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Chapter 28 The Anglo-French Expedition Six Years Ago
It turns out that the connection between the Black family and this temple is so deep.

How many families were involved in this mess.The Yin family, the Li family now has another Black family.And just now Sir Black used the expression "the only one who came back", so his uncle didn't come back.

"My uncle was very young. He made a girlfriend who studied archeology and came to Egypt with her. The surname Black represents wealth and status, and with it comes the family's expectations for heirs. Uncle was lucky , my father was the heir. So he was able to float for many years as the second son. But my father died when I was very young, and my uncle had to come back from Egypt, from the life he wanted .I liked him very much since I was a child, because he was much more interesting than my father, and he would play with me.

60 years ago, I was 12 years old, which is the year of birth in the words of you Chinese.It's almost Christmas, and my uncle is going out again.I asked him where he was going, and he said he was going to Egypt.I pestered him to take me there.At that time, my uncle found clues to the two temples from the Temple of Horus, and he organized an expedition to go to the desert to find the temples in the records.But because of my young age, my uncle refused to take me deep into the desert.In the end they put me in a village in the desert and told me to wait for him to come back.But he didn't come back. "

Everyone was silent.

It is estimated that this matter is very important for entering the desert, otherwise Sir Black would never tell us about his family.Even after decades, he still couldn't let go of his uncle's departure.

"I believe you noticed in the Temple of Horus, there are two temples mentioned there."

Meng Weiqing said: "We haven't seen records about other temples, but there were a few lines of inscriptions under the Eye of Horus, but they were erased."

Sir Black thought for a moment, and motioned us to look at the rubbings.

"After my father died, my uncle brought these blueprints with him when he came back from Egypt. Then he left them with me when he went to the desert. I asked him what he was looking for, and he said he would tell me later. .

During my decades in Egypt, I have been trying to figure out what my uncle was looking for.When I was young, I thought about going to the temple in the record, but now it seems that I have no chance.So this time I help you, also to let you fulfill my youthful wishes. "

Teacher Bai asked a question.

"Why did you use rubbings at that time? I have seen the materials of the French team in the same period, and most of them are preserved in the form of photos."

Sir Black nodded: "I once asked my uncle this question. He has never supported rubbings because it would damage the mural itself. These rubbings were secretly made by people from the Egyptian Exploration Society, and my uncle took them after he found out. But he seems to have said that not everything can be photographed."

Sir Black said that his uncle would not do anything to destroy cultural relics, and this was also learned from his girlfriend who studied archeology.In fact, his uncle also set up a foundation dedicated to the protection of cultural relics in Egypt.Black is still throwing money into it every year now.

We watched these rubbings in silence.

There are all the murals in the Temple of Horus, but the zodiac map that Mr. Bai is particularly concerned about is only a hand-painted version, which is not clear.And this zodiac chart is not the same as what is often seen in Egyptian temples.But I haven't done any research in this area, so I gave up after just a second glance.

Sir Black motioned us to look at the rubbing in front of Han Jiangxue again.

Here is an inscription from a scale in the Temple of Horus.It doesn't look too big on the wall of the temple, but now it is spread out and a small half of the table is spread out.The rubbings started from under the Eye of Horus, and fully extended the part where Thutmose III offered sacrifices to the nameless god.It says what we saw that day:
[Thutmose III offered the bones of Seth to the noble god of so-and-so

The gods gave him strength and stability]

The difference is that the inscription that was scraped off in the temple yesterday has been clearly inscribed here:

[Beyond the horizon, I built two thousand-year-old temples for you

Osiris and Seth guard your glory, time cannot hurt you at all]

Sir Black translated the two inscriptions.

Among the people present, only Meng Weiqing, Teacher Bai, Lou Shiqi and I have been to the Temple of Horus.Everyone turned their attention to us.

But even adding the following inscription just made the unknown a little more.Beyond the horizon is not at all a guiding signpost.

But at least we can know that these inscriptions were still there when the French and British went there more than [-] years ago.So now the question is, who went there after them and erased the inscription behind it.What is it for?

Teacher Bai spoke again: "Do you think the bone of Seth refers to this sacrifice? If yes, what is this sacrifice?"

