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Chapter 55 Marking the Altar's Idol

Although the statue was lying on its back on the ground, it was as tall as a person.When it was still standing, it should be about the same height as the lotus column on the oval square behind, but I didn't see it until I got closer.

"Hey, there is a statue here?" Yano walked over.Seeing the unrecognizable face of the god statue, he muttered, "What a hatred this is."

I don't know exactly who has a grudge against this idol, but there must be something wrong with its location.The statue that was supposed to be at the front of the temple complex actually appeared at the end of the temple.And it stands to reason that such statues should be in pairs, but Yano and I turned around, but didn't see another statue.But we are on the base of this god statue, which is standing in front of us now, and we can see dense inscriptions.

Arno asked me what that meant.I took a deep breath and told him I didn't know.Because this is not the Egyptian language of the New Kingdom, which I know only half of it, nor is it the Egyptian language of the Middle Kingdom, which I can barely guess.If I'm not mistaken, this should belong to the ancient kingdom more than 4000 years ago, or even the ancient Egyptian (Archaic Egyptian) in the pre-kingdom period earlier.

Patrick, an archaeologist who thanked him early, was looking at the inscriptions on the lotus pillar dedicatedly under the sun, and exchanged views with Jacqueline in French.They heard my conversation with Yano and hurried over.

The two looked closely at the statue, and then stopped in front of the base.Jacqueline waited impatiently for Patrick to translate the inscription carved into the base.

Patrick squatted on the sand and wrote down the corresponding characters one by one, and then erased the wrong parts.Boothwell, a tattooed man from Mexico who also calls himself an archaeologist, joined in uninvited.

It was past noon, and the temple's pillars provided only sparse shade.Patrick wiped the sweat off his face and jumped up, startling Arno who was leaning on the statue.

"This is not a statue, this is an altar!"

altar?I couldn't help looking at the statue again, how could there be such an altar.

Jacqueline was tiptoeing, re-reading the content on the base against the characters on the sand, and said excitedly at this time: "Yes, this is an altar."

Jarno and I were baffled, and Boothwell offered little insight.

"The statue itself is not an altar, but it marks the location of the altar. If our interpretation is correct," Patrick said, looking at Jacqueline.The eyes of both of them were shining. "Then the Temple of Seth should have a part of the underground building. The statue is used to guide the worshipers to perform sacrifices on the ground."

After Jacqueline and Patrick contributed a discussion of the main ideas, they began to deliberate enthusiastically about where the entrance to the underground building is.

Instead of joining in the fun, I walked closer to the mosque and gazed raptly at the ruins of the Temple of Seth.

"What are you thinking?" Meng Weiqing didn't know when he stood beside me.

"Teacher Meng." I greeted him.

Meng Weiqing nodded slightly at me. "They all went over there to cool off, why are you standing here basking in the sun?"

I followed his words and looked back, and indeed many people had spontaneously gone to the corner of the mosque to enjoy the shade.When Lou Shiqi was drinking hot water with a health cup, Meng Weiqing showed approval when he saw this.

"I just think that the Temple of Horus under our construction site is a bit similar to this Temple of Seth, and I want to see it again." I told him truthfully.Meng Weiqing also knew the origin of the Temple of Horus, and went in to see it, maybe he secretly donated blood.

"Are you just thinking about this?" He asked flatly.

It really is an old monster, this is trying to trick me.

"I did think about something else. Before we came, we went to see Mustafa, Hassan's grandfather. He said that when he came here 60 years ago, Seth wouldn't let them in. I didn't want to understand what Seth is. How did he express that he wouldn't let them in? Especially now that I see this temple belonging to the god of the desert, I can't help but think about it." Meng Weiqing was thoughtful, and I continued: "Actually, I It’s not good to say, it’s probably just some strange powers.”

Unexpectedly, he smiled.I wondered why this person could still laugh, and I heard him say: "After all, gods have to obey people's minds."

Hearing what Meng Weiqing said, I was a little surprised.But I also agree with this.

"There are really many intelligent creations in human history." I sighed.

"Including gods?"

I looked at Meng Weiqing in surprise.

"I just think the belief system is a bit opportunistic." I shrugged, "As a successor to socialism, of course I am an atheist. How could there be such a useful god and belief system to rule the people for the powers. God is nothing but It came into being to solve social needs."

"Then do you think these are created by humans?" Meng Weiqing continued to ask. "Not only in Egypt, but in the process of searching for the magnetic field, many creations that cannot be explained by modern technology have been discovered."

This is the first time someone from 279 mentioned the magnetic field to me.

Although I don't know why Meng Weiqing did this, I continued to say: "If you ask me, then I think it should be. Humans are very smart, so of course it is possible that they were created by humans."

"You have a lot of confidence in humans." Meng Weiqing said.

