Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2865: The secret in the well
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"What you are seeing now is a bronze statue of **** and Saint Catherine. Saint Catherine, also known as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, is a Christian saint who is worshiped as the 'Great Martyrdom' by the Orthodox Church. ..."
In the church of St. Catherine's Monastery, Father Harris is introducing the church and the situation inside the church to everyone.
Compared with the khaki, extremely simple, ancient and mottled city walls that everyone has seen before, this church located inside St. Catherine's Monastery looks magnificent and dazzling.
The walls, pillars, vaults and doors inside this church are all engraved with lifelike images of ancient emperors, Christian saints, and numerous murals derived from biblical stories.
Especially the altar in front of everyone, which is inlaid with a large amount of gold and various gemstones, which is extremely dazzling. The bronze statues of **** and Saint Catherine lie supine on this golden altar.
At this time, everyone had solemn expressions and listened attentively to Father Harris' explanation. Bishop Kent and others kept crossing themselves on their chests and praying silently.
Ye Tian, who was also at the scene, while admiring the two icons, also secretly looked through this ancient church, including the altar, walls, vaults, and deep underground, not missing a single corner.
In some of these places, he did find some hidden secrets, such as valuable antiques and artifacts.
But these antiques have a very strong religious overtones. Once discovered, they will definitely be left in St. Catherine's Monastery. They have nothing to do with Solomon's treasures and the Ark of the Covenant, and have nothing to do with him!
Under such circumstances, Ye Tian would naturally not be stupid and point out these hidden secrets in a thankless way to contribute to St. Catherine's Monastery!
Due to limited time, everyone visited St. Catherine's Monastery at a very fast pace, which was basically just a quick tour.
After visiting the splendid church, under the leadership of Father Harris and others, everyone went to the library of St. Catherine's Monastery.
This is a famous library in the Western world and the second largest authentic Christian library in the world after the Vatican Library, with a collection of more than 3,000 rare hand-written books.
Of all the books in this library, the most precious one is the Codex Sinaiticus, a Greek parchment manuscript written in the fourth century AD. This is the oldest surviving Bible in the world
Unfortunately, only twelve pages and forty fragments of the original manuscript remain in St. Catherine's Monastery. The rest are in Russia, Britain and Germany, where they were forcibly borrowed or bought with money, and never again Not returned!
Another important classic is an ancient Syriac palimpsest of the Bible dating from 778 AD, and its initial writing date can be traced back to the fifth century AD.
The monastery also houses some ancient manuscripts written on papyrus, as well as ancient scrolls in Arabic, Turkish, and ancient Greek.
For Christianity and the Western world, all these manuscripts and books are precious spiritual treasures given by God to mankind. They bear witness to the monastery's enduring monastic life and firm faith after seventeen centuries.
When visiting this famous Christian authentic library, Ye Tian did not forget to do some clairvoyance in secret.
In the process, he also discovered some unknown secrets, such as a manuscript sandwiched inside the cover of an ancient book, or a rare ancient book that was tightly wrapped and hidden in a secret compartment on the wall.
It is a pity that these manuscripts and rare ancient books are either written in ancient Greek, ancient Latin and ancient Arabic, or ancient Hebrew and ancient Syriac, which he does not recognize at all. .
When a group of them came out of the library, the sun also rose, filling the ancient monastery with golden sunlight and shining on Mount Sinai!
In the early morning sunshine, there was a sound of chanting the Bible in the monastery, which reached the ears of everyone present.
No need to ask, these are the monks of St. Catherine's Monastery doing morning prayers.
As the sound of prayers came, the atmosphere in the monastery suddenly became solemn and a bit sacred.
Ye Tian and the others all stopped and stood there with solemn expressions. Father Harris, Bishop Kent and others even began to pray in low voices.
After the prayers were completed, everyone started again and walked towards another historical building not far away.
This is the museum of St. Catherine's Monastery. It is not large in scale, but almost every antique artifact and artwork displayed in this museum is priceless and top-notch.
Since its establishment, St. Catherine's Monastery has received more than 2,000 ancient paintings, paintings, and various other antique cultural relics and works of art donated by emperors and royal nobles from various European countries.
Due to the small size of the Byzantine building used as a museum, only 150 authentic paintings are on display at St. Catherine's Monastery, while the rest of the top antique artifacts and works of art are stored in warehouses.
Most of the ancient paintings on display are from the 6th to 15th centuries AD, reflecting the religion, history and life of Europe throughout the ages. Each piece is a treasure.
One of the paintings shows two saints, Sargeus and Bacchus, wearing Byzantine military uniforms and riding war horses, which is an artistic treasure for studying Byzantine culture.
During the visit to the museum, Ye Tian not only admired the top-notch antique cultural relics and works of art on display, he also did not let go of the treasures stored in the warehouse, and looked through them one by one!
Not only that, he also took this opportunity to absorb some spiritual energy to increase his strength and make himself stronger.
In addition, he also discovered something in this museum, but he could only admire it secretly and could not talk about these discoveries!
Nearly half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
The tripartite joint exploration team had visited several major buildings, and then, led by Father Harris and others, they came to another famous holy place in St. Catherine's Monastery, the Well of Moses!
At this point, before Father Harris could begin to explain, Joshua, Isaiah, and several other Israelis all knelt down in unison and began to pray devoutly.
Bishop Kent and several other Vatican representatives also prayed quietly and made the sign of the cross on their chests, but did not kneel on the ground.
Seeing this scene, Ye Tian and David immediately looked at each other, then took two steps back together, silently waiting for Joshua and Bishop Kent to finish praying.
For Israel and Judaism, Moses saved the entire Jewish nation, brought the Jewish nation back from Egypt to its homeland of Canaan, and founded Judaism. He is a saint of Israel.
Because of this, Joshua and Isaiah behaved like this when they came to the Well of Moses.
Not only them, but any other Jew who came here would behave like this.
For Christianity, Moses is not only a Jewish saint, but also a Christian saint, so Bishop Kent and others pray here.
In Islamic religion, Moses is also regarded as a true prophet and is respected by people throughout the Islamic world!
After a while, Joshua and others just finished praying and stood up from the ground one after another.
It was only then that Father Harris began to explain.
"What you see now is the famous Well of Moses. The Well of Moses existed long before the construction of St. Catherine's Monastery and the earlier construction of St. Helena Church.
It was next to this well that the saint Moses met his wife, Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian. The two fell in love with each other and eventually got married.
Although the Well of Moses has lasted for thousands of years, it has never dried up. It is still the main source of water supply for St. Catherine's Monastery, but now it draws water through a modern water pump..."
While Father Harris was explaining, Ye Tian and the others were also observing the well.
From the outside, this is an ordinary well, nothing special.
Perhaps the only amazing thing is the stability of this underground water source. Although it has lasted for thousands of years, it has never dried up!
Because Moses met and fell in love with his wife here, this well was given a mythical quality and became a holy place in the hearts of the Israelites!
Because of this, many religious patterns and texts are engraved around this well, including the symbols of Judaism and Jewish culture, the six-pointed star, and some ancient Hebrew characters.
After roughly observing the situation around the Well of Moses, Ye Tian came to the well and looked into the well.
Almost as soon as his eyes fell into the well, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed deep in Ye Tian's eyes. It was fleeting and no one noticed it!