Chapter 106 No one understands Ramses II better than me
The Abu Simbel Temple, even in Egypt with many ruins, can be regarded as the most dazzling among countless treasures.
It took a day, and the ship took everyone along the Nile River to the vicinity of this treasure. From a distance, you could see the four giant statues sitting on the front of the temple.
"This temple was created three thousand years ago. The builder was Pharaoh Ramses II, who was also famous among many pharaohs in ancient Egypt. This temple is also called 'Beloved by the Sun.
The Temple of Ramses'. However, Miss Isis should know more about this than us, and you, Hayato."
After getting off the boat, on the way to the Abu Simbel Temple, Yugi introduced a few people to the description of the Abu Simbel Temple that he had seen on the encyclopedia before, and then looked at Isis who was walking side by side.
and Hayato.
"Actually, we are not heading towards the 'original' Abu Simbel Temple." As the director of the Egyptian Antiquities Bureau and the head of the tomb-guarding clan, Isis did not recite the introduction to the Abu Simbel Temple. That was the tour guide's fault.
"What we are going to now is actually the 'new' Abu Simbel Temple."
"Huh? 'New'?" Jonouchi was stunned, looking at the temple in the distance with some surprise, "Is it possible that the temple was burned down due to human desires, causing the gods who lived in it to be destroyed?
After resurrecting the lives that died in the fire and then angrily leaving, humans built a new tower in order to bring back the gods?"
"Idiot, that bell tower you are talking about is from the Bao O Meng studio next door."
Hayato complained, "Besides, the Abu Simbel Temple is completely different from the temples you have seen in Doshino City in the city. It is not built with earth, stone and wood, but uses a mountain next to the Nile as its canvas.
Carved from scratch."
"If there was a fire, it would be the Library of Alexandria, where the manuscripts of Homer, Archimedes, Aristotle, Hippocrates, and the first Greek Bible
"The manuscripts were all destroyed in a fire." Isis said, sighing with some regret.
Compared to the city, Honda had done some homework. Hearing Isis’s words, he vaguely remembered: “I remember that the Abu Simbel temple was moved. The temple that was originally integrated with the mountain was cut and moved to
We will reorganize at our current destination and then cover it with a man-made rockery."
Isis nodded and said: "That's because dams needed to be built on the Nile River at that time. Although the ancient ruins are very beautiful and beautiful, people's lives also need to be guaranteed. If they don't want to be flooded by the Nile River, the Abu Simbel Temple must be relocated.
It’s necessary.”
"It's just that, because it is impossible to imitate ancient Egypt in calculating the starry sky and the changes in the starry sky over the past three thousand years, even if the Abu Simbel Temple is perfectly restored after the relocation, the light that shines into the end of the temple during the annual Sun Festival
But the sun was off, a day early, and a little off."
"The days with direct sunlight are supposed to be February 21st, the birthday of Ramesses II, and October 21st, the day he ascended the throne. At the same time, the light that comes in will only illuminate the three stone statues at the end of the temple, the god Amun-Ra.
, Ramesses II, and the statue of Harakti, while the god Ptah has been immersed in darkness for a long time."
"But after the deviation, the sun will shine into the temple on February 20 and October 20 every year, and the statue of Ptah will also be illuminated."
Turning her head and looking behind them, Isis said quietly, "And the temple ruins whose stone carvings were gouged out have also been submerged under the water of the Nile..."
The changes of time and the disappearance of beautiful things always make people sad, especially for Isis who is engaged in the protection of cultural relics.
Hayato shook her hand and changed the subject: "However, it is better than the whole temple being submerged. It can let the world see more of his achievements. Meliamon, no, Ramesses II."
That guy doesn’t care about those slight deviations.”
"I don't think so, brother-in-law. After all, Pharaoh Ramses II is also a high-ranking pharaoh. If his subordinates dare to do wrong things, they will be punished. The majesty of the pharaoh cannot be offended, especially the Abu Simbel Temple.
One of the temples built for his favorite princess, Queen Nefertari."
Although he left the tomb-guarding clan early, Malik didn't learn anything. He played the accordion with gestures for emphasis, and said confidently, "No one understands Ramses II better than me!" p>
The game and others who had been to the slate world of King's Memory first looked at Malik, who was swearing, and then at Hayato, with strange smiles on their faces.
