Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 3166: The Secret of the Senate
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Chapter 3166 The Secret of the Senate
The ruins of the ancient city of Shela.
Ye Tian and Professor Paul were squatting in front of a low stone wall, looking at some ancient words and patterns carved on it.
Several senior Moroccan officials, headed by Yahya, stood a little further away, watching Ye Tian and their every move. Everyone was full of anticipation.
The media reporters who followed, as well as many people watching the excitement, were stopped further away by the security personnel and looked at this side curiously.
Others from the Intrepid Exploration Company and Columbia University were either visiting or exploring nearby, or they went to the Royal Mausoleum of the Merinid Dynasty to visit there.
Before this, Ye Tian and the others had already inspected some other places in the ruins of the ancient city of Shela.
Those places are all fragments of ruins. Apart from some ancient writings and patterns, there are no surprising discoveries.
As for those ancient words and patterns, they have been studied countless times by countless archaeologists from Morocco and from all over the world. There is no secret at all.
When it was Ye Tian's turn, they would naturally not make any new discoveries.
What they are now in is a new exploration area.
This area is the base of a historical building. It is quite large, but only the floor and granite steps, seven or eight stone piers, and several sections of low and damaged stone walls remain.
On one section of the stone wall, there are some ancient words and patterns carved on it, describing a long-gone ancient history.
"Stephen, what these ancient Greek texts record is the process of building this historical building. The general idea is that this palace was built in 120 AD and was a place where the senators held meetings.
It can be seen that this is the Senate of the ancient Roman Empire. Of course, this is not the same thing as the Senate of the city of Rome, or it can be called the Roman Senate Branch of Serra"
Professor Paul introduced the meaning of the words and patterns on the stone walls.
He is not only an expert in ancient Arabic, but also proficient in ancient Latin and ancient Greek, as well as other ancient languages popular around the Mediterranean.
Because of this, Ye Tiancai chose to cooperate with him and roped him into the tripartite joint exploration team.
In this way, if you find something engraved with ancient characters and patterns during the exploration of Atlantis, such as antique artifacts and artworks, or architectural remains, you can translate and decipher them on the spot.
In addition, the existence of these top archaeologists and paleographers can also cover up the fact that Ye Tian has supernatural powers, making some discoveries reasonable and not arousing suspicion.
After listening to Professor Paul's introduction, Ye Tian nodded slightly.
Immediately, he pointed to a beam sign carved on this section of stone wall.
“It can be seen from this Roman beam sign that this is a historical building built in the ancient Roman period. From this alone, it can be determined that the history of the ancient city of Shela is at least two thousand years old.
Unfortunately, the remains of the few stone pillars we saw before were so badly damaged that the words and patterns on them could no longer be distinguished and could not be accurately translated.
If it can be proven that those words and patterns were left by the Phoenicians, then the history of the ancient city of Shela can be pushed back several hundred years, or even to around 1,000 BC... ”
While saying these words, Ye Tian's eyes penetrated the ground and looked deep underground.
His gaze penetrated the ground and quickly extended downwards.
The situation deep underground also appeared in his eyes, and the picture was extremely clear.
The first thing that appeared were pieces of granite, large or small, piled up so densely that there was almost no soil visible.
No need to ask, this is the foundation of the ancient Roman Senate, and it is very solid.
Close to the ground, these granite stones are arranged fairly neatly, and the gaps between them are not very large.
When the depth exceeds one meter, the granite stones become distorted, and the gaps between them become larger and larger, forming some large or small cavities.
This should be caused by the Lisbon earthquake. It was not reflected on the ground, but caused huge damage deep underground.
The reason why the ancient Roman Senate completely collapsed on the ground was because of this huge destructive power.
The line of sight extended downward, and at a depth of about 1.8 meters underground, soil, sand and gravel, as well as native rocks, finally appeared.
There are also some cavities here, and there are some wide or narrow cracks in the rocks, but the distortion of the strata is no longer visible and has long been smoothed away by nature.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian's sight reached more than four meters underground.
Several broken granite slabs suddenly appeared in his field of vision.
Immediately afterwards, there is a section of tunnel that has long since collapsed.
Seeing this scene, a look of surprise flashed deep in Ye Tian's eyes, but it was fleeting.
His expression did not change at all, and he was still looking intently at the ancient words and patterns carved on the stone wall.
After a while, he stood up and said with a smile:
"There are no surprises here. Let's go and have a look. Those stone piers look interesting. If I guess correctly, they should be the bases of many stone pillars in the Senate!"
As he spoke, Ye Tian pointed to several square stone piers not far away.
Professor Paul also stood up and looked over there in the direction of his finger.
