Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2113: Statue of Hercules
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After admiring the small coral reef outside the submarine for a while, Ye Tian finally looked away and said through the radio:
"Mattis, clean up this ancient Greek war dolphin, mark it, and salvage it later. You must be careful when cleaning and try not to damage this treasure. It still has a certain value.
After cleaning up, we continued to explore forward. We must not let go of every coral reef we encounter, or even every upwardly protruding stone on the ridge. We must explore it and take three-dimensional images.
I have a strong feeling that we will soon discover those ancient shipwrecks, discover those ancient Greek or Hellenistic statues, and other antique artworks, which will bring a huge surprise to the world."
"No problem, Steven, just leave this ancient Greek war dolphin to us, we will be able to clean this treasure out soon"
Mattis nodded in response, his whole body almost flying with excitement.
Next, Ye Tian gave Matisse and the others a few more words, and then took the seven-seater Aurora mini-submarine and sailed to the side, returning to the previous position.
As soon as he returned here, Ye Tian immediately turned to Chandler and whispered:
"Chandler, please cut the live broadcast to the cleanup operation over there and turn off the live microphone. I have some things to arrange, and they need to be kept strictly confidential"
Hearing this, Chandler was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, and did not ask any more questions, so naturally he could not refuse.
He knew very well that it was unnecessary to ask, so why bother doing it multiple times.
In the blink of an eye, the National Geographic Channel's live TV screen has been switched, and the live broadcast microphone in this seven-seater small Aurora submarine has also been turned off.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian said through the invisible wireless headset:
"Jason, please immediately contact the U.S. Embassy in Greece and the U.S. Embassy in Italy and ask them to come forward to help us coordinate relations with the two countries and prevent these two countries from playing tricks.
Walker, inform all the guys to raise the alert level to the highest level. No ships will be allowed to break into the operating waters before we surface, and say hello to the USS Bataan amphibious assault ship."
"Got it, Steven"
The voices of Jason and Walker came one after another, and everyone was very excited.
At this time, Chandler and his photographer all looked stunned, their eyes almost flying out of their sockets!
This cunning guy Steven actually has so many back-ups and has a relationship with the US Navy amphibious assault ship cruising in the Mediterranean. It is really an exaggeration!
Those who are interested in this sunken treasure have no time to withdraw now, otherwise they will die without a burial place and will be tricked to death in this sea by this guy Steven!
Ye Tian turned to look at Chandler and the others, then turned back and said with a smile:
"Guys, let's get started. Those ancient sunken ships that have been sleeping on this seabed for a thousand or two thousand years are waiting for us somewhere ahead!"
As soon as the words fell, the small submarine started to move, and the live broadcast of the National Geographic Channel quickly cut back.
The exploration operation continues and everything is business as usual.
Ye Tian and the others began to explore forward little by little in the submarine, while the small submarine that Matisse and the others were riding in was cleaning the various corals on the ancient Greek war dolphin.
At this time, countless hot eyes were focused on this sea area and the two small submarines that were exploring the bottom of the sea.
Unsurprisingly, there are many envious, even jealous looks, mostly from the field of antique art collection and historical archeology!
Especially in Greece, the whole country has been shocked at this time, and almost everyone is paying attention to the exploration and salvage operation of the ancient Roman shipwreck treasures.
It stands to reason that tremendous pressure from all walks of life in Greek society has surged in, weighing heavily on the Greek government authorities.
It didn't take long for Mattis and the others to complete the preliminary cleanup work.
A rusty ancient Greek war dolphin appeared in front of the world for the first time after a lapse of one or two thousand years.
When this ancient Greek war dolphin appeared on the live broadcast screen, many professionals in front of the live broadcast immediately became excited again.
Especially the experts and scholars in the exploration fleet, how could they sit still? They rushed to the stern of the yacht and tried to take the speedboat to the Brave and Intrepid to participate in this exploration operation.
However, before receiving Ye Tian’s order, how could the employees and security personnel of the Brave and Fearless Exploration Company cooperate with them.
After arguing hard, no results were obtained.
These experts and scholars could only angrily return to the living room, continue to watch the live TV broadcast, and pointed at Ye Tian in the live broadcast screen and yelled, but there was nothing they could do!
Following Matisse and the others, Ye Tian and the others soon discovered something.
"Steven, judging from the three-dimensional scanned images, there should be a statue hidden under this beautiful coral. This statue looks quite small"
Vitus pointed to a coral reef outside the submarine and said, his eyebrows dancing with excitement.
What was displayed on several LCD screens inside the submarine was a three-dimensional scan of the coral reef, which basically accurately outlined the outline of the sculpture.
This is a figure sculpture about 1.56 meters high. It is called a figure sculpture because the outline of the head is clearly discernible, and the head of the statue is twisted to the left, and the neck seems to be very hard.
