as Zheng Jing guessed, within a few minutes, he saw some people coming out of the exit of the pyramid.
It was the same group of tourists just now.
Zheng Jing smiled, and then walked towards the nearby Sphinx.
Sphinx, located in front of the Pyramid of Khafre.
Some of the statues are said to be made by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Khafre according to his own portrait, while others believe that Regidev built it according to the portrait of his father Khufu.
The Sphinx is 20 meters tall and 57 meters long, or 72 meters if you count the two front paws.
The face of the Sphinx is about 5 meters long and 4.7 meters wide, its nose is about 1.78 meters long, and the Sphinx's mouth is very large and more than 2 meters long.
Many people are interested in the head of the Sphinx when they first see it.
Many people wonder what the hell is that thing on its head.
It wears a "Neams" crown on its head, and a "Nams" turban with a fan on both ears.
On the forehead of the sphinx is carved the "Kubera" holy serpent float, and the chin has the emblem of the emperor - a long drooping beard, a collar around the neck, and a figure of eagle feathers dressed in the body of a lion.
Carved in this way, the Sphinx will come out and be ready.
There is nothing special about the Sphinx, and after looking at Zheng Jing for a while, he came to the pyramid of Khafre.
Zheng Jing came to the entrance of the Pyramid of Khafre.
Much of the interior of the Pyramid of Khufu has disappeared, only the coffins and frescoes remain.
I don't know if this tomb was stolen by tomb robbers, or if the Egyptian conquerors came and took everything away?
There is a high probability that the Egyptian conquerors put everything in the National Museum of Egypt.
The two are really father and son, and the most depicted frescoes are the exploits made by Khafre when he was in office.
Seeing the description on the mural, I don't know when Khafre had it painted.
After seeing the Pyramid of Khafre, Zheng Jing went to the Pyramid of Menkola again.
After seeing the Pyramid of Mengkoala, Zheng Jing came out of the Pyramid of Khufu in the shock of everyone.
After seeing the pyramid, Zheng Jing drove away from here alone.
I have to say that the scenery in this pyramid is special, and this time I really saw it for a long time.
Along the way, Zheng Jing drove very quickly, and returned to the hotel in more than 20 minutes.
Back in the room, Zheng Jing took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that the hotel in the United States had already been booked.
Everything is ready now, and you can leave tomorrow.
It's so hot, feeling the temperature on his body, Zheng Jing took his clothes and walked into the bathroom.
Coming out of the bathroom, Zheng Jing blew the air conditioner and lay on the bed with a comfortable face.
Comfortable.
It was still comfortable to blow the air conditioner in the room on such a hot day.
When it was time to eat, Zheng Jing didn't go out, and took out the food from the space and ate it as lunch.
After lunch, Zheng Jing sat on the sofa to eliminate his appetite, and then lay on the bed again.
He lay on the bed and played with his phone for a while, until he felt a wave of drowsiness before putting it down.
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June 15, 7 a.m., Cairo International Airport.
A Boeing 777 on an American flight soars into the sky.
As the plane flew into the stratosphere, Zheng Jing asked the flight attendant for a glass of soda.
Originally, Zheng Jing had booked an Emirates flight, but he looked at the flight again last night and happened to see that the earliest flight still had a ticket.
Seeing that it would only take eighteen hours to reach his destination, Zheng Jing directly bought a ticket.
It's seven o'clock in the morning, and eighteen hours is 3:55 a.m. Western Time.
It wasn't dark yet, and it was a good time.
After drinking the water, Zheng Jing looked at the first-class guests, and after seeing that there was no problem, Zheng Jing and the stewardess asked for a blanket and prepared to sleep.
If you want to fly in the air for more than ten hours, you will be idle if you are idle, or you should sleep.
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After eighteen hours of flight, at 55 p.m. Western Time, Zheng Jing once again stepped on American soil.
Looking at this bustling Los Angeles International Airport, Zheng Jing walked out of the VIP passage.
After entering the country, Zheng Jing exchanged some money at the exchange counter in the airport.
When he came to the exit of the station, Zheng Jing searched for a long time in the pick-up crowd, and finally saw the person who came to pick him up.