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Chapter 943 Excavation
Chapter 943 Excavation
Obviously, such a ruin is attractive enough to everyone present, so the drivers and attendants who came with them under the orders of the earth king and the chief also devoted themselves to the excavation work.
At this time, he fully realized the true meaning of strength in numbers. Ten minutes later, the entire hole was cleared out, allowing Liang En to see more details.
The first key detail is the steps. It can be clearly seen that the steps should have been excavated by people with metal tools, and the traces of excavation in those years are very obvious.
"It's very likely that no one has ever used this place after it was excavated." After inspecting it on the ground regardless of his appearance, Liang En found that the traces on the steps were very new.
It can be seen at a glance whether this kind of stone steps have been used. If they have been used, those patterns will be gradually smoothed, and even the steps will directly become a slope.
For example, when Liang En was studying ancient Egyptian texts during the exchange, he saw a lot of photos showing the same situation. The steps of the temple were almost worn into a slide because of the frequent walking of people.
This is definitely an important discovery, because throughout southern Africa history is shrouded in a cloud of fog, and almost no one knows what the region was like before the arrival of the colonists.
Judging from the excavation traces of the metal tools on the steps, this proves that the excavators at that time should have mastered a certain method of smelting metals, and this method can produce metal tools in large quantities.
Because this can explain why there is a lot of traces of the use of metal tools in this site, because if the amount of metal produced is relatively small, then no one will consume them in this kind of work.
In addition, the stairs with almost no traces also attracted Liang En's attention. Although it is not difficult to excavate these steps by hand, it is not simple, so it is very easy to simply excavate the steps without anyone walking on them. strangeness.
More importantly, he could feel the air flow from the entrance of this cave. There is only one entrance and exit for this cave, so he was very curious about what such a cave is for.
Because the matter was decided to be made public, the Huaxia engineers who were under the cave were invited to study the situation of the whole cave. Soon, these engineers confirmed the safety of the mountain where the cave is located.
Liang En approved of their judgment, because these people were specially invited by the government and had experience in building high-speed rail tunnels in the western part of Shu, so they basically would not make mistakes in their judgment when faced with these geological conditions.
After thoroughly confirming the safety, Liang En put on a fully enclosed protective suit and entered the cave with an oxygen mask on his back, followed by two security personnel wearing the same suit.
The reason why he is so heavily armed is because there is no other entrance and exit inside the cave, so he is worried that there may be some harmful gases inside that cannot be discharged through natural ventilation.
Under the bright lights, they found some small holes in the wall that slanted into the mountain.Judging from the shallow black traces above, these small holes should be used by ancient people to insert torches.
Perhaps because the cave was not sealed, all the torches that might have existed have now disappeared, leaving only some traces of black carbon ash that have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
"This should be a natural cave." Liang En muttered softly while inspecting the cave's stone wall. "But many places have obviously been repaired manually, and they were repaired with metal tools like the steps."
While inspecting the mountain, Liang En walked towards the depths of the cave. Unlike what he had imagined outside, the cave was not very deep. After only a dozen meters forward, a hall appeared in front of them.
This also reflects the uncanny workmanship of the cave: they have been walking uphill since entering the cave, and this slope is just enough to block the line of sight projected from the entrance of the cave, making it impossible for people to see what is inside the cave.
So when Liang En walked into the bottom of the cave, he saw the large cave hall deep in the cave and everything inside the cave for the first time.
Unlike the almost pure natural caves outside, the cave here suddenly became wider, about two stories high from the ground to the top of the cave, and the strange thing is that the diameter of the cave is also the same.
Unlike the bare mountain walls before, there are some pictures on the mountain walls here. Although these carvings are purely simple images made of lines, something can still be seen.
Among them, the most conspicuous positions are a few ships that occupy half of the picture. Although the simple painting style like a kindergarten child makes people look a bit difficult, at least you can see the general appearance of these ships.