Teacher Bai didn't say what we had guessed about the sacrifice yesterday, and only waited for Sir Black's opinion.I don't know when everyone accepted that Mr. Bai was the one who grasped the problem.

Sir Black didn't hold back either: "Although the theory of the bones of Seth is rare, it is not a very remote concept. The ancient Egyptians didn't know how the metal under the desert came from, and because they believed that the gods were The golden body, so I called the metal found in the desert the bones of the desert god Seth. Although it has not been confirmed, I think the bones of Seth probably refer to metal. Descriptions of temple offerings have appeared in other temples."

Hearing what he said, we were all a little curious.

"Some precious metals were regarded as precious items in ancient Egypt, so it is normal to use them as sacrifices during sacrifices. Moreover, temple priests also play the role of redistributing sacrifices. In this case, the so-called sacrifices In fact, the sacrifices of the gods are likely to be used for other purposes in the end. Thutmose III, as a priest and a pharaoh with strong military capabilities, is not surprising that there are metal objects as sacrifices in the temples he built. It’s just that we now Nothing is known about the objects of the sacrifice, and we can only speculate based on custom. But as you have also noticed, the Temple of Horus is very different from the Egyptian order."

Sir Black's analysis made sense, but he didn't really answer what the sacrificial offering and the bone of Seth were.He didn't even say that the bones of Seth were the plate of offerings.

Teacher Bai pointed to the location of the sacrificial offering on the rubbing with his hand, and then Sir Black asked: "It is true that we found some unusual places in the Temple of Horus. May I ask if you have noticed this? I saw it yesterday. At that time, I had some doubts, and felt that there were some messy lines on this sacrifice, as if it had been redrawn."

Our attention turned to the plate of sesame candies.

The rubbing work of the Egyptian Exploration Society is very detailed, showing even the fine lines.If you look carefully, you can indeed see some messy marks on the sacrifice.Teacher Bai only saw the murals in very dim light yesterday, and just glanced at the rubbing paper just now, and he was able to find out such details immediately.This observation is really powerful.

"I've looked at these rubbings for decades, and I remember everything. I'm also aware of the question Mr. Bai mentioned. But with my ability, I can't answer it. The answer to this question may still need you to investigate " Sir Black said, "Although I can't answer this question, I have found something in the past few decades."

Everyone listened with bated breath.

"After finding two temples on the rubbings, I went to investigate. Since there are no official records, there are thousands of temples in Egypt, and finding them is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I searched for a while and also funded Some archaeological teams, but the harvest is limited. Later, by chance, I found some people who have been living in the local area. They have been living in this land since thousands of years ago. It is not easy to deal with them. It took me more than 20 years to get them. But fortunately, I know the whereabouts of the first temple, which is in the Valley of the Kings. But only those who know can find it. Those people are the people who have always lived in this land, and they are the people who were called by the ancient Egyptian gods. blessed people."

Sir Black told us that the temple in the Valley of the Kings is called the Temple of All Knowing [Temple of All Knowing].It is said that those who find this temple can get guidance.

"A local in Abydos (equivalent to Jerusalem in ancient Egypt) told me that he heard from the old people in his family that there would be unusual celestial phenomena in Egypt every 60 years. The last time such a celestial phenomenon happened , My uncle and the others went into the desert and never came back. But my uncle was not the only one who failed to come back that time.”

Sir Blake told us these things he had been searching for for decades to hear.

"You may meet them, the people who are guarded by the gods. You may be the ones who continue to write this story. I was too young 60 years ago, and I am too old 60 years later. When you come back, remember Tell me how the story ends. I don't have another 60 years."

No one spoke for a while.

The silence lasted for a while, and Meng Weiqing asked: "Then do you know when the celestial phenomenon that happens every 60 years will happen?"

"That's why I asked you to come here today," said Sir Black. "Tomorrow night you will have your first day of seeing that extraordinary phenomenon."

First day of unusual celestial events?
We exchanged glances with each other.Except for Meng Weiqing and Mr. Bai who did not join our silent communication, we all saw the same puzzlement in the eyes of others.

Co-authoring This unusual is like a Jewish Hanukkah, how many more days will it last?
I don't know why Sir Black told us this.Is it just because we hope that we can use our strength to achieve our wishes?I can't see it.With Sir Black's financial power, influence and this kind of persistence, it should have turned the Sahara desert upside down long ago.And we have no way to distinguish the authenticity of the information he gave.

