Murphy and the others excavated a sarcophagus from the leg of the Anubis statue.
Evelin was ecstatic: "This man was actually buried at the feet of Anubis. If he was not the top noble of ancient Egypt, then he must have committed a heinous crime."
"Or a combination of both?" Mo Fei said with a smile.
In the cultural tradition of ancient Egypt, the high priest was equivalent to the sworn brother of the Pharaoh, and his status was almost the same as that of the Pharaoh, maybe just half a step behind.
Evelin was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "That's right. Except for the top nobles, it seems that ordinary people cannot commit heinous crimes and be punished by insect bites."
"The punishment of insect bites?" Jonathan asked: "What is it?"
Evelin explained: "The punishment of insect bite is the most cruel and cruel punishment method in ancient Egypt. A living person is placed in a coffin, and then a scarab beetle that can eat people is put in. Finally, the coffin is locked, and the person is holy inside.
The beetles bit and devoured his flesh and blood, which was very terrifying."
"It's just..." Evelin said strangely: "Although there was this criminal law in ancient Egypt, I have never seen a record of this criminal law being actually executed."
"Why?" Jonathan asked: "What does it mean that this criminal law was invented but no one was executed?"
"Because a person who has been subjected to the punishment of insect bites will not only have his body but also his soul tortured forever. Once he is resurrected, he will become a monster with terrifying powers and cause harm to the world. Egypt will usher in the legendary ten plagues.
, the world will be in crisis!”
Evelin said: "So unless it is absolutely necessary, the Egyptians will never use the punishment of insect bites."
Next, Evelin began to clean the sarcophagus, looking at the lines and patterns on it, in order to have a comprehensive understanding of it.
It’s just that Evelin searched the entire coffin and didn’t see any writing.
"It looks like he has definitely not been corroded by time, which means that this person does not deserve to have a name."
Evelin murmured: "Oh my god, what kind of unforgivable sin has this person committed!"
"Don't worry about what kind of person he is, Eve, let's open him quickly." There was an uncontrollable excitement on Jonathan's face: "Then they say he must be a big noble. Maybe there are many things in his coffin.
There are valuable funerary objects!”
Evelin rolled her eyes at Jonathan, this guy is so vulgar!
It was because he was her blood-related brother and she couldn't get rid of him. Otherwise, she would have wanted to pretend that she didn't know this person.
Evelin began to look for a way to open the sarcophagus.
"There is a depression here. Look at the appearance, why does it feel familiar to me?" Evelin fell into thinking.
"Isn't it the silver-gray box containing the map of Hamna Tower?" Murphy reminded with a smile.
"Oh!" Evelin suddenly realized: "I just said why this pattern looks so familiar to me, I must have seen it somewhere!"
"The size and shape of that box almost match the small stone trough. It may be the key to unlocking the sarcophagus."
Evelin turned around enthusiastically and went to the place where things were stored, found her own backpack, and took out the small silver-gray box.
"I still remember when I was on the Nile, the robbers came to me and forced me to hand over the map and key. Now it seems that they may have known the key to this box."
"It's just strange, why did they know at that time that this box was the key to the sarcophagus?"
"Perhaps they are the descendants of the Seti I dynasty, so they are particularly familiar with things related to Hamna Tower?" Murphy said with a smile.
"Maybe." Evelin smiled.
When Evelin placed the silver-gray box in the groove on the sarcophagus, she found that the two sides really matched.
"Sure enough, this is the key, Evelin, open it quickly!" Jonathan said.
Evelin turned the key gently, causing the sarcophagus to make the sound of an amplifier running.
"Click!"
It seems that the lock has been unlocked.
Murphy stepped forward to help and lifted up the coffin board of the sarcophagus.
A putrid smell suddenly emitted, making people want to vomit.
Inside the sarcophagus, there is a black wooden coffin.
"Isn't there a coffin inside the wooden coffin?" Jonathan couldn't help but said.