Going down from the neck, there are broad shoulders like mountains and two thick arms. Just from the three-dimensional image, you can see the strength of the carved character.
Looking down again, the statue's body is tilted sideways, its waist is strong, and it seems that its left arm is firmly holding a huge head, and its movements naturally bring out a fierce murderous aura.
Because of his movement, his arms, waist, and hips took on a very peculiar shape, giving people a sense of tension as his blood vessels swelled.
The huge head tightly held by this statue looks like a beast, huge and powerful.
It seems to be struggling hard, trying to break free from the opponent's grasp, and there seems to be an air of fear and despair in its movements.
Further down, there is nothing, and it stops abruptly.
Ye Tian looked carefully at the three-dimensional scanned image on the LCD screen, then nodded with a smile and said:
"Your judgment is correct, Vitus, there is indeed an ancient statue under that beautiful coral reef. God knows how many years it has been sleeping in the dark depths of the sea.
To be more precise, it should be the upper half of an ancient statue, which is relatively well preserved. Perhaps it fell out of the ship when it was about to crash onto this ridge.
If this is the case, then there is no doubt that the ancient Roman or Greek ship that originally transported the statue, as well as the lower half of the statue, are probably nearby and will not be difficult to find."
Hearing this, Charlie and Waiters immediately glanced around the submarine. Their eyes were extremely bright and full of expectation.
Chandler and the photographer, who were also in the submarine cockpit, quickly glanced around.
Unfortunately, they do not have a pair of eyes that can see through everything and penetrate the darkness.
Except for those happy killer whales, the endless sea water and darkness, and the large colorful coral reefs and seaweeds, etc., they did not find anything surprising!
Ye Tian smiled softly, and then continued:
"Of course there is another possibility. The ancient sunken ship and the lower half of the statue fell into the abyss next to it. In that case, we can only explore it with underwater robots!"
As he spoke, Ye Tian stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark seawater on the left side of the submarine.
About fifty meters to the left of their small Aurora submarine was an abyss, leading straight to the seabed two to three thousand meters deep.
Following the direction of his finger, everyone looked over there, and then looked away.
After a pause, Ye Tian's clear voice came out again and reached everyone's ears.
“Judging from the outline and shape of the upper part of this statue, it should be the sculpture of Hercules, the **** of ancient Greek mythology, and the mythical story of him strangling the Nemean Lion.
Hercules is the greatest hero in ancient Greek mythology, the embodiment of strength, courage and wisdom. There are many sculptures about Hercules, including many classic masterpieces.
In ancient Greek mythology, Mycenaean king Eurystheus was jealous of Heracles's fame, and in order to embarrass him, he assigned Hercules a lot of very difficult tasks.
These nearly impossible tasks were all completed by Heracles one by one. They are called the Twelve Great Deeds of Hercules. The first task was to kill the Nemean Lion.
The Nemean Lion is a giant lion in ancient Greek mythology. It is said that its fur is made of gold and cannot be penetrated by ordinary weapons, so it cannot be killed. Its claws are also extremely sharp.
In order to kill the Nemean Lion, Hercules used various weapons, such as bows, arrows and spears, but they were unable to kill the lion. In the end, he strangled the Nemean Lion alive with his hands.
Then, he used the extremely sharp claws of the Nemean lion to cut and skin the lion's skin, and used the Nemean lion's skin as a shawl, always draped on himself.
Because the way Hercules killed the Nemean Lion was so unique, the shapes of the sculptures representing this ancient Greek myth are not difficult to identify."
For Ye Tian's analysis, the experts and scholars on the sea, as well as many antique art appraisal experts, sculptors, historians, archaeologists, etc. on the live broadcast side all agree very much.
They all saw the three-dimensional scanned image of the statue and recognized the content of the sculpture, which was consistent with what Ye Tian said.
"It is a pity that this statue of Hercules killing the Nemean Lion was broken into two parts, and the lower part is not known where it is. It would be great if it could be found.
Although I don’t know who the sculptor is who created this statue of Hercules, I am sure that the origin of this statue of Hercules must be extraordinary, otherwise it would not appear here.
Whether the ancient Romans or the ancient Greeks did not hesitate to spend huge costs, manpower and material resources to transport such a heavy statue to the Ionian Sea far away from the mainland, it is unusual in itself.
This is enough to show that this sculpture of "Heracles Killing the Nemean Lion" must have an extraordinary origin and be of great value. It may be the work of a top sculptor"
Ye Tian continued to introduce this ancient sculpture that had not yet revealed its true appearance, but what he said was clear and logical, and everyone was convinced.
Above the sea, the discovery of this suspected ancient Greek statue has caused a huge sensation.
Especially in Greece, the whole country is as lively as a boiling pot!