Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1616: The Legend of Atlantis
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The excited white man in his fifties before him is also a professor at the School of History at Columbia University. His research direction is Middle Eastern Arab history, and he is also an Arabic language expert.
Hearing his words, everyone in the small reception room had a look of surprise in their eyes. Is there any major discovery?
When he finished speaking, Ye Tian immediately pointed to a single sofa next to him and said with a smile:
"Please sit down first, Professor Paul, let's sit down and talk slowly"
Professor Paul nodded slightly, then walked to the single sofa and sat down, with the expression on his face still excited.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian asked curiously:
"Professor Paul, tell me about the results of your research and interpretation. What does that mysterious string of Arabic words mean? What major secrets are hidden behind it? I am very curious.
To be honest, in order to decipher that mysterious string of Arabic words, I almost looked through the Arabic dictionary, but found nothing. I never understood the meaning of that string of words.
Out of desperation, I contacted you through Professor Kane and asked you to help decipher the string of text. Unexpectedly, you successfully deciphered the string of text in just two days. I admire you! "
Listening to Ye Tian's compliments, the professor of Middle East and Arab history at Columbia University couldn't help but feel a little proud in his eyes!
Everyone likes to hear compliments, whether Chinese or foreigners, they are all the same, and Professor Paul in front of me is no exception!
"Of course, I, as a Middle Eastern Arab historian and expert on Arabic, are not given for free. Isn’t it easy to decipher Arabic?"
After feeling secretly proud, Professor Paul smiled and said:
"Stephen, it's normal that you can't decipher that mysterious string of Arabic, because it's ancient Arabic, and it's a very uncommon place name, and not many people know it.
Old Arabic refers to the writing used in the period from the Umayyad Dynasty to the Abbasid Dynasty, that is, from the seventh century AD to the ninth century AD. It was mainly used for writing, which is different from spoken language.
This string of mysterious characters is ancient Arabic, which cannot be found in modern Arabic dictionaries. Except for some experts who study Arabic characters, almost no one knows these classical characters.
And this mysterious string of words is the name of an ancient city. That city only exists in ancient legends, and only a few people know about it. Its name has never even appeared in any classics.
According to legend, the ancient city was located on the Atlantic coast, in today's Morocco, very close to the famous city of Casablanca, but no one knows its exact location.
As early as hundreds of years ago, that city seemed to evaporate from the world and suddenly disappeared, leaving only some mysterious legends. As time went by, those legends were almost unknown!
Because of this, this mysterious string of Arabic characters is difficult to decipher. We also combined some ancient Arabic classics and legends with careful research and scrutiny to finally arrive at this result."
"Wow! It turns out that it is ancient Arabic and has never appeared in any classics. No wonder I couldn't find it in Arabic dictionaries. It was a waste of my efforts to co-author it."
Ye Tian said suddenly and shook his head gently.
Professor Paul looked at him deeply, and then continued:
"Stephen, if I guess correctly, this mysterious string of ancient Arabic words should come from the golden crown you found in the English Channel, right? It's the text engraved on the inside of that crown.
After discovering the golden crown, you only showed its appearance. The golden crown is very exquisite, luxurious and breathtaking. It is obviously a priceless top antique cultural relic.
However, you have kept the Arabic script engraved inside the golden crown a secret and never revealed any relevant information until you took out this mysterious string of ancient Arabic script.
Behind this mysterious string of ancient Arabic characters, is there any other text or numerical information? If so, Steven, could you show me those words or numbers? "
After saying that, Professor Paul stared closely at Ye Tian's face, his eyes full of expectation, looking forward to hearing the best answer.
Ye Tian looked at the Middle Eastern Arab historian and said secretly:
"You are right, man, there is indeed a series of numbers after the ancient Arabic place name, but I am very sorry, that is my secret and it is impossible to tell anyone else"
Although he thought so in his heart, what came out of Ye Tian's mouth was a different set of words.
"Professor Paul, you haven't mentioned the name of that ancient city yet. According to the legend spread in the Arab region of the Middle East, where is the ancient city in Casablanca? How far away is it?
More importantly, what huge secret is hidden behind that legendary ancient city? It actually makes you excited. I really want to know this information."