"This is not a Russian matryoshka doll, how could it be possible?" Mo Fei said with a smile: "A wooden coffin inside a sarcophagus is a fairly common burial method, because it is easier to preserve the body in a sarcophagus, while wooden coffins are too easy to rot. In China, in ancient times,
Nobles also had many methods of burial using stone coffins within wooden coffins. However, Egypt is a desert country, and wooden products are more susceptible to weathering and difficult to preserve."
Murphy and the others opened the wooden coffin. As soon as the coffin opened, due to gravity, an ancient corpse was ejected from inside.
"Ah!!" Jonathan was startled.
Evelin, on the other hand, was prepared, but was just slightly surprised.
The ancient corpse in the coffin still retains the ferocity and resentment of the last moment of its life, and its mandible is crooked and wide open, as if it is still roaring.
His black rotten tissue still covered his skeleton, but most of it was incomplete because the scarab gnaw marks were still there.
On the coffin board covering the coffin body, there were long marks stained by blood and scratched deeply by fingernails.
Evelin felt horrified: "The pain this man suffered before his death was beyond my imagination."
Jonathan was not as sad as Evelin. After being frightened, he came to his senses. He immediately started to look around the coffin, and then he was disappointed: "There are no burial objects.
No, is he really a noble? He must be too poor!"
"The mummy itself is also a very valuable item!" Murphy said with a smile: "Especially a mummy like this that has lasted for more than three thousand years, but its body is still immortal, it is even more valuable! If we can figure out his
Identity, that’s even more incredible!”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Really?" Jonathan's eyes almost glowed golden when he looked at the ancient corpse.
"You two, don't get into money's eyes!" Evelin glared at Jonathan and Murphy.
Then when she looked at the coffin board, she was stunned for a moment and hurried forward: "There are actually words on it... Death is just the beginning."
"The idea that death is just the beginning is just a delusion of the ancient Egyptians. I still think that when a person dies, there is nothing, so we have to take advantage of the fact that we have wine today and get drunk tomorrow!"
Jonathan touched his chin and studied Immorton's body to see how to pack him up and take him away. He was not prepared to let go of anything valuable.
"Jonathan, you are not allowed to move around. If the body is damaged by you, not only will the archaeological value be greatly reduced, but it will not even be able to be sold at a higher price. Let me do it!" Evelin said hurriedly.
"Okay, okay, what do we do next?"
"Continue to dig and search." Evelin said: "According to records, the "Golden Book of the Sun" is at the bottom of the statue of Anubis. I originally thought it might be in this coffin, but unexpectedly it was not. So "The Golden Book of the Sun"
The Golden Sutra must be hidden in some other mezzanine, and it must be found."
"The Golden Book of the Sun is the most precious treasure of ancient Egyptian civilization. It is made of gold. Even if we don't talk about the legends such as the artifact of the sun god Ra, it is extremely precious and may even be more valuable than Windsor Castle."
Evelin said this, which completely mobilized Jonathan's attraction. He was interested in everything before, so he immediately became a good taskmaster, urging Murphy and O'Connor to help him find "Sun Gold".
through".
As for Evelin, she stayed where she was and collected Immorton's body.
Jonathan and O'Connor discovered that it was impossible to hide anything around Immorton's coffin, otherwise it would destroy the statue of Anubis itself, so they walked around the huge statue of Anubis.
Digging direction.
It turned out that their choice was correct, because soon after, they discovered an ancient Egyptian style chest.
"Eve, Eve, come here quickly and see what we found." Jonathan shouted immediately.
The secret room where Evelin was located was connected to the secret room where the box was found. Jonathan shouted loudly, and soon Evelin was called.
After checking the box, Evelin said happily: "If it goes as expected, the Golden Sutra of the Sun should be buried in it."
"Great, it looks like we are going to make a fortune!" Jonathan stretched out his hand to open the box.
"If you want to die, then open it!" Murphy said nonchalantly.
Jonathan was startled and his hand froze in mid-air: "What?"
"This box is very dangerous!" Murphy said with narrowed eyes.