"Okay, Steven, let's go over there and have a look, maybe we'll find something"
Then they walked over there.
In three or two steps, they had arrived in front of a stone pier.
This is a granite stone pier, about 30 centimeters high, about 60 centimeters long and wide. There is a sunken circular pit on it, about 40 centimeters in diameter.
Around this stone pier, there are some ancient words and patterns carved on it.
Judging from the few words that can still be discerned, they are ancient Greek, and the patterns around the stone piers have obvious characteristics of ancient Greek Doric columns.
Ye Tian pretended to examine the stone pier seriously, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"Obviously, this is the base of a Doric column. The base is made of granite. The Doric column that originally stood on it was probably a marble column.
Judging from the patterns and lines around this stone pillar, it has obvious ancient Roman cultural characteristics, which is very consistent with the characteristics of ancient Roman architecture around BC."
After hearing his introduction, everyone including Professor Paul nodded, meaning nothing.
Yahya and others who came to watch the excitement were all secretly amazed.
This guy Steven is just like the legend, he knows everything and is master of everything!
There seemed to be nothing in the world that he didn't know, no antiques, cultural relics, or works of art that he didn't recognize.
On this Doric pillar stone pier, Ye Tian and the others did not find anything, and the words and patterns carved on the stone pier did not have any special meaning.
Then, the group of them left here and walked towards another granite stone pier a few meters away.
In a short time, they had inspected the four stone piers and arrived in front of the fifth stone pier.
This granite stone pier looks very ordinary. It is no different from the other four stone piers I saw before. The words and patterns engraved on it are basically the same, but they are located further inside.
However, when Ye Tian saw this stone pier, he suddenly paused.
Immediately afterwards, he looked carefully at the granite stone pier and then at the other surrounding stone piers, then frowned and fell into deep thought.
Seeing his performance, everyone else at the scene was very surprised and confused.
Everyone looked at the granite stone pier, trying to find something.
Professor Paul and Yahya also walked to the granite pier and observed it carefully.
Many media reporters standing in the distance, as well as people watching the excitement, also discovered the abnormal situation here.
"Did that lucky guy Steven discover something? If so, that would be amazing!"
"Impossible, it's just an ordinary granite stone pier. I took pictures there just now and didn't find anything unusual!"
While people were talking about it, Ye Tian suddenly squatted down and began to check the situation on the ground.
He circled around the granite pier and carefully examined the ground around the pier, but remained silent.
Then he looked at the stone pier carefully.
Especially where the stone piers connected with the ground, he looked very carefully.
In order to develop this place into a scenic spot and collect entrance fees, the Moroccans have already thoroughly cleaned the ground here.
The soil and weeds that originally covered the ground have been cleared away, and nothing is left.
In other words, the ground where Ye Tian and the others are standing now is exactly the same as the ground where the Roman senators were standing more than two thousand years ago.
The only difference is that the main building of the Senate on the ground no longer exists and has become a ruin.
The place where Ye Tian looked at the connection between the stone pier and the ground was exactly the same as it was two thousand years ago, without any difference.
His actions attracted almost everyone's attention.
Everyone stared closely at him and the granite stone pier. Everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and expectation.
Professor Paul and Yahya checked Shidun thoroughly, but found nothing.
Finally, Yahya could no longer restrain his curiosity and asked expectantly:
"Steven, what did you find? Can you tell us about it? Don't keep everyone curious"
With his words, Ye Tiancai walked out of his own world.
He looked at the granite pier, then at Yahya and Professor Paul, and then said with a smile:
"Gentlemen, I may have really discovered something, but I am not sure. Further exploration is needed to know whether my judgment is correct.
This may be a surprising discovery, or it may be nothing. Everything is possible. As for what this discovery is, let me give it a try.”
Yahya and the others were ecstatic at first, and then rolled their eyes helplessly.
"You are so disgusting, you are still keeping everyone interested at this time"
Professor Paul said helplessly.
"Isn't this interesting? Don't worry, the answer will be revealed soon"
Ye Tian said with a smile.
What else can others do? We can only accept this result and wait patiently.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian called Matisse over and whispered to him:
"Ask the guys guarding outside to send in two pulse metal detectors and prepare to explore the ground of this ancient Roman Senate. There may be some secrets hidden deep underground here"
"Okay, Steven, I'll notify the guy outside right away"
Mattis nodded in response.
Then he picked up the walkie-talkie and began to contact the security personnel staying in the motorcade.
After hearing this conversation, Professor Paul and Yahya were both incredulous and pleasantly surprised.