Ye Tian avoided the questions raised by Paul, but threw out the questions he most wanted to know the answers to. This was exactly the purpose of hiring Professor Paul to decipher the mysterious text.
If it’s just to get a legendary ancient place name, why go to all the trouble? You’ll be able to hold on when you’re full!
Hearing Ye Tian's questions, Betty and Professor Kane all looked at Professor Paul. Everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and wanted to know the answers to these questions.
"What a cunning bastard. He didn't say anything at all. It's so abominable! It was a waste of all the energy and effort I put into studying that mysterious string of ancient Arabic"
Professor Paul muttered a few words secretly, and then revealed his research results.
“It is no longer possible to verify how to pronounce that mysterious string of ancient Arabic characters. Even I, an expert in Arabic, cannot pronounce that string of characters accurately.
I can only interpret its connotation. The string of words means ‘City of the Sea’. In other words, the ancient city originally located near Casablanca was called the City of the Sea.”
“It turns out to be the City of the Sea. This name sounds very good and quite impressive!”
Ye Tian said suddenly and nodded slightly.
After a pause, Professor Paul continued:
“The exact location of the City of the Sea is unknown, but according to legends circulating in the Arab region of North Africa, it should be northeast of Casablanca, not too far away.
Starting from Casablanca and heading northeast along the coastline, not far away is Rabat, the capital of Morocco. Continuing to extend northeast along the Atlantic coastline is the Strait of Gibraltar"
Everyone nodded in unison. Everyone knew quite a bit about this geographical knowledge.
Without any pause, Professor Paul continued to explain, and his tone and expression became increasingly excited.
“I wonder if you have read the work of the famous ancient Greek philosopher Plato, "Dialogues". When mentioning the legend of Atlantis, it also mentioned the city of the sea.
Plato described in his works that the island of Atlantis was located outside the 'Pillars of Hercules', which is today's Strait of Gibraltar, which means the 'true sea', the Atlantic Ocean.
In addition to pointing out the specific location of Atlantis, Plato also gave a brief description of the city of Atlantis, in which he mentioned the name of the city of the sea.
This legendary city of the sea located near Casablanca is highly overlapped with the city of the sea mentioned by Plato in the "Dialogues", both in name and geographical location.
In addition, Coricias, a disciple of Socrates and a cousin of Plato, has emphasized the authenticity of Atlantis three times, based on the famous ancient Greek poet Solon.
Sauron was one of the Seven Saints of Ancient Greece and was known as a wise man. During a trip to Egypt, he once heard an old Egyptian priest mention Atlantis and praised it very highly.
Coricias learned from Sauron that Atlantis was a highly civilized continent with a very large sphere of influence, including the Atlantic coast of North Africa.
In the legend about the City of the Sea in North Africa and Arabia, this mysterious and ancient city seems to be very different from other cities in the same region and seems out of place!
Perhaps it is precisely because of the differences between the two civilizations that the City of the Sea has always been in a forgotten corner. It has never appeared in any Arabic classics and only exists in legends.
Even the sudden disappearance of the sea city was due to the conflict between two civilizations. In the Middle Ages, neither Europe nor North Africa and Arabia could tolerate the existence of aliens!
At this point, everyone here must have understood that the city ‘City of the Sea’ pointed to by this string of ancient Arabic words is probably related to the disappeared continent ‘Atlantis’.
If this conjecture is confirmed, it will definitely cause a huge sensation around the world. If we follow this clue to explore, if we really find Atlantis, the scene will be..."
Having said this, Professor Paul's eyes were raised unconsciously and looked directly at the blue sky outside the window, with a wandering expression, and even a crazy light flashed in his eyes.
As for the other people in the reception room, they were completely dumbfounded at this time. They were all sitting in their respective seats dumbfounded, their eyes full of incredulity and madness.
Like everyone else, Ye Tian's condition was not much better. His eyes were so wide that his eyeballs almost flew out!
It took him a long time to wake up from the huge shock.
"Oh my God! It's actually the city on the sea that Plato mentioned in the "Dialogues", and it's actually the lost continent 'Atlantis'. This is so crazy!"
With Ye Tian's emotion, everyone else at the scene was awakened.
Immediately afterwards, this small reception room was completely blown away, and there were a lot of exclamations.