According to Sir Blake, one of the two "thousand-year temples" built by Thutmose III for the nameless god recorded in the nameless temple under our construction site is the [Temple of Omniscience].Although the geographical location of the Valley of the Kings can indeed be regarded as [beyond the horizon] for the living, this kind of thing is not how to say it.

Sir Black wasn't bothered by the mistrust we showed either.

"You are not the only ones who found me. A Russian boy came with a group of Americans a few days ago. They got the news from other sources, and they will go to the [Temple of Omniscience] tomorrow night. I put the I tell you this, not Americans, for my own reasons. Forgive me for not being able to tell you now. You may not trust me, but I have been looking for this for decades. My life and my health It's all here."

Having said that, he tapped his leg.

"I just wanted to find my uncle and bring him home. He gave me everything, but he left me in the desert and never came back."

The old man closed his eyes wearily.But he didn't let himself immerse himself in emotions for too long, and when he looked at us again, he was the proud British nobleman who had been stuck in a foreign desert for decades for his purpose.At this time, his arrogant and reserved aristocratic spirit was revealed.

"If you don't trust me, go to the Valley of the Kings tomorrow."

In fact, after listening to Sir Black's story, I was afraid that his love would lead to hatred.But when Blake refers to his uncle, the past tense [was] is always the present tense [is], as if his uncle was still alive.This feeling is not fake.But Sir Black is already in his 70s, and even if his uncle is still alive, he is still in his dying years.It's likely that we'll bring back only the remains of old Black from our trip.

This time it was Teacher Bai who broke the silence.He asked Sir Black about the relationship between the temple of Horus and the temple in the Valley of the Kings and the moon, and asked me to tell what I found in the tomb of Thutmose III.

After hearing that we deduced from the "Left Eye of Horus" and other gods related to the moon, that the temple's worship time might correspond to the phase of the moon, Sir Blake smiled and said: "You have also discovered it. Indeed, I also think these are related to the moon. The position of the moon in the Egyptian worldview is also very important, and the birth of many gods is due to the bet between Thoth and Khonsu.”

Kongsu is a child at the time of the new moon, and a most powerful adult at the time of the full moon.He is also called the traveler, and he travels across the sky every day.Although you don't know much about ancient Egypt, you have heard of this mythical story, and you don't need to explain it too much.

Teacher Bai raised another point: "May I ask you another question? I remember that the zodiac reliefs I saw on the ceiling of the Temple of Horus yesterday were different from those in other places. If I understand correctly. The zodiac charts in ancient Egyptian temples and tombs are astrological charts based on a combination of astronomical observations and local religious systems. Although it cannot be said that it can be fully understood by modern astronomy, there are traces to follow. But the Netherlands The one in the Temple of Ruth is not something that can be explained by natural phenomena."

The few of us didn't notice the question raised by Mr. Bai at all.

Sir Black, as he said, knew the Temple of Horus very well. "The zodiac map that Mr. Bai mentioned, the French archaeological team rubbed the relief at that time. Although it has not been preserved now, I have the honor to see it. It is indeed different from other places.

Although you may have noticed, here I want to remind one point.As we all know, the zodiac map was actually brought to Egypt after Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition.That was the Greco-Roman period, that is, around the third century BC.But this temple of Horus was built by Thutmose III, more than 1000 years before the Greeks came to Egypt. "

I was completely unaware of the timing gap.

After Sir Black finished speaking, I was completely stunned.

How can this be?

Egyptologists including Champollion have always recognized that the Egyptian zodiac map was influenced by Greece, and archaeological discoveries have also proved that the engraving and painting of the star map did not appear until after the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

But why does this temple, which belongs to more than 400 years BC, have astrological charts thousands of years later?
　Yesterday I went to Qiulixiang to buy dried chestnuts, thinking about sending them to my grandparents.The subway has to transfer to three lines, and it only takes more than 20 minutes to ride a bicycle, so I rode over.

　　Grandma heard that I came here by bicycle and said: Why are you so revolutionary.

　　The sense of age is overwhelming hhhhh
　　
　
(End of this chapter)