281 Cemetery
"No wonder I can't spy on what's in the tomb!" Feeling the faint traces of spiritual energy in the cemetery, Liang En immediately understood why there was such a big difference when he used spiritual power to investigate.
Because the use of spiritual power to investigate is a very delicate job, even with Liang En's cultivation, he can't use too strong spiritual power at one time, so he will naturally not be able to detect the situation below if he superimposes the shield of the soil.
As the gate was discovered, everyone present quickly jumped into the hustle and bustle. Liang En, because of his knowledge of ancient Egyptian scripts, was assigned to decipher the engravings on the door.
"What's going on?" Liang En frowned after simply reading the text on the door, because the content was written upside down, and it didn't look like what the ancient Egyptians had written.
If I had to describe it, it would be as if a beginner had cut out some of the things on the model and put them together according to his own ideas.
"It's in line with the style of ancient Rome." Liang En thought for a while and thought that because the sacred script of Egypt in ancient Roman times had gradually begun to be lost, there were very few people who really mastered this script.
Therefore, the Egyptians who were found at that time may not really understand this kind of writing, and it is likely that they simply relied on the ancient books that have been handed down to carry it according to the cats and tigers.
The worst consequence of this was that the key name in the Wang's circle had become a random patchwork of letters, so much so that Liang En couldn't figure out what the people were trying to say.
Therefore, even if we study the overall production process of the gate, we can only confirm that this gate is indeed a product of the time of Emperor Caracalla in ancient Rome, and in addition, it is necessary to open the door in order to obtain further information.
Considering that some of the artifacts had been kept in a sealed environment for a long time, and suddenly saw that the oxygen was likely to be destroyed quickly due to oxidation, so they stopped and began to wait for more supplies to enter.
Fortunately, they had enough support for this excavation work, so after only one day of waiting, a complete set of ventilation equipment and ten sets of protective clothing were delivered to them.
With these devices in place, they began a new round of excavation of the tunnel. As the gate was carefully opened, a small space appeared in front of those who entered the cemetery in full gear.
Yes, it is a very small space, it looks like it is only about a few square meters, the height is no more than 2 m5, and the special lighting can see the murals painted around the tomb.
Roman-style frescoes depict many of the dead, most of them war-related, with a young warrior leading an army against a variety of enemies, from the Near East to the Middle East and even Indian.
"Iskander, this is really the burial ground of Iskander!" Professor Hassan, who had seen the mural clearly, said excitedly in Arabic with wide eyes, and then pointed to the mural.
"You see, this fresco is very close to the standard fresco of the famous Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus, and we suspect that it is likely to be one of the standard portraits of the land of Alexandria of that era."
"That's true." After taking a closer look at the mural that he was fingering at, Liang En had to admit that the professor was right in his analysis, and the mural in the basement was too pointed.
However, apart from the frescoes, everything else in the basement is too rudimentary, for example, there are no imaginary burial objects here, and there are no weapons that represent the life of the owner, Jin Ge Iron Horse.
There are not even wooden figures that should be found in traditional Egyptian cemeteries, the only thing that exists is the stone platform in the center of the room and some decaying things around it.
Fortunately, the stone platform was not empty, and after a round of manual cleaning of the curtain that had been covered above the stone platform, which should have been made of cashmere, they finally saw what was placed on the platform.
It is a golden box with a bas-relief carved with a pattern of the sun, and on the side is written in ancient Greek - here sleeps Alexander the Great, the great conqueror of the world.
"The message on that piece of gold leaf is true." Liang En looked at the information that could still play a role in the world and sighed, "I really found the tomb of Alexander the Great." ”
As the golden metal box carefully moved out of the tomb, the cleaning of the room came to an end—for there was only one stone platform left in the room besides the gold box.
There was nothing on the stone table, just a few simple carvings, so it took us more than an hour to finish everything in the room.
As for the processing of the murals, it requires very professional personnel, and it is not something that Liang En's current archaeological team has to do, and they only need to hand over with the professionals sent by Cairo next.
At the summary meeting that night, everyone was smiling, and only a few people were puzzled by the fact that what they had discovered today was different from what was recorded.
"Mr. Liang, why do you say the last thing we found was an urn?" While everyone was chatting, Professor Hassan walked up to Liang En's side and asked.
According to records, Alexander the Great died on June 10, 323 BC in the famous city of Babylon. After death, the body was embalmed and mummified and kept in the basement of the Babylonian palace.
As soon as he died, his subordinates engaged in a fierce battle for the throne, leaving his body unburied for a long time.
As a result, when the war ended a year later, the empire established by Alexander during his lifetime had been divided into three parts-
Ptolemy conquered Egypt, Seleucid occupied Asia, and Greece was succeeded by Alexander's widow, Alexander IV, with actual power in the hands of Antipater and his son Cassander.
It was only then that people remembered the body of Alexander the Great, which was still in the basement, because of his greatness, he was regarded as a god, and the divided nations also saw the body as an important source of legitimacy for their own rule.
According to tradition, Alexander's body was supposed to be sent to the Valley of the Macedonian Kings, where he was buried in Pela and buried in the ancient capital of Aege. But what I didn't expect was that the hearse was intercepted, and then disappeared inexplicably.
A few months later, the tomb of Alexander the Great was miraculously found in Alexandria, Egypt, where the famous golden coffin of Alexander, which had disappeared and remained there for centuries since.
In other words, Alexander's body in the cemetery at that time should have been in the state of a mummy, and only in this way could it be guaranteed that it would not rot after a year.
But now they found an urn, and although this burial method is in line with the practice of the ancient Greeks, such as the famous Philip II, the body of Alexander the Great's father when it was found, it is very different from the historical record.
"I think it's probably because of the relocation of the cemetery." After listening to the professor's question, Liang replied. "After all, it took hundreds of years for Alexander the Great's body to arrive in Egypt until it was relocated here, and there were so many things that could have happened."