"Stephen, did I hear you correctly? Is there really any secret or treasure hidden deep underground in this ancient Roman Senate? Why hasn't it been discovered by people in the past two thousand years?"
"Can you tell us how you found out?"
As Yahya and the others asked, everyone at the scene looked at Ye Tian, expecting his answer.
And everyone has gathered around, looking curiously at the granite stone pier and the surrounding ground.
Unfortunately, no one saw anything.
Ye Tian just smiled, did not give any answer, and continued to whet everyone's appetite.
Everyone could only wait helplessly, continuing to be tortured by curiosity.
Fortunately, the wait is not long.
In less than ten minutes, two of Ye Tian's security team members arrived here carrying two huge metal suitcases.
Then he summoned several of his company employees and said to them:
"Guys, you are divided into two groups, take out the pulse metal detector from the box, and thoroughly scan the ground of the ruins of the ancient Roman Senate. You may find something surprising"
"Okay, Steven, leave it to us"
Several company employees responded in unison, and everyone was excited.
In a moment, they had opened the metal suitcase, took out two pulse metal detectors from inside, then turned on the detectors and started exploring.
With their movements, the attention of everyone present was attracted. Everyone was full of expectations and even more excited.
Seeing this scene, the media reporters and tourists who were watching the excitement in the distance were also very sure.
"There is no doubt that that guy Steven must have discovered something, but I don't know. Did he discover a treasure or an unknown secret?"
“It’s amazing that Steven can still find something in this historical site that has collapsed for more than two hundred years and has been explored and studied countless times!”
While there were a lot of discussions, people were very surprised, envious and curious.
Especially the staff at the Shela Ruins Scenic Area were all stunned.
Is there really any treasure or major secret hidden deep underground in the ruins of the ancient Roman Senate?
I have been working here for so long, why didn’t I find out?
In the past two hundred years, and even in the past one or two thousand years.
How many people have been here, and how many people have studied and explored the ruins of the ancient Roman Senate? Already countless.
But no one discovered that there might actually be a treasure or major secret hidden deep underground in the ruins of the ancient Roman Senate, until this magical guy Steven arrived!
Is it possible that the legend is true? This guy is the Chosen One.
All the treasures in the world are prepared for him, and they will all be swept away by him in the end!
Thinking of this, the staff at the Shela Ruins Scenic Spot felt regretful and their eyes were red with envy.
"Steven, now that the exploration operation has begun, can you tell everyone? What exactly was discovered? How was it discovered?"
Yahya asked curiously.
The rest of the people at the scene were also very curious, staring at the two exploration groups and Ye Tian.
Ye Tian smiled softly and immediately revealed the answer.
"I just said that these granite stone piers were the bases of the stone pillars that supported the ancient Roman Senate. The stone pillars that originally stood on them were all ancient Greek Doric stone pillars.
Among the three types of columns in classical architecture, Doric columns are the earliest. They first appeared in ancient Greece and were later inherited and developed by the ancient Romans.
Doric columns have their own fixed construction rules, especially in some classical buildings such as temples and shrines, including buildings such as the ancient Roman Senate.
When building this type of building, each Doric column must comply with the rules and be strictly symmetrical, and the distance between every two Doric columns must be equal!
Furthermore, there are strict regulations on the purpose and location of Doric columns in a classical building. A stone column cannot be erected just anywhere.
Look at these granite stone piers again, look at the distance between these stone piers, and their respective locations. I believe you can tell something."
As he said this, everyone looked at the surrounding granite stone piers.
Under Ye Tian's deliberate reminder, everyone soon discovered something.
"It seems true. The distances between other stone piers here seem to be the same. Only the distance between this granite stone pier and the stone piers on both sides is different. It looks farther!"
"Their positions are also different. The rest of the stone piers are more regular in distribution. The location of this stone pier is a bit special, or rather abrupt!"
Unlike ordinary exploration team members and those Moroccan officials, the archaeologists at the scene saw a little more.
"Ah! This is such an obvious flaw, how come we didn't find it? We are so blind!"
"Not only did we not discover this flaw, neither did all the archaeologists and experts and scholars who have been here over the past hundreds or thousands of years!"
Hearing this, Ye Tian couldn't help but chuckle.
“It’s not surprising that everyone ignores this flaw, because there are no Doric columns here anymore, only some inconspicuous bases remain, so this flaw is easy to ignore.
Even if someone discovers this flaw, they don’t know what secret is hidden behind it and cannot launch an exploration operation. They will only think that it is a mistake when building the Senate! ”
While he was talking, a pleasant chirping sound suddenly came from not far away.
That is the sound made by the pulse metal detector, which sounds like the sound of nature and is extremely beautiful.