Hayato didn't pay attention to Malik's words, but looked ahead and stopped: "We have arrived."
Although they have seen many large buildings, such as the duel tower on Alcatraz Island that was blown up by Kaiba after it appeared once, and the temple of Tatsu standing on Doma Island, but even with the castle, Yugi and the others have seen buildings
In comparison, the building in front of us is still the most magnificent.
Even though it has gone through three thousand years of changes, even though the four seated stone sculptures of Ramses II on both sides of the front entrance have become dilapidated, and even one of them has lost most of its body, the moment they saw the Abu Simbel Temple, everyone couldn't help but
Make an exclamation.
Game: "The ruins preserved from three thousand years ago."
Kyoko: "Are those smaller statues the children of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari? How romantic."
Tapirang: "The weight of history is overwhelming."
Yujia: "It's really spectacular. It's unbelievable how people three thousand years ago built such a great undertaking."
Shuangliu: "After all, it is Ramesses II who is nicknamed the 'King of Architecture'."
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Malik: "I have to say, even I can feel excited here."
Jonouchi and Honda: "woc, so big!"
Compared with others, Hayabusa and Isis looked a little calm when they looked at the Abu Simbel Temple. Isis said that because as the director of the Egyptian Antiquities Bureau, she often talked with mummies, slates, and gods.
Dealing with things like temples and pyramids, the Abu Simbel temple is also a relic that needs to be protected. This is not the first time she has come here.
And Hayato's words were as familiar as if he had returned home.
Although this trip to Egypt was initiated by Bekas and he quit halfway through, it was originally about going wherever he wanted. This time, going to the Abu Simbel Temple was something Hayato suddenly mentioned, but because of Isei
Since government officials like Si existed, they did not need to make an appointment to buy tickets or anything like that, and arrived at the entrance of the temple very smoothly.
Although the management staff here belong to the Egyptian Tourism Bureau, the Cultural Relics Bureau is the superior department of the Tourism Bureau - after all, the places where you can travel in Egypt are basically to see some cultural relics -, it is not enough to say that Isis is the boss of their immediate boss.
Passed.
Although there is such a saying as "the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals", just arranging people to visit the Abu Simbel temple is nothing more than a trivial matter for Isis. Ordinary tourists want to come here
, it requires crossing the desert and being escorted by the army, which is quite troublesome.
Above the entrance of the temple, in the center of the two stone sculptures of Ramses II, there is a stone statue with a falcon head and human body. It is the sun god Ra. Under the gaze of Ra, everyone walked into the temple and paid attention to the "
I don’t have much interest in souvenirs with the "Ankh" symbol. After all, what they are selling is just a plastic prop with a layer of gold paint, and a few people just looked at the same shape, but it was a pure gold [Millennium Key]
Falling into the ground.
Once entering the main part of the temple, it is a rectangular hall about dozens of square meters in size. The first thing that catches everyone's eyes is the sixteen stone sculptures on both sides, all of which are statues of Ramses II.
statue.
"Although even I know that Ramesses II is indeed one of the best among many pharaohs, he must have erected too many statues for himself." Jonouchi said, glancing at Hayato and saying
, "Isn't it a little too narcissistic?"
"It's actually fine if it's just stone carvings. The carvings on the walls here are all murals recording the achievements of Ramesses II." Tapirang looked around and said, "The Battle of Kadesh, the Hittite Peace Treaty. Although they are all
It is an achievement that does exist in history, but is he not shy at all when showing off his achievements like this?"
"Hmph, there is nothing in the king's life that is worth being ashamed of." Hayato said casually, but he skillfully walked through the hall toward the end of the temple, the stone chamber that served as the altar, and suddenly said to several people along the way, "Speaking of which
, there were really many pharaohs in ancient Egypt, and the pharaohs would rule over their former people again after their souls returned to the underworld."
"There is such a myth." Malik, who followed Hayato, nodded and said, "People after death will enter the underworld, accept the judgment of Osiris in the Hall of Truth, have their hearts weighed, and complete what they did while alive.
After completing all the forty-two questions, those who can pass can go to the Reed Field to enjoy the eternal spring."
"In this regard, religions all over the world are similar, heaven, paradise and so on." Jonouchi said casually, and said somewhat relaxedly, "That guy Atum should have arrived at the Reed Plains smoothly by now, and with him
Let’s get together old friends.”
