Live Wild Adventure

Chapter 840 Gorgeous
"Open the coffin?" Bi Fang looked surprised, and looked around the tomb that hadn't been tidied up yet and was full of damp, "Is this too hasty?"

For archaeology, Bi Fang is completely a layman.

The reason why he seems to know everything about ancient Egyptian tombs and is proficient in all aspects is entirely due to his good history in this area.

With the ability of the memory palace, Bi Fang can almost write out more than 90.00% of the contents of a book of Egyptian history after reading it.

Before each adventure, Bi Fang will do a lot of research work.

The local flora and fauna, climate, and environment are the most basic, and there are also local folk customs, which are for the convenience of dealing with residents.

Further up are myths, history and so on.

These contents can greatly enrich Bifang's live broadcast content. For example, when fishing, you can tell a local history, myth, or short story related to rivers or fish.

But even if he was a layman, Bi Fang instinctively felt that it would be inappropriate to open the coffin as soon as he came in. As far as he knew, the excavation time of some large ancient tombs could even be counted in months.

"I mean, don't you need to prepare anything?"

A middle-aged man with gray temples jumped into the pit stepping on accumulated water, checked the integrity of the coffin with gloves on, and shook his head.

"There is not much need. You will open the coffin too mysteriously. Open the coffin normally. If the coffin itself is not a work of art, but an ordinary coffin, many of them are directly pried with a crowbar. As long as the internal decorations are not damaged, many The reason why the time is not open is that the application process is too troublesome."

"I have opened hundreds of coffins like this."

[hundreds? 】

[Fuck, this is a big boss]

[Professional coffin opening, right?]

"This is Mostafa Waziri, the head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt. He will preside over all the archaeological work this time. Basically, he can open it if he says he can."

Ambassador Liao on the side introduced the other party's identity in a low voice to Bi Fang. Although they met briefly, Ambassador Liao worried that Bi Fang would not remember, so he repeated it again.

"In November last year, he opened dozens of ancient coffins in public, and many reporters were present."

Bi Fang was taken aback: "Dozens?"

Is this wholesale?
"Yes." Ambassador Liao nodded. "A press conference was held under a huge white tent opposite Djoser's Pyramid. I went to see it and it was really shocking."

On the main stage, dozens of sealed coffins and mummies were lined up one after another, exposed in a huge array to the flashlights of the media.

The most incredible thing is that at the press conference, cultural relics experts "opened the coffin for autopsy", opened the coffin containing the mummy, and used an X-ray machine to scan the condition of the mummy wrapped in layers.

This operation shocked the then Ambassador Liao's jaw.

Rows of pharaoh's coffins were arranged in rows like cabbages in a vegetable market, and then opened one by one.

"That was from September to November. In a total of more than three months, the archaeological team successively excavated more than 9 sealed mummies, sarcophagi, masks and more than 11 Puta-Se Ke, that is, the statue of the main god of the Saqqara tombs."

Vaziri in the pit apparently heard the "whispering" of the two and said with a smile.

Bi Fang and Ambassador Liao did not hide anything from each other.

In this confined space buried tens of meters deep, even breathing can be clearly heard.

[Holy shit, dig more than 100 in three months? 】

[If you can't control it, you will open it on the spot. Are feelings worthless? 】

[People are in China, is there gold in ancient tombs all over Egypt, wait online, it's very urgent. 】

[Why, do you still want to dig it yourself? 】

The upper chambers were already somewhat damp, and the lower ones even more so.

The air became much thicker, and the thick humidity mixed with the high temperature made it almost impossible to breathe.

Water stains were everywhere, and nearly one centimeter of water had accumulated in the square pit where the wooden coffin was placed.

"Clean up your surroundings."

Mostafa directed the crowd, and the entire cleaning process was orderly, obviously a complete excavation team that had cooperated many times.

Objects submerged in stagnant water were quickly rescued and moved outdoors one by one.

The drone flew out of the cave, and it was clear that a huge white tent was being erected rapidly, and the helicopter that had sent people over also flew away.

Apparently there are more coming.

A few pieces of expensive gold utensils were covered with thick dust in the catacombs, making them unattractive, but after being carried outdoors and wiped, they shone brightly under the sunlight.

