Chapter 835: Opening the Coffin for Autopsy
Light and shadow intertwined in the dark corridor. Figures fell one after another, and their flesh collided with the solid mud bricks, making a dull sound like pork falling to the ground.
The plastic flashlight was covered in sweat and rolled to the wall, covered in dust.
"hiss!"
All three of them fell to the ground, and Bifang only then felt the pain in his finger bones.
Bifang shook his hands, squatted on the ground and rummaged through the body of the fallen man, finding a completely deformed and broken mobile phone that was almost broken into two pieces. In the dim light, one could vaguely see a complete fist mark from the broken shape.
The other party stuffed the phone into his pocket, successfully causing him some trauma.
[Oh my goodness, this is a punch to the phone]
[Fuck, my hands hurt]
[But it's no use, you have to lie down when you have to (funny)]
[This is so cool, what an invincible destruction punch]
[Hiss, one punch, a small Karami]
[I’ve seen a boxer before who was surrounded by a group of people in an alley. He punched them one by one just like he did now. He fell down as if he was knocked out by a dizzy spell. It turns out that people are different.]
【It turns out to be a little punk】
[Meow King presents Meatball*666 to the anchor]
[The tenth trumpet is given to the anchor bone *2]
Bifang dealt with the three little Karamis without even taking a breath, which really delighted the audience.
Throwing away the phone, Bifang took two steps to the last man who had fallen to the ground and checked him. He found that he had been hit on the back of the head by the torch and had completely fainted.
The good thing about wood is that it is soft in texture, so even if you can't control the strength in an emergency, it is not easy to kill someone in one fell swoop.
Looking at the torch beside him, Bifang did not pick it up because there was a better one here.
He picked up the flashlight from the corner, wiped , and shone it at the corner.
Bifang's fist was so powerful that most people would take ten minutes to recover. The two men fell to the ground, squirming subconsciously and groaning.
When Bifang approached and used the flashlight to illuminate the other person's face, the scene of tears streaming down his face and saliva at the corners of his mouth scared everyone in front of the screen.
[Damn, so exaggerated? ]
[This is what happens when you get punched in the stomach by a professional boxer, hahahaha]
[It's even more exaggerated. Fang Shen's punch is probably as powerful as some top boxers. Did he miss the vital parts? He will need to go to the hospital.]
In order to prevent the other party from recovering and resisting, Bifang pulled out a hemp rope from his waist, tied up the hands and feet of the three people separately, and then tied them together. He had no mood to continue exploring and stayed where he was, waiting for people from Egypt to come.
About half an hour later, a group of people carrying large and small bags arrived late, accompanied by members of the nearby police station.
Bifang, who had learned about it in advance from the barrage, got out of the narrow passage, calmed down the somewhat agitated Alpha, and saw several helicopters flying in the distant sky.
This shows how much importance the Egyptian side attaches to this.
There were sixteen people in total, three policemen, and the rest were some university professors, professional archaeological workers, and the most critical one, the Chinese envoy to Egypt.
Just looking at the personnel configuration, you can understand why the other party arrived so late. It is not easy to gather so many people. Many people were pulled over without even making sufficient preparations.
"Mr. Liao."
"Mr. Bi!" A middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples held Bi Fang's hand and said with emotion, "I am also your audience. I have been following this trip to the Sahara. It is really exciting. What I didn't expect was that a new relic was discovered. Let me introduce you. This is Professor Hassank. He is..."
Bifang automatically ignored the introduction that the other party was his audience and got to know the remaining people one by one.
The more you deal with them, the more you will understand that this sentence is basically just a polite remark, and anyone who believes it is a fool.
At the same time, the police who arrived also brought out three thieves who tried to break into the tomb and steal.
The hands of the three men were tied tightly with thick hemp ropes, and they were linked together and led by the police in the front. Each of them was covered in dust and looked dejected. Combined with the pyramids in the distance, a feeling of ancient Egyptian slavery came to mind.
It shouldn't have been like this, but unfortunately the exit passage was very narrow, so they could only come out one by one, resulting in such a funny scene.
[This sense of déjà vu is amazing! ]
[Why do I feel so pitiful all of a sudden?]
