Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 991 Gold and Silver
Homer's epic should be regarded as the necessary entry-level knowledge for those European archaeologists and historians. At least for those European historians, if you say that you know nothing about Homer's epic, it is no different from being illiterate.

Therefore, the historian sent by the Turkish government naturally understands "Homer's Epic", and he can even be regarded as a fan of Homer's Epic, so he will be so excited after seeing these jewels.

For the purpose of convenient work, cultural relics from many treasures are placed here, which is the result of everyone's exploration around this place as the center of the circle after the discovery of the first treasure.

Just when the first batch of treasures were sent into the laboratory, Liang En and the others found a second, much smaller treasure location a few meters away from the first batch of treasures. Well, they found it along the wall. three other treasures.

The first and largest treasure to be discovered was a large collection of gold, silver and bronze objects, both in quantity and quality, including gold tiaras, gold and silver bracelets, necklaces, earrings, Wine glasses, bowls, plates, etc.

To be precise, this batch of things includes a gold crown with exquisite craftsmanship, 6 gold bracelets, a tall gold cup weighing 601 grams, a tall amber gold cup, and a large silver cup with 60 gold earrings. Utensils etc.

Gold items alone number 8700 in various styles, as well as pierced prisms, gold clasps, pierced gold bars and other trinkets, as well as silver and copper vases and bronze weapons.

Of course, the more than 8000 pieces of gold jewelry here refer to more than 700 pieces of independent gold jewelry when they were excavated, but in fact many of them are just different parts of a cultural relic.

There are two most dazzling things in this pile of cultural relics. One is the pure gold headband, which is made of 16353 pieces of gold leaf.The second is the golden crown, which consists of strings of delicate necklaces that can be wrapped around the wearer's head.

In detail, the gold crown hangs 70 short and 16 long gold chains, each of which is composed of heart-shaped gold leaf. The tassels on the short chains hang on the wearer's forehead, and the long chains hang down to the wearer's shoulders. .

In another world, Schliemann, the discoverer of Troy, concluded that these two pieces must be the relics of Helen, and only the most beautiful women in the world are qualified to wear such exquisite ornaments.

So he put this gold ornament on Sophia's head. The radiant headband set off Sophia's beautiful face. Her face was completely embedded in gold, making Schliemann see the goddess in his dream in a trance.

Later, the beautiful headdress was worn in the portrait of Sophia, which gave future generations the honor to see her beauty, and it also became the most representative photo in Troy archaeology.

It’s just that the history after this batch of treasures is full of ups and downs. After digging up the treasures, Schliemann did not tell the Ottoman Turkish authorities, but directly shipped them to Greece.

The reason is that the Turks will melt them down when they get them, and their value does not exceed 12000 francs, "but in our hands, this treasure has inestimable academic research value."

The first thing he thought of was the Greek government. After all, he had a special liking for Greece, but the Greek government dared not accept them under the pressure of Turkey's strong demand for the return of these cultural relics.

Schliemann can only turn to Italy, France and the United Kingdom to acquire them for personal honor. He is willing to hand over 4 pounds to Russia, but still no country accepts it.He ended up sending them back to the Royal Museums in Berlin, Germany for storage.

As a result, during World War II, the Allied forces bombed Berlin, so a large number of art treasures, including the Trojan treasures, were packed and hidden in underground air-raid shelters to prevent accidents.

The gold treasures of Troy were also crated and hidden in the basement of a large fortress at Berlin Zoo Station.It was taken care of by the curator himself, and it was not packed and shipped to western Germany. As a result, it disappeared without a trace during the Battle of Berlin.

Until 1993, in order to cooperate with the visit of the newly born Russian president to Greece, a treasure exhibition was held in Athens. The exhibits happened to include the treasures of Troy lost in Germany for nearly 50 years.

It is said that while helping out at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, two art students stumbled upon some dusty material that recorded clues to the Trojan gold treasures brought from Berlin after World War II.

After the truth was exposed, Russia simply stopped concealing it. It was exhibited publicly in 1995 and placed in the Pushkin Museum, the largest collection of foreign art in Moscow.

Obviously, in this world, these treasures don't need to go through those ups and downs, they will stay in the place where they were unearthed, but the lack of legendary experience will not affect the value of these jewels.

As a person who has mastered ancient jewelry making skills, Liang En naturally knows that to make such exquisite jewelry requires a lot of hard work and time spent by top jewelry craftsmen.

Therefore, being able to produce such treasures shows that this city was indeed prosperous and developed in the distant era, because only a developed economy can support this kind of excellence in luxury manufacturing.

It has to be said that unlike those dilapidated walls and lonely stone piles, these gold, silver and jewelry are more reminiscent of that legendary era, that legendary and rich Troy.

This is why Liang En thinks that Homer is very likely to combine the stories of several eras together, because they found many inconsistencies during the excavation process here.

But what I mean is that none of the nine layers of ruins can match the ancient Troy, but if the nine layers are regarded as a city, then everything can be matched.

This is of course inaccurate from a historical academic point of view, but considering that Homer's epic itself is a synthesis of a large number of oral epics, it is already very accurate.

It can even be said that it is precisely because of the description in Homer's epic that everyone was able to focus on this relic, and then found this dusty relic for thousands of years.

"A relic park and a Troy museum will be established in this place." After Liang En gave a general introduction to some information about these jewels, the scholar representing the Turkish government said.

"There is no doubt that this is a very important discovery, a world-class discovery, and I feel that we have an obligation to show everyone the specifics of this region."

For the Turks, the biggest advantage of this relic is that it can be regarded as the beginning of Western historical legends, so no matter which aspect it is, it will bring enough benefits to the country.

To be honest, if Liang En and the others hadn't repeatedly stated that there is not enough reliable evidence now, and that there might be problems in publishing the findings rashly, their president would very likely directly announce the existence of Troy.

But even so, some security personnel have frequently appeared near the archaeological site recently, and it seems that they are doing inspections before the arrival of some important figures.

Think about it too, although scholars will not publish anything related to this relic for the sake of caution, but publicity is another matter.

Especially in terms of publicity, Turkey traditionally likes to win by the number of ancestors, so relics like this will naturally be given [-]% attention.

(End of this chapter)