"Because of the age, most of the tombs are dark and damp like this, and the groundwater level may also rise. In many cases, the ground is submerged in silt, and archaeologists can only reach out to find buried ancient objects in the silt to ensure that nothing is missed. "

Mostafa Vaziri handed over a stone sculpture, and he obviously said these words not only to everyone present, but also to the audience in front of the drone.

The reason why they decided to open the coffin immediately was that on the one hand, it was not unusual to open the coffin, and they were not as cautious as the world thought, but opening it immediately after entering did have a certain risk, and it might cause damage to the internal objects.

However, after the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities learned of the whole incident, it immediately decided to open the coffin directly on the spot, and in front of Bi Fang.

Of course, this is not to show a friendly image of the world, or to please Bi Fang.

The fundamental reason is that no matter how stupid people are, they realize that this is an excellent opportunity to publicize.

Why were dozens of Pharaoh's Coffins opened at the same time in November last year, and many media reporters were allowed to observe and take pictures on the spot?

If someone accidentally breaks a golden mask or a bronze sculpture, wouldn't it be a loss to vomit blood?

With a large number of people and a noisy scene, this kind of thing is absolutely possible.

After all, so many activities are to attract more tourists from all over the world.

Money, all for money!
Tourism is one of the pillar industries of the Egyptian economy.

According to the report of the International Travel and Tourism Association, the output value of the tourism industry accounts for 13%-15% of Egypt's GDP, directly or indirectly creating 12% of the country's jobs.

This amount is extremely huge. Such a brilliant tourism industry is naturally inseparable from the Sahara Desert, and most importantly, the pyramids in the desert.

Every successful publicity has a lot of benefits and achievements.

Bi Fang’s trip across the Sahara was not a black household, but reported every country he might pass through along the way. This is why after being used as a spy in Algeria, the local police released Bi Fang after a little confirmation.

It was already recorded above.

It's just that the work efficiency of the locals is really slow.

In addition, Bi Fang once used an identity certificate in the skills of the wilderness traveler, and obtained two certificates from the system. One is a hunter certificate, which is universal and can hunt most non-endangered species.

The second is the permit. When Bi Fang goes to any corner of the world or handles related affairs, he can quickly get the approval of the local government, which opens the door to convenience.

Bi Fang’s glorious history of driving the tourism economy with every adventure in the past, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, who had been informed long ago, had been keeping an eye on him early, waiting to come to Egypt, and then advertised.

Unexpectedly, Bi Fang not only came, but also made such a big event.

Still a great thing!
open!

Open hard!

Isn't it just a coffin?

Pharaoh has been dead for thousands of years, and now he can still make contributions to future generations, shouldn't he be happy?
Therefore, Qiao also wanted to pry open the pharaoh's coffin, the only condition was to be in front of Bi Fang, in front of the live camera.

This was the notification Vaziri received.

Otherwise, relying on his professionalism, he wouldn't be able to open the coffin as soon as he got down, at least he would have to wait a few days to research a clue first.

Under the busyness of everyone, the deepest tomb finally cleared out an open space.

"After everything around has been cleaned up, the most important step is coming, which is to open the coffin."

Vaziri's gloves were covered with muddy water, he took them off and put on a new pair of white gloves.

White gloves can clearly see whether it is dirty or not, preventing damage to the integrity of the antiquities.

"The environment here is quite humid, and even the entire coffin is soaked in stagnant water, and sometimes the corpses inside have also decayed for many years."

"It's okay if it's a pair of remains. Some of them have turned into a pool of deteriorating sewage due to environmental reasons, and many funeral objects or clothes have been integrated with this pool of sewage. We can only clean it out carefully. The process You absolutely don't want to see it, it's pretty disgusting."

Vaziri carefully tied ropes to the coffin, and then everyone worked together to lift it out of the pit, and carefully moved it to the cleared space beside it.

Seeing that the coffin was finally going to be done, the audience in the live broadcast room were all extremely excited.

From the discovery of the ruins to the present, this is undoubtedly the most anticipated.

Originally, the audience didn't expect to open the coffin to see the real person directly. After all, this is a cultural relic, and Bi Fang can't act rashly, but they never expected it to happen in the end.

[The big one is coming, the big one is coming! 】

【This is fucking exciting】

[Who else, who else!The best in the live broadcasting world, explore the ruins, open the pharaoh's coffin! 】

[It doesn't have to be a pharaoh's coffin, maybe it's just an ordinary nobleman]

[I don’t listen, I don’t listen, the one inside must be Pharaoh]

【as long as you are happy. 】

After Waziri and several other scholars lifted the coffin out of the ground, they took out a series of tools and started tinkering with the coffin.

