"Ancient Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations. It was first formed in the Fayoum area of Lower Egypt." Tom thought for a moment, sat on a chair, and began to teach Hermione about ancient Egypt. "The ancient Egyptians can trace the earliest
By 19,000 years ago, North Africa was still a land of lush water and grass. Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was not that dry. For example, the Nabtapura Stonehenge in the middle of the Sahara Desert shows that at least
In 7000 BC, nomadic herding was still possible in the center of the Sahara Desert. In later generations, people raised cattle in the heart of the Sahara Desert and made exquisite pottery and stone formations for stargazing. It is also recorded in "The History of Magic" that there were people who were proficient in divination.
The ancient wizard, it was also the birthplace of ancient Egyptian faith.”
Hermione's interest was aroused by him. She sat on the bed and listened carefully to Tom's story.
"The place we are going to is in the Sahara Desert. It is the ruins of a city from the Old Kingdom period of ancient Egypt." Tom said the destination of his trip. This information came from the two clues he had received before.
Tom previously completed a mission called [Elf in the Forest] and also unlocked an achievement [Alchemist], thus obtaining two advanced clues for alchemy. Each of these two clues comes with an annotation and a song.
poetry.
The two annotations combined form a text introducing an ancient city.
[The ancient city of the God of Time: A prosperous city that once prospered during the First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. It belonged to the great God of Time, Thoth. This city flowing with beer and loaded with bread was hidden by Him in the yellow sand in the sky. Go there.
Go to the Sahara Desert and look for this city lost in the long river of time. Finding it may help you gain a lot and understand the mysteries of alchemy and time, but it may also...】
As for the two poems, one is called "Follow me to the water in the sun" and the other is "Aswan Night Market"
【Follow me to the water in the sun
How bright my tight robe is
Moisturize with oil and decorate with garland
Your joy makes my body glow
Golden fish sparkle in the pond
Look, I'm holding it in my hand
Come on, come on, the river is rippling
Jump in with me and leave this place forever]
【Are you going to Aswan?
Aswan in the southernmost part of Egypt?
Museum, Giza, barbecue, Nubia in the night market
Knowledge, friends, legacy and the secrets of cats
Mount the servant of the gods and climb over ninety-nine sand dunes
where everything is upside down
Get what you deserve】
The two poems were so vague that Tom couldn't understand them. He wanted to tell the system: You might as well speak more clearly, but the system ignored him. Tom could only vaguely see that he should go to Aswan first.
, go visit the night market and pyramids there.
As for the First Dynasty mentioned in the prompt, that is also a key information point.
Although ancient Egypt has a long history, it is a pity that it did not attach as much importance to historical writings as its descendants to the east. It was not until around 350 BC that the ancient Egyptian priest and scholar Manetho, under the order of the Egyptian Governor Ptolemy I,
Wrote a "History of Egypt", but of course, this history book was eventually destroyed by the war - the initiator was Tom's old acquaintance: Caesar.
The few fragments left behind are important materials for studying the history of ancient Egypt. The history of Egypt was divided into thirty dynasties by Manetho, with three periods: the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. Modern historians work on this basis.
After subdividing, the number of dynasties was expanded to 33, including five eras: Archaic, Classical, Imperial, Hellenistic, and Roman rule.
According to archaeological results, the first king of ancient Egypt was the Scorpion King, symbolized by a scorpion. He unified the land of Upper Egypt and also occupied part of the northern territory. Egypt was divided into upper and lower parts, and Upper Egypt generally refers to Cairo and beyond.
On both sides of the Nile River in the south, Lower Egypt is the Nile Delta north of Cairo. The core territory of ancient Egypt is like an umbrella-shaped mushroom, with Upper Egypt being the stem of the mushroom and Lower Egypt being the cap.
Around 3100 BC, Narmer, the successor of the Scorpion King, personally launched the Northern Expedition and fought fiercely for three days and three nights. He defeated the coalition forces of Lower Egypt and unified Upper and Lower Egypt. Narmer built a monument named "
The "White City" was the city that would become Memphis in the future.
The city of Memphis was originally called the White City because the rulers of Upper Egypt wore white crowns, while the rulers of Lower Egypt wore red crowns. Narmer was the first king to wear a red and white crown, that is, the king of kings.
.Some people think that the Scorpion King is Narmer, because the cultural relics symbolizing the two: the Scorpion King's scepter, which represents power, and the image of the monarch on Narmer's palette, which is used to commemorate victory, are too similar.
This Narmer ushered in the era of pharaoh rule. He was also the first monarch of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt and the origin of this civilization. This pharaoh is extremely legendary. He ruled Egypt with an average age of only 30 years old.
He lived for 62 years! Assuming that he unified Egypt at the age of twenty, he also lived for 82 years!
This is much more powerful than ultra-long standby. The average life expectancy of the male population in Westminster, England, in 2020 is 84.7 years. In modern times, Narmer would be equivalent to a man who lived for more than 200 years.
Living fossil - simply a god! This also made the pharaohs of later generations try every means to have a relationship with him to prove the legitimacy of their rule.
Moreover, he did not just survive. He was attacked and killed by a hippopotamus during a hunting trip - he could still go hunting before he died! If it weren't for that hippopotamus, I don't know how long he could rule...
The first dynasty of Egypt, Narmer, lasted for 250 years after eight kings. However, there are almost no records of the first dynasty and the following second dynasty. People do not know how they rose and how they fell.
It was only with the emergence of the Third Dynasty that the history of ancient Egypt became clear. From 3100 BC to 2686 BC, for more than four hundred years, the history of ancient Egypt seemed to be shrouded in a fog.
After listening to Tom's introduction, Hermione reacted: "So we are going to Egypt to find the ruins of an ancient city from the First Dynasty?" She suddenly became excited: This is a great discovery that has never been made in the history of archeology!
If it is really found, it will definitely fill the gaps in people's knowledge of ancient Egypt, not to mention the mysterious ancient Egyptian witchcraft.
"Uncle Hal!" She seemed to remember something, "Dad said he found clues to the ruins of an ancient city in the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Maybe it's the lost city we are looking for!"
Hermione became excited and jumped up from the bed: "Let's pack our bags first and get ready to go to Egypt!"