Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 988 Excavation
For Liang En, the threat of Thule Association was like a lingering shadow.So during this period of time, he has been rushing to the archaeological site, hoping to find some key items, and then get new cards.

Because he has always had a hunch that the cards in this place are likely to cause a huge change in his strength. After all, this is the origin of Western myths and epics, so it is normal to have some differences.

It is also for this reason that he has been soaking in the excavation site during this period of time, and using the experience of his previous life to carry out excavation work in some key places, hoping to obtain the cards as soon as possible.

Therefore, under the leadership of Liang En, the scholars who were present found a lot of valuable information in a short period of time, and used this information to restore some very important clues of ancient Troy.

For example, they discovered that the city walls of the fifth-tier Trojan ruins were more than 5 meters thick, and some sections of the city walls were even more than 4 meters high, but the western section of the city walls was poorly built.

And this coincides with the description in Homer's epic, because it was specifically mentioned in the epic that the quality of the city wall west of Troy was poor and there were some problems in its construction.

So some people present felt that this place might be the real Troy, but the problem was that the construction time of this city was completely different from the time when the Trojan War broke out.

"I think this is very likely to be a problem in the compilation of those epics." When it was Liang En's turn to express his opinion, he put forward a point of view that everyone in another world recognized.

"One thing we can confirm is that Homer's epic is definitely not the personal creation of Homer alone, but an overall arrangement of the epics of the dark ages in the past."

"So without enough written materials, many stories will gradually be exaggerated, deformed, and turned into stories different from the facts."

"So these detailed issues are likely to be formed by combining multiple legends, because if it is just word of mouth, it is easy to ignore those details or imagine some details out of thin air."

"And as a sorter of those poems, whether that person is Homer or someone else, when putting those things back on the paper, they will naturally notice the details lost in the singing process, and at this time, they will naturally misappropriate some information from other places. come over."

"At least before the establishment of Constantinople, this ancient city will often be the economic center of the region, and the economic center will basically be the cultural center at that time."

"As the cultural center of that era, cultural communicators like bards are naturally indispensable, and a series of various poems created with this city as the background will also appear."

"It's just that compared with the battle of Troy, the content of those poems may not be so important, so they didn't survive in the end. Only some very fragmentary details have been passed down to this day through this method."

"That is to say, when Homer's epic was written, the battle of Troy was actually the core part, and then a large number of other epics related to Troy were incorporated into it to supplement the details, right?"

After Liang En finished talking about his point of view, a professor from the University of Cambridge asked him. He was the first scholar who suggested that the five layers might also be the Troy in the epic.

"Yes, I think this is a very reasonable thing." Liang En nodded and said. "The details don't matter if it's just the bards performing, but it's another thing when it comes down to paper."

"As far as I know, the early histories of various countries are actually transferred from oral histories, that is to say, there are a large number of uncertain parts in them, and it is obviously impossible to supplement these details with facts."

"What you said makes sense." The professor nodded after thinking for a while to express his approval. "So in addition to the general direction, it is understandable that there are some discrepancies in these details."

After explaining the problem, Liang En quickly left the temporary discussion place and went to the scene, because he was directing a group of people to dig the second floor of the Trojan ruins.

Although most people focused on the sixth floor because they found some jewels on the sixth floor during the previous exploration, the famous jewels in Liang En's memory should be on the second floor.

So when everyone ran to excavate the sixth layer of ruins, Liang En and Joan of Arc led an archaeological team from China and began to clean up the second layer of ruins.

"Professor Liu, I'm very sorry for dragging you here." Because the ruins on the second floor are pressed deeper, the cleaning work will naturally take longer, so Liang En naturally apologized to the Chinese scholar who he pulled over. .

After all, other archaeological teams dug up a lot of valuable things in a month, but this Huaxia archaeological team had to keep cleaning up the ruins because of Liang En.

"What is there to be sorry about?" Professor Liu said as he adjusted his glasses. "It has been a great pleasure to be part of an international excavation of this magnitude, and during which time we have explored the ancient city in detail."

"I can even say that compared with other archaeological teams, we are the archaeological team that has the deepest understanding of this city, because we have comprehensively analyzed the situation at different levels of the entire ruins."

"This is the most important thing for us. After all, Huaxia also has a large number of relics of this type that have been repeatedly piled up, and all the survey experience we have here can make a full contribution to the archaeological work of Huaxia in the future."

"It's a pity that no cultural relics were found, but this is completely acceptable to us. After all, our task is to learn something from it, not just for the limelight."

Although no important cultural relics have been excavated during this period, because the required target is deep underground, the archaeological team from Huaxia has almost completed a comprehensive exploration of different levels of the entire ruins.

So the professor was very satisfied with Liang En's arrangement, because they had already accomplished the goals they set before coming here, even better than imagined.

"—Thank you very much for your support, Professor Liu." After hearing what the other party said, Liang En was stunned for a moment, because it was completely different from what he had imagined, but he quickly realized it.

"However, I'm not asking you to dig here just to conduct a comprehensive exploration. To be honest, I'm also an ordinary person. Naturally, I hope to dig out something that can attract everyone's attention."

"That's why I invite you to dig here now, because after the previous exploration, I think this place is likely to hide some important things, so I hope to use your hands to dig out that thing."

"If there is something here, we will dig it out." Professor Liu nodded and said,

"And when you delineated the scope before, the prediction should be correct, because we have already dug to the second floor, and the area we are excavating now should be within the scope of an important building at that time, and there is a high probability that there will be treasures. .”

(End of this chapter)