[You didn't even ask who Bifang was before stealing. How could you rob a tomb with your limited skills? ]
[To be honest, if it were me, I would probably want to take a gamble, after all, if you take a chance, a bicycle can turn into a motorcycle.]
[Indeed, according to what Fang Shen said, this tomb existed before the pyramids appeared, thousands of years ago. If you take out any item, you will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life. Even if it means risking being beaten to death, I think there may be many people who want to give it a try.]
Money moves people's hearts.
The tombs of Egyptian pharaohs are generally very luxurious. Over the past thousands of years, countless tomb robbers have frantically excavated the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs and stolen a large number of ancient Egyptian cultural relics.
No one would remain indifferent when faced with a situation where they can easily make a fortune and it is difficult to be caught.
The reason why Bifang could remain calm was not because he was some saint or gentleman, but because... he was already very rich.
The club continues to make a lot of money every quarter, and in addition to its own expansion and improvement, it has gradually begun to recoup its investment.
Even if we don't consider this, the daily rewards from the live broadcast are enough for Bifang to live a life without worries about food and clothing.
When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace.
After experiencing some inner drama, Bifang followed everyone to the entrance of the ruins.
A group of professors gathered in front of the dark cave entrance, discussing something with each other. None of them dared to go down, not because they were afraid of the Pharaoh's curse or because they were not curious about what was inside.
Those who can come here, not to mention on a mission, all have a great passion for historical research and archaeology, but it is inevitable that they are all a bit older.
Time was short, and everyone had only hurriedly taken a look at the ruins before coming here to know what was going on inside.
It would be fine if it was just a long narrow passage, an old bone could still hold it, but there was a straight vertical passage behind the passage, which they couldn't withstand.
However, these were small scenes, and everyone present had seen them many times, so they did not find it strange.
Some ruins are directly exposed on the surface, while others have only a small hole like the ones now.
This was how Tutankhamun was excavated. There was only a stone staircase cave, and then they dug it slowly.
Starting from a small hole at the bottom, climb up along the winding mountain road and finally reach the top of the mountain.
After digging for several days, Carter and his team finally reached the twelfth step, found the entrance, and confirmed that it was a tomb built for the pharaoh.
In many cases, people have long known about some specific tombs and sites, such as the typical imperial tombs with tall burial mounds like the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, but many more archaeological sites are not so eye-catching, and it is even difficult to find traces of them in literature.
In many sites, only some broken pottery fragments may be exposed on the surface, and many are buried deep underground.
Therefore, the discovery of quite a number of archaeological sites is very accidental, and many discoveries are related to human activities, such as digging wells, building roads, building railways, and repairing reservoirs.
For example, the Terracotta Warriors were discovered by farmers when they were digging a well, and the Tomb of the King of Nanyue was discovered when an apartment was being built in the 1980s.
The second is the archaeological exploration and investigation by archaeologists, which will require some surveying techniques and experience.
Especially local chronicles and other books, which can give people a lot of inspiration about the local history, major historical events, customs and folkways.
Although there are some differences between Egypt and China, they are generally similar. There is a set of procedures for these things.
Furthermore, there are many ruins in Egypt. The famous Valley of the Kings is the burial place of 64 pharaohs from the 17th Dynasty to the 20th Dynasty of Egypt . It is located in a valley on the west bank of the Nile River opposite the city of Luxor.
Several white-haired old men turned their eyes to Bifang at the same time.
At this time, Bifang also put on the more professional equipment brought by this group of people, and dragged several ropes to be the first to enter the cave.
After walking a certain distance along the original route, Bifang pulled the rope to send a signal to the outside.
Then, one by one, people put on the buckles and descended into the ancient tomb along the ropes.
Flashlights lit up one after another, illuminating the dark ancient tomb as bright as a hall.
One of the younger assistants joked, "It seems we don't need to light candles."
Everyone present laughed at the same time, but the audience in front of the screen stared at each other in confusion, not knowing what everyone was laughing at.
【What’s this about? 】
Don’t be a riddle teller
[Fang Shen explains]
What are they laughing at?
"This is probably a joke, coming from Carter, the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun."
Bifang explained, and he could see the murals on the wall more clearly under the light of the flashlight.