These ships are short and thick. There is a mast in the center of the ship with a square sail hanging from it. The bow is slightly curved, and a bird's head is carved on the top.
The hull of the whole ship is divided into two layers, the lower layer is some people who are rowing, and the upper layer is a stern man who controls two large oars that serve as rudders on both sides of the ship.
It was obviously a merchant ship, because warships in the days of galleys often had a forward ram, but such a thing would not exist on a merchant ship.
Judging from the contents of the surrounding murals, what the other party painted should be a voyage, but the journey of this voyage seemed very long, and there was no supply point in the middle, so they had to stop and plant some crops to replenish supplies.
In addition, Liang En also saw the protagonist of this set of murals in the center of the murals: this is a person who looks gorgeously dressed, like a nobleman or a high-ranking warrior, in a hunt with an elephant perish together.
"A very heroic way to die." Liang En said in an admiring tone, at least even today, few people have the courage to face a raging elephant with only cold weapons.
So if this person is really a fighter, then it can be said that he has obtained a death method that matches his fighter status.
Apart from the surrounding murals, what attracts the most attention is the round altar, on which there is a pillar, and a fixed stone urn is placed on the top of the pillar.
Next to the altar is a stone tablet that looks a bit rough. After gently brushing off the dirt on it, densely packed characters are revealed on this stone tablet.
"Phoenicians!" After seeing this appearance and the words on the stone tablet, Liang En immediately recognized what these things represented.
Because both the strange-looking altar and the writing on the stone tablet pointed to this point, especially Liang En quickly recognized what the writing on the stone tablet said.
Obviously, this place should be a Phoenician cemetery, both the ashes bombs placed on the top of the pillars and the tombstones decorated with delicate acanthus patterns in relief on the headstones all indicate this.
There is no doubt that this is a shocking discovery, because the discovery of these things in the Mediterranean, far from the Phoenician activity range, is definitely a matter worth studying, and there must be no small secret hidden behind it.
(End of this chapter)
Obviously, such a ruin is attractive enough to everyone present, so the drivers and attendants who came with them under the orders of the earth king and the chief also devoted themselves to the excavation work.
At this time, he fully realized the true meaning of strength in numbers. Ten minutes later, the entire hole was cleared out, allowing Liang En to see more details.
The first key detail is the steps. It can be clearly seen that the steps should have been excavated by people with metal tools, and the traces of excavation in those years are very obvious.
"It's very likely that no one has ever used this place after it was excavated." After inspecting it on the ground regardless of his appearance, Liang En found that the traces on the steps were very new.
It can be seen at a glance whether this kind of stone steps have been used. If they have been used, those patterns will be gradually smoothed, and even the steps will directly become a slope.
For example, when Liang En was studying ancient Egyptian texts during the exchange, he saw a lot of photos showing the same situation. The steps of the temple were almost worn into a slide because of the frequent walking of people.
This is definitely an important discovery, because throughout southern Africa history is shrouded in a cloud of fog, and almost no one knows what the region was like before the arrival of the colonists.
Judging from the excavation traces of the metal tools on the steps, this proves that the excavators at that time should have mastered a certain method of smelting metals, and this method can produce metal tools in large quantities.
Because this can explain why there is a lot of traces of the use of metal tools in this site, because if the amount of metal produced is relatively small, then no one will consume them in this kind of work.
In addition, the stairs with almost no traces also attracted Liang En's attention. Although it is not difficult to excavate these steps by hand, it is not simple, so it is very easy to simply excavate the steps without anyone walking on them. strangeness.
More importantly, he could feel the air flow from the entrance of this cave. There is only one entrance and exit for this cave, so he was very curious about what such a cave is for.
Because the matter was decided to be made public, the Huaxia engineers who were under the cave were invited to study the situation of the whole cave. Soon, these engineers confirmed the safety of the mountain where the cave is located.