I gave him a strange look.

"Anyway, I don't think it was done with the help of aliens. Compared with extraterrestrial civilizations, I am more interested in the cultures that have been bred on this planet, such as prehistoric civilizations."

Having said that, I glanced at Meng Weiqing again.

He also looked at me. "Do you believe in prehistoric civilization?"

"Yes, I once thought about the existence of prehistoric civilization. It is the kind of intelligent life that existed on the earth before humans."

"What about now?" Meng Weiqing asked again.

"I think there is always this possibility. If you can't prove that it doesn't exist, you should look for it first. It's just that it's a bit too early to talk about prehistoric civilization. We haven't even figured out what there is in Egypt."

Although Li Yuan and I talked about the possibility that magnetic fields were created by prehistoric civilizations, Meng Weiqing is different after all, so let’s keep this absurd idea to digest for ourselves.

"However, I have to say that the creativity of the ancient Egyptians was very powerful." I looked at the temple in the desert in admiration.

"Then are you afraid of ancient Egyptian civilization?"

I shook my head.

"No. For I am looking at her ruins."

Meng Weiqing looked away from the ruins of the Temple of Seth, and continued to ask. "What about prehistoric civilization?"

I gave him a surprised look. "No. Because we are here, and prehistoric civilization may not exist."

"What if evidence of prehistoric civilization is found later?"

"Whether prehistoric civilizations exist or not, the earth is ours now. They will never come back." I said jokingly.

"A lot of history is like cultural relics, which cannot be seen." Meng Weiqing turned back to look at the ruins of the temple.

I didn't expect this, so I answered subconsciously: "But someone insists on digging."

We were silent for a while.

Meng Weiqing didn't say anything more, and handed me Old Black's notebook.

"The sun is poisonous at noon. If you are tired, go to the meeting."

I was holding the notebook that recorded the process 60 years ago, and I didn't know what Meng Weiqing meant by giving it to me now.I was about to find a shady place to turn around when I heard Arno calling me.

When I walked to the base of the wall, I realized that this guy was already tired of watching nerds looking for underground buildings, and was holding up a GoPro to take pictures of a scorpion emerging from the soil.Seeing Yanuo's appearance as a travel blogger who has never seen the world, Alex gave him a disgusted look, and then continued to look at the murals on the stone pillar with Li Yuan.

Originally, I wanted to ask Li Yuan to look at the notes together, but when I saw this, I also looked at the pillars.

But I didn't have the idea that I could see why, I just skipped the first two in a while.

After turning to the third pillar in the south, I happened to hear the boy named Jason in Carl's team talking to the bearded tattooed boy Boothwell, with a bad expression on his face.

Not interested in eavesdropping or getting in trouble, I turned my head around the north pillar and pretended to be looking at the mural.

Looking at it, I thought it was quite interesting.

The murals on these pillars are not only the sacrificial scenes, but also the scenes like games in front of us.

In the first picture, Thoth and Thutmose III sit opposite each other on the chessboard, and then Thutmose III walks on the chessboard.The connection between each scene is not close, and the specific way of walking is not drawn.But I don't know why, but I somehow imitated it.

"Are you turning a mill here?"

I was patted on the shoulder, and I came back to my senses.It was Lou Shiqi holding a thick stack of papers with one hand, and his other hand just left my shoulder.

Seeing me turn my head away, he grinned.

He Rongchuan stood beside him and looked at me curiously. "What is Comrade Wang doing?"

When I was asked by them, I was also a little confused.Withdrawing his stupid actions, it can only be said that he was just entertaining himself.

"By the way, what are you two doing, Comrade He?" I changed the subject.

He Rongchuan said with a smile: "Brother Lou just went to collect the coordinate points, and he is going to go back and enter them, and then compare them with the map given by Sir Black."

When I heard that it was a big project, I was going to follow along to have a look.But this turn allowed me to see details that I hadn't noticed just now.

At this time, we happened to be standing between the north wall and the pillar, not far from where the statue fell to the ground.But from this angle, you can't see the statue, and you can't see Jacqueline and others who are reading the inscription with the sunlight as a clue.

The wall directly behind the pillar with the game scene is painted with intaglios of Thutmose III and the sun god.There are also traces of people digging out all over the intaglio carvings, which can prove that people once came to worship here.

The strange thing is that these excavated traces are very short, only reaching the pharaoh's calf on the mural.I can't help but wonder, could it be that the people at that time were digging on the ground.

Out of curiosity, I walked over to take a closer look.There happened to be a small stone on the ground, and I kicked it away without thinking.

Suddenly there is nothing underfoot.

Before I could exclaim, I fell down with the sand.

There is only one thought in my heart: No, come again!
　I said I will enter the Temple of Seth today, so I will go in now
　　
　
(End of this chapter)