"The ancient Egyptians had an elaborate set of burial customs, which they considered to be the steps they had to go through to guarantee their eternal life after death."

"This set of burial rituals and procedures includes mummification, chanting spells to save the dead, and burying them with special burial objects that they think they need for their lives after death."

"At the same time, the burial rituals adopted by the ancient Egyptians also evolved and developed with the change of dynasties, economic and political development, some old customs were eliminated, and some new customs were adopted."

"Although there have been appropriate 'reforms' of the burial etiquette in different periods, several important links in the burial process are still in use and have not been increased or decreased at will."

"Although the specific details of these links may have changed over time, the links involved in the production of mummies, the delivery of the dead and the preparation of burial objects are the most basic aspects of an Egyptian funeral. The components will basically not change much.”

"But we can intuitively judge its approximate period from these forms."

Bi Fang didn't rush to help either.

Even if it was lifting the coffin just now, it was a pure effort and did not move forward.

For these professional things, doing nothing is the best way.

Waziri next to him was also explaining to the audience while inspecting the coffin.

For a scholar like him, live broadcasting is no different from giving lectures, both of which are teaching people.

"For example, in the predynastic period, the ancient Egyptians dug shallow pits in the desert to bury their dead relatives."

"At that time, coffins were not used due to limited conditions. Usually, the dead were buried directly by lying on their sides, but this would speed up the decay of the body."

"By the end of the pre-dynastic period, tombs with walls made of mud bricks and roofs made of wood appeared, and the prototype of the Mastaba appeared, and people also used straw mats or baskets made of willow branches for To protect the corpse, sometimes simple and convenient wooden coffins and clay coffins are used.”

"It wasn't until ancient times that coffins were gradually commonly used. Although archaeologists have not discovered the tombs of nobles or high officials at that time, we can see from the coffins of ordinary people unearthed that most of the tombs are just Simpler wooden boxes were used, and even baskets woven from reeds appeared."

"By the time of the Old Kingdom, extended burials and longer coffins became common, and there were two styles, one with a vaulted lid and the other with a flat top."

"Nobles or high officials sometimes wrapped the wooden coffin with a sarcophagus outside the wooden coffin, similar to what we call 'double insurance' today."

"There are often carvings or false doors depicted on the coffin, so that the spirit of the dead can enter and exit smoothly."

"A wooden coffin with a flat top usually engraves or depicts eyes on the head of the deceased, so that the deceased can better see the rising and setting of the sun."

"By this period, the tomb system of ancient Egypt was roughly formed. At the same time, the materials of the coffins used in the tombs became more diverse, and the types of characters and patterns depicted on the coffins by the ancient Egyptians gradually became more abundant. Get colorful."

"And this period, that is, the period when the pyramids appeared, we can see that this is a typical flat-topped wooden coffin."

The flashlight shone on the flat coffin, and everyone could clearly see the eye-catching patterns on it, as well as the rising and setting of the sun.

[But what are those coffins in the shape of people that you can often see? 】

[One thing to say, I don't understand these periods (dog head)]

[Playing the piano to a cow belongs to yes. 】

"Human-shaped coffins appeared in the Middle Kingdom period, which is already a relatively distant era. At that time, the coffins of ancient Egyptian pharaohs were a bit like nesting dolls. It was not only double insurance, but three layers inside and outside, and each The style of the first floor must be built according to the image of the pharaoh, and the name of the pharaoh should be engraved on it."

Waziri couldn't see the barrage on the drone, and this answer was Bi Fang's answer.

Soon, the coffin came loose.

At this moment, everyone held their breath, they didn't dare to take a breath, their pupils even trembled slightly, and they didn't dare to leave the ancient coffin for a moment.

Vaziri even looked up at the drone, and after confirming that the camera was pointed at this place, he exerted force on his legs and slowly pushed the coffin lid away.

A shriveled and decayed mummy with arms crossed on his chest appeared in front of everyone, like Osiris, the god of the underworld in ancient Egypt.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Bi Fang suddenly felt a disturbance in the dull air of the tomb.

Like a gust of breeze, it awakens the body that has been sleeping for thousands of years, and removes the veil of historical mystery.

People stand on the shoulders of time and have a dialogue with history.

(End of this chapter)