"Carter didn't just discover Tutankhamun. He also excavated many tombs of pharaohs."
"In 1917, Howard Carter, superintendent of Egypt's Nubian ruins south of Cairo, traveled to the Valley of the Kings."
"Carter has been fascinated by the ancient Egyptian civilization since he was 16 years old . After years of research, he believes that in this place that has been robbed countless times, there must be unknown and unknown pharaoh tombs."
"So under the leadership of Carter, the team began to dig. At that time, the archaeologists in the team were preparing to excavate a tomb. As a result, they unexpectedly encountered a strange phenomenon - that is, they could not use flashlights for lighting and could only rely on candles."
"Until one night in 1922, Carter noticed a small round hole on the door of an ancient tomb. He inserted a lit candle into the hole, and the faint candlelight penetrated the darkness that had been silent for thousands of years."
"In the candlelight, Carter saw a six-foot-long stone staircase, which he immediately realized was part of a hidden underground staircase."
"Here, Carter will begin a thrilling expedition and dig all the way to finally find a pharaoh's tomb that has never been visited by anyone."
"That tomb is the tomb of the famous new king of Egypt, the 18th Pharaoh Tutankhamun."
"Of course, I don't know if this is true or not. After all, a hundred years have passed since that time. Even the Pharaoh's curse has become so mysterious. No one knows what the flashlight joke is about."
“But for professionals, especially those in the Egyptian archaeology community, it is a familiar story.”
Carter has extraordinary significance and status in the Egyptian archaeological community, no less than Newton and Einstein in the history of physics.
【All right.】
[Nowadays, if you don’t have some culture, you can’t keep up with the pace of chatting]
[Pharaoh, please give me a brain as good as Fang Shen's! ]
[If I were so knowledgeable, how could I still be single? ]
“The mural is very complete.”
“There are no signs of damage.”
"The humidity was very high, so some places were blurry, but most of it was well preserved. It should been the water vapor leakage caused by the subsequent sinking, otherwise it would have been completely blurred long ago."
“We’re just so lucky to have discovered it now.”
The scholars were full of praise for the furnishings in the tomb and were full of amazement, but they refrained from trying to work rashly. The others also put on gloves and started their work.
Archaeological excavation is different from archaeological investigation, but it is also a means of obtaining physical data based on archaeological investigation.
This is a complex and meticulous job that is carried out according to a certain procedure.
Generally speaking, there will be: laying out the square - removing the cultivated soil layer - clearing the cultural layer layer by layer according to breaking the overlapping relationship - unifying the stratum - clearing the reserved part - completing various records.
Then they will organize the materials indoors and transport the physical and recorded materials collected during field work back to the workstation or the excavation team camp, and carry out systematic sorting and analysis of the age of the unearthed cultural relics, write an excavation report, and finally hand over the physical materials to the collection unit.
The excavated ruins areas will be backfilled or preserved in their original locations depending on the actual situation.
Seeing everyone busy, the ambassador and Bifang had no time to interact and just chatted idly.
After a moment, several older scholars seemed to realize something, stopped working, and came to Bifang.
"I'm so sorry, I couldn't help but study this information. Let's go to the tomb below and open the coffin."
As soon as these words were spoken, Bifang had an idea.
Just what he wanted.
Bifang himself was not very interested in these boring research works. What he wanted most was to open the coffin and see what the pharaoh looked like.
Following the route in memory, Bifang led everyone forward, and finally came to a cave entrance and descended by rope.
Everyone landed one by one, flashlights turned on.
When Bifang first came in, he encountered an invasion of tomb robbers, and the torch was not bright enough, so he did not look around the place carefully.
When I saw his true appearance at this time, even though I had prepared myself mentally, I was still shocked.
This small room is covered with murals and is densely packed with thousands of pieces of furniture, utensils, statues, weapons, scepters and other unique and well-made funerary objects, all decorated with gold, silver, pearls and jade, luxurious and complete.
Everyone's heart was pounding.
This is another complete tomb that has never been visited by anyone!
The most attractive thing is undoubtedly a square earth pit in the center of the room. The human-shaped coffin inside it attracts everyone who looks at it like a black hole.
