N-M Chapter 521 Accidental Discovery
Chapter 521 Accidental Discovery
Chapter 521 Accidental Discovery
Although the pile of rubbish at the bottom of the pit looks very bad, the actual situation is better than expected. At least the pile of debris can still see the original appearance of the thing, and it has not been so rotten that there are no clues.
Even because the moisture content of the soil on the hillside is not very high, the wooden box and most of the organic matter inside still have enough remnants. Although they can't preserve the original appearance, at least they can identify what these things were before.
"A lot of ragged clothes and half-rotten wooden boxes, what the hell is this?" The first time he saw the boxes at the bottom of the pit, Liang En subconsciously felt that something was wrong. "It feels like this has nothing to do with that mud seal."
"Wait, there seems to be something in the clothes." At this moment, Joan who was on the side noticed that there seemed to be something in the torn clothes.
When she took the trekking stick in her hand and pulled away the completely rotten and carbonized clothes, she was surprised to find that there was a golden bracelet wrapped inside.
"This should be something from the 16th or 17th century, and judging from the fineness of this bracelet, it should also be used by wealthy businessmen or nobles." Liang En said after checking the gold bracelet.
"I think this should be just the beginning. If there is no accident, there should be other things in this box, and they should all be similar products."
Sure enough, pieces of gold and silver wares were unearthed in the following excavations, and finally more than 7kg of silver wares and about 1kg of gold wares were unearthed.
These precious metal items are basically jewelry, only a small amount of tableware or some gadgets, and what Liang En is looking for is inside, a gold ring with a piece of chalcedony inlaid on it.
"That's right, this should be a ring made by ancient Egypt in the Hellenistic era." After inspecting the ring, Liang En said, "It should be the seal on the clay seal."
The engravings on the chalcedony correspond exactly to the characters and patterns on the clay seal. In addition to the shape of the ring itself, it can be basically confirmed that this is the seal used by the library of Alexandria to seal books in the Ptolemaic era. quit.
"Is this ring very important in history?" Joan looked curiously at this exquisitely carved gold ring with obvious signs of wear and tear.
"I know the Library of Alexandria, which should be regarded as the most famous knowledge gathering place in the entire Western world, so such a seal ring should be very important!"
"Compared to that library, the value of such a small ring should be very low, but for us, this ring should allow everyone to restore some important historical truths."
For human history, only 1% can be known through historical records, and the remaining 99% is the task of archaeological research.Archeology is one of the important means for modern humans to understand ancient human activities.
Only through archaeological excavation can the historical process of human beings be fully connected and unified, instead of only looking at those incomplete or even huge blank histories to understand our past.
To give the simplest example, the history books of any country basically record major events in history, and basically do not record what happened to the lives of ordinary people.
As for some notes that do record the lives of people at that time, these records are very one-sided and cannot satisfy people's restoration of the situation at that time.
Therefore, if you want to know the history of ancient times, this kind of object is an indispensable research object. For example, just such a simple ring can reveal a lot of valuable things.
To give the simplest example, this ring is a standard ancient Greek style ring in terms of style, but there is a small statue of a god besides the Greek in the Alexandria Library on the ring.
This statue is the statue of Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god. It is easy to recognize the image of a human body wearing a full moon disc and a crescent crown, but it is different from traditional ancient Egyptian gods. This statue looks more human.
In other words, apart from the animal shape of the head, which means that the gods cannot be changed, the body looks closer to the real human condition, and this also reflects the progress of ancient Greece in human sculpture.
This also reflects the fusion and convergence between ancient Greek civilization and ancient Egyptian civilization from another aspect, and reflects a kind of civilization change in the entire Hellenistic era.
In addition to this ring from ancient Egypt, there are five or six antiques in this pile of treasures that are very precious to people in the 16th and 17th centuries. Obviously, the owner of this treasure is a person who has a special hobby for antique jewelry. people.
But the strange thing was that after checking the other jewels, Liang En was surprised to find that there were wear marks on those jewels, and after careful inspection, he could confirm that the erased content was the inscription on the jewels.
"These things seem to belong to a wealthy person, and they may have a high status." Looking at the pile of treasures in front of him, Liang En revealed a thoughtful look.
"The only problem now is that I'm very curious as to why these things were erased to remove all the markings that could prove the ownership of these jewels."
"As far as I know, there are two possibilities." Joan looked at the bracelet in her hand that seemed to be scratched with a rubbing knife and said after thinking for a few seconds.
"One of the possibilities is that these things are sold by the declining noble families. They may erase the family coat of arms for honor and avoid being ridiculed."
"The other is that these people have such great problems that people at that time had to erase their traces. However, there are not many people who need to be treated in this way in history. It can be said that there are only a handful of people who can use these jewels. number."
"You are right, but we have indeed encountered such a one now." Liang En looked at the dug out jewels and sighed. "I always feel that I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes, and I feel a little stuck."
"Then can we analyze it through the style of jewelry?" After seeing Liang En's distressed expression.Joan offered her opinion.
"Jeanna, this is impossible, because these jewels come in styles from various countries. After all, for the rich and nobles of that era, it was a piece of cake to buy jewels from other European countries, or even from the Middle East. It's a normal thing."
In ancient times, limited transportation and wars in various places made the international trade between countries much lower than modern times, but in that case, the most common goods in international trade were small-sized and high-profit items like jewelry or spices.
Therefore, it is very simple for those wealthy people to obtain those jewelry through international trade. At the same time, those who have money and status are more inclined to buy jewelry from famous origins.
Even at that time, it was more popular in Eastern Europe to buy jewelry produced in places like Paris or Amsterdam. If you buy local jewelry, it is easy to be regarded as a weakling.
The same is true for the jewels in this treasure. Such a large number of things can already show the status and financial resources of the owner, so there is nothing strange about choosing all imported jewels.
(End of this chapter)