The box is wrapped with negative energy that is about to materialize, but people like Jonathan cannot see it in their mortal bodies.
If they could see the black energy above, taking the form of a resentful spirit, and baring their teeth and claws at them with the energy of life, I'm afraid they would be scared to death immediately.
This is part of the punishment of insect bite, one of the restrictions used to bind Imogen's soul. This is not only used to punish Imogen, but also to punish the person who opens it.
It contains Imogen's five internal organs, mouth and tongue. Anyone who opens it will fuse with Imogen's five internal organs, mouth and tongue, so Imogen will inevitably be hunted down to get back his own organs.
"Do you have any basis for saying that?" O'Connor said unconvinced.
He had no other intention, he just wanted to argue with Murphy.
"I have no basis. If you don't want to believe me, then go ahead and drive!" Murphy said with a smile.
"I..." O'Connor hesitated immediately.
"Are you scared?" Murphy teased.
Murphy never claimed to be a good person, but he kindly reminded O'Connor that O'Connor had to fight with him... What's the saying? It's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words!
You should have good intentions, but you can't overdo it. If you have too much of anything, it won't be valuable.
"If I drive, I'll drive. You all get out of the way and see what I do. It will give you a long experience." O'Connor rolled up his sleeves.
"You two, stop making trouble!" Evelin said helplessly: "Murphy is right, you should be more cautious when opening this box."
"Hahaha, the treasure chest is right in front of you. You don't dare to open it. How about leaving it to us?"
Suddenly there was loud laughter in the secret room.
Everyone was startled and looked over quickly, only to see Americans coming with them and breaking into the secret room they dug.
"What do you want to do?"
O'Connor and Jonathan immediately drew the pistols and rifles from their waists and pointed them at the Americans.
The Americans immediately drew their guns and pointed them at everyone in Murphy.
It's just that the number of people on the other side is much larger.
"Are you trying to break the rules? We found and excavated this place!" O'Connor said in a deep voice.
"Only the weak need to abide by the rules. The strong only need to make rules!" said the American leader.
The atmosphere was tense for a time.
Just when everyone thought there was going to be a fight and almost went off, the American team leader suddenly laughed and said: "But, O'Connor, I see you are a person, so why don't I give you some face?"
Let’s partner up!”
"partnership?"
"Yes, cooperation." The American leader said: "That means we look for treasures together in Hamna Tower. If we really find the treasure, we will be 50-50."
"Why?" O'Connor frowned.
"Because treasure hunting requires luck." The American said: "We have been digging all day, but we have found nothing. It seems that you have dug out two secret rooms. We have gained a lot.
It seems that you are very lucky."
"But you are lucky, but your manpower is too small. Hamna Tower is so huge, how much treasure can you dig if you keep digging like this? How about we cooperate, combine manpower and luck, and make a big windfall from it?
!”
O'Connor sneered: "What if I don't agree?"
The scene suddenly fell into silence.
At this time, Murphy pulled Evelin's sleeve and mouthed to Evelin: "Promise them."
Evelin obviously also understands the principle of a good man not taking advantage of the immediate disadvantages. If a fight really breaks out, there will obviously be more people on the opposite side and more guns...
"Wait a minute, O'Connor, we agreed!" Evelin said: "Hamna Tower is a large place that can accommodate both of us to develop it together. I can completely cooperate and win-win, instead of fighting for both sides to lose.
"
O'Connor stared at the opponent and slowly lowered his gun.
"That's right!" The American also put down his gun: "Is there anything that cannot be discussed carefully?"
"It's just that we have one condition." Murphy stood up and said with a smile: "We are an archaeological team. We are not very interested in gold and jewelry. You can look at the distribution, but books and documents are very important to us, so we have to
Belong to us!"
"Okay, no problem!" the American team leader agreed.
A scholar wearing glasses in their team moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't have time.
"Now, let's help you open this box first!" The Americans looked at the box excavated by Murphy and the others with burning eyes.
Murphy sneered in his heart, just letting you scapegoats let me test the power of the ancient Egyptian divine curse.