Liang En approved of their judgment, because these people were specially invited by the government and had experience in building high-speed rail tunnels in the western part of Shu, so they basically would not make mistakes in their judgment when faced with these geological conditions.
After thoroughly confirming the safety, Liang En put on a fully enclosed protective suit and entered the cave with an oxygen mask on his back, followed by two security personnel wearing the same suit.
The reason why he is so heavily armed is because there is no other entrance and exit inside the cave, so he is worried that there may be some harmful gases inside that cannot be discharged through natural ventilation.
Under the bright lights, they found some small holes in the wall that slanted into the mountain.Judging from the shallow black traces above, these small holes should be used by ancient people to insert torches.
Perhaps because the cave was not sealed, all the torches that might have existed have now disappeared, leaving only some traces of black carbon ash that have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
"This should be a natural cave." Liang En muttered softly while inspecting the cave's stone wall. "But many places have obviously been repaired manually, and they were repaired with metal tools like the steps."
While inspecting the mountain, Liang En walked towards the depths of the cave. Unlike what he had imagined outside, the cave was not very deep. After only a dozen meters forward, a hall appeared in front of them.
This also reflects the uncanny workmanship of the cave: they have been walking uphill since entering the cave, and this slope is just enough to block the line of sight projected from the entrance of the cave, making it impossible for people to see what is inside the cave.
So when Liang En walked into the bottom of the cave, he saw the large cave hall deep in the cave and everything inside the cave for the first time.
Unlike the almost pure natural caves outside, the cave here suddenly became wider, about two stories high from the ground to the top of the cave, and the strange thing is that the diameter of the cave is also the same.
Unlike the bare mountain walls before, there are some pictures on the mountain walls here. Although these carvings are purely simple images made of lines, something can still be seen.
Among them, the most conspicuous positions are a few ships that occupy half of the picture. Although the simple painting style like a kindergarten child makes people look a bit difficult, at least you can see the general appearance of these ships.
These ships are short and thick. There is a mast in the center of the ship with a square sail hanging from it. The bow is slightly curved, and a bird's head is carved on the top.
The hull of the whole ship is divided into two layers, the lower layer is some people who are rowing, and the upper layer is a stern man who controls two large oars that serve as rudders on both sides of the ship.
It was obviously a merchant ship, because warships in the days of galleys often had a forward ram, but such a thing would not exist on a merchant ship.
Judging from the contents of the surrounding murals, what the other party painted should be a voyage, but the journey of this voyage seemed very long, and there was no supply point in the middle, so they had to stop and plant some crops to replenish supplies.
In addition, Liang En also saw the protagonist of this set of murals in the center of the murals: this is a person who looks gorgeously dressed, like a nobleman or a high-ranking warrior, in a hunt with an elephant perish together.
"A very heroic way to die." Liang En said in an admiring tone, at least even today, few people have the courage to face a raging elephant with only cold weapons.
So if this person is really a fighter, then it can be said that he has obtained a death method that matches his fighter status.
Apart from the surrounding murals, what attracts the most attention is the round altar, on which there is a pillar, and a fixed stone urn is placed on the top of the pillar.
Next to the altar is a stone tablet that looks a bit rough. After gently brushing off the dirt on it, densely packed characters are revealed on this stone tablet.
"Phoenicians!" After seeing this appearance and the words on the stone tablet, Liang En immediately recognized what these things represented.
Because both the strange-looking altar and the writing on the stone tablet pointed to this point, especially Liang En quickly recognized what the writing on the stone tablet said.
Obviously, this place should be a Phoenician cemetery, both the ashes bombs placed on the top of the pillars and the tombstones decorated with delicate acanthus patterns in relief on the headstones all indicate this.
There is no doubt that this is a shocking discovery, because the discovery of these things in the Mediterranean, far from the Phoenician activity range, is definitely a matter worth studying, and there must be no small secret hidden behind it.
(End of this chapter)
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