The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

According to current archaeological research findings, before the early dynasty from about 2950 BC to 2686 BC, Egyptian royal and aristocratic tombs were also known as underground tombs, and there were not many remnants of permanent buildings found on the ground.

Since the early dynasty, the tombs of the pharaohs and top nobles have undergone new developments. There are not only underground buildings, but also permanent above-ground buildings. This is the "Mastaba", that is, the "flat-topped tomb."

Hearing Zhang Nan's explanation, Charlize Theron cast aside his lips, "What a strange name."

Zhang Nan also squatted on the ground to study carefully whether the mud bricks and the lower layer of dry wood that was ten centimeters wide and six or seven centimeters thick were damaged.

Hearing her words, he half-turned and said: "Of course it's strange, it's a name that modern archaeologists lazily used.

The above-ground building of this kind of ancient Egyptian high-level tomb is a rectangle with a small aspect ratio, which looks like a bench in an Arab yard.

The Arab's stool is called Mastaba, and it is used in this way.

I don’t know if the ancient Egyptian pharaohs knew this name, and their tomb was called the name of an Arab sitting on a stool under the buttocks, would they be so angry that they would come alive from the ground and chop people. "

When the girl heard this, she laughed: it is wicked!

The mausoleum, the stool under the buttocks, the person who can think of this is definitely a wicked ghost!

This "mastaba" was large and small, and it was originally a special style for the tombs of the pharaohs, and then gradually became a common situation in the tombs of nobles.

When digging a pyramid in Sudan last time, Zhang Nan studied the pyramids of Sudan and Egypt, and he knew that the pyramids were actually developed from the tomb of Mastaba, or simply that someone’s brain was opened and piled up. ：The earliest pyramid in ancient Egypt is the step pyramid of Pharaoh Zuosai in the third dynasty. The name of the architect has been recorded, called Imhotep.

The pyramid of King Zuosai was originally designed in the form of a Mastaba tomb, the largest one: the above ground is a square flat-topped tomb with a length of 63.5 meters on each side and a height of 7.9 meters.

Later, Imhotep's brain hole opened up. In order to reflect the powerful monarchy authority of the Pharaoh Zuosai, he had a whim to expand the surrounding area of ​​the mausoleum, and then add 3 layers on it like modern people make birthday cakes. Mastaba has reached a height of more than 40 meters.

The architect worked harder and more vigorously, and later expanded the foundation of the above-ground building to the west and north, and added 2 floors above it, which formed a 6-storey overlapping mastaba that was gradually reduced. tomb.

It has become a new thing that has never been before, with a height of 60 meters, a base length of 121 meters, a width of 109 meters, and a crypt of 28 meters: the stepped pyramid!

The Pharaoh Mastaba tombs in the early dynasty did not gather together. After the emergence of the stepped pyramid, there will be a bunch of smaller noble Mastaba tombs vassalized near the pyramid. This tradition has been continued for thousands of years.

Zhang Nan looked at the mud brick situation of the landmark. This is because the entrance passage of the underground building will be closed with mud brick and wood regardless of the size of the tomb. The underground building of the large Mastaba tomb will also be divided into two or more. Burial chamber.

And here, there are two mud bricks that are more than ten meters apart. Obviously this is a relatively large Mastaba tomb.

This is a very professional knowledge of ancient Egyptian archaeology. Read more professional books to know that it is unlikely that illiterate Egyptian laborers will understand this. So when William’s archaeological team found a neat mud brick floor, they stopped here. Excavate and drove people to work at the pyramid ruins next to it.

The pyramids were all dismantled like that. The professor just hoped to find that there were still underground passages that hadn't collapsed. He didn't think that there would still be Pharaoh's intact tomb waiting to be excavated.

A large Mastaba tomb is enough for him to dig slowly...

It is to dig slowly. After Zhang Nan can see the distribution of mud bricks, he probably understands the real reason why William Brin is looking for himself.

"Mr. Allen, there are only 6 people in my team, two of them are female students, and there are only three men besides me.

Among them, only two are strong enough. According to the analysis of the outline and the distance between the two mud bricks, this tomb shows that even if the underground passage is vertical, the depth is at least ten meters, and my team alone cannot dig it. "

William said that he was a little helpless. He was not a professional tomb thief. There was still a military control zone nearby, and there were the remains of the pyramid next to him. He couldn't dig at all.

not enough people!

The underground passage of the early Mastaba tomb was buried by the owner, and the tomb was closed with several layers of slabs, then the passage was filled with stones and sand, and finally another layer of slabs, one or two layers of wooden boards and one or two layers of mud were used. Bricks cover the ground of the above-ground building.

Some of the buildings on the ground are empty, and there are sacrifices inside, which are reserved for future generations to sacrifice.

But some will be directly filled with mud bricks, gravel, and sand!

Although it is a permanent building, if the quality is poor, it is not surprising that it collapses after hundreds of years. The mud brick construction is not very reliable. Look at the black pyramid that has collapsed a few kilometers away.

Probably because of the poor quality of the ground construction of this tomb, it collapsed earlier, which made it escape the waves of tomb robberies for thousands of years.

William said the reason, and Zhang Nan, who had already stood up, said: "Are you trying to make my security staff a guest miner?"

William Brin nodded: Mr. Allen is surrounded by security personnel with dozens of hundreds of people around him~www.readwn.com~ all young and strong, digging this is not a piece of cake.

But I didn't think Zhang Nan refused.

"No, Professor William, these people are only responsible for my safety. Their hands are guns. I won't let them go to work with shovel and pickaxe."

Upon hearing this, William Brin couldn't believe it, and Mr. Allen turned it down!

Zhang Nan stretched out his hand to stop William who was anxious to speak, and said: "My bodyguard is not suitable for this, but I have the best miner in the world.

You let those Egyptians continue to clean up the sand pile. My people will arrive in a week at most. The visa will take some time because they are not Americans.

When my people arrive, you can let these Egyptians leave, they are too amateurish. "

After that, Zhang Nan said to Guan Xingquan behind him: "The guys in Chile did a good job last time. Call the mining group and transfer them back.

Don't be too rushed, just like organizing a tour group.

There is no need to bring professional tools. To deal with this kind of tomb, I think the tools on the construction site can handle it. "

The tourist visa is sufficient. It can be extended once for two weeks. The total validity period is two months.

The extension is very convenient, and the problem can be solved with a small amount of money.

As for the issue of tools, Zhang Nan is an expert and knows the answer.

A tomb of nobles, there is no interest in moving back as a whole, let the Chilean guys do it, which is also a small punishment for William.

I'm leaving now, I didn't plan to wait at the construction site.

Let’s take a look at the Red Pyramid and the Curved Pyramid today, and take Charlie to Giza tomorrow. As for the day after tomorrow...

Remember "The Tragedy on the Nile", this trip has a few days of free time, just to go for a trip.

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