"But, Hayato, why did you suddenly talk about this?" In order to prevent others from getting sad because of Jonouchi's words, Honda deliberately brought the topic back.
"Because I'm thinking, there must be many Pharaohs in the underworld. After all, there are so many Pharaohs. Everyone has eternal life and rules their own people. If all the Pharaohs stayed in one place, it would be chaos.
." Hayato paused, stopped in front of the altar, and looked at the four stone statues at the end, "Each pharaoh has his own underworld, and each underworld also has a different door to reality." "And here is the location of a gate to the underworld."
"Eh!?"
The amount of information Hayato said was really a bit explosive, but he crossed the fence with "Tourists Stopped" written on it amidst the surprise of several people, and walked along the steps towards the stone statue.
Although it is not yet the Festival of the Sun, the outside sunlight cannot shine directly into the end of the temple to illuminate the stone statues. However, the power of modern technology does not care about the rising and setting of the sun and the wooden floor protecting the ground under your feet.
There were slender lamps that stayed on day and night, illuminating all four statues. Hayato's eyes were always looking at the stone statue of Ramses II that was ten or even nine times similar to himself.
"No, there seems to be something wrong." Malik felt his head was itching a little, as if he was about to grow a brain. He scratched the back of his head and said, "Let's not talk about the fact that there is more than one gate to the underworld. Even if the Abu Simbel Temple really has one,
We must have looked at the wrong place for the gate to the underworld. Brother-in-law, you should know that the original location of the Abu Simbel Temple was under the water we passed on the way here."
"It's right here. I know very well that Ramses II guy, although he has some obsessive-compulsive disorder and wants to choose a place that makes him feel comfortable, the most important thing is symbolism. It doesn't matter where the temple is.
This temple is enough." Hayato took out a card from his arms, stood in front of the stone statue, looked back at Isis and said, "Isis, help me turn off the lights here."
"Iss?" Malik raised an eyebrow, "Is that some kind of nickname between lovers? And you told me there is no - Buga!"
After lightly knocking down her noisy brother and patching up a third bag on her head, Isis nodded to Hayato, walked to a place in the temple, and controlled the lights at the altar to be turned off individually. p>
Although she doesn't know what Hayato is going to do, she just needs to believe in him.
As the light source in front of the altar disappeared, although the lights in the hall behind them were still on, the eyes of Yugi and others were shrouded in darkness. They could only vaguely see Hayato in front of the stone statue raising the card in his hand.<
/p>
"Even if the position changes, the stars that illuminated the night sky thousands of years ago still shine. Under the call of this place, let's return to the state of three thousand years ago again. Under the gaze of Ra, under the call of Draco, under the name of Pharaoh!" The [Long Yi Qiao - Tianlong Meteor = QUA] in Hayato's hand suddenly bloomed with light, but the light disappeared in a very short period of time, and even the light that illuminated the hall behind Yugi and the others suddenly went out for no apparent reason.
.
However, the darkness enveloped these people for only a moment, but suddenly a golden light lit up from behind them, dispelling all the darkness wherever it went, and projected it straight into the altar at the end of the temple.
The light accurately illuminated the other three stone statues except for the god Ptah without even the slightest deviation.
It's like the scene that was seen during the Sun Festival before the legendary Abu Simbel temple was relocated.
Several people couldn't help but turn around and look around. They saw the entrance where they entered the temple before. Somehow the management staff who were standing there selling Ankh symbols could no longer be seen. All that was there was just pure white. p>
They had seen a similar scene not long ago. In the underground temple where the slabs of the underworld were placed, it was the same scene after Atum opened the gate to the underworld!
Because I spent a day sailing, I spent a day fishing, which is reasonable (confirmed
The reason why I chose the Abu Simbel Temple, which is said to be able to open the gate to the underworld, is mainly because I have been there once before. When I looked back from the end of the temple, I suddenly thought of the gate to the underworld that Atum passed through, although it was just because of the light.
The visual illusion of temporarily not being able to see what is outside because of the reason is like looking from inside the house to the outside where there is strong light, but the inspiration comes from this.
Moreover, with Era Er’s character, if there really was a gate to the underworld, it would only be placed in a temple that not only records his achievements but also expresses his love for Nefertari. It cannot be placed in the Valley of the Kings.