Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 3079: Traces of the Queen of Sheba
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When the tripartite joint exploration team arrived at Obelisk Square on the outskirts of Axum, the place had been blocked by a large number of Tigray military police, and tourists were not allowed to enter!
After the convoy arrived here, everyone did not get out of the car immediately. Instead, Seaman led the Israeli security personnel to thoroughly inspect the place.
Until they were sure it was safe and there was no danger, Ye Tian and the others stopped and stood at the edge of the Obelisk Square.
To say this is a square is actually more accurate than to say it is a ruins,
In this famous square, there are more than a dozen obelisks, large and small.
The tallest of these obelisks is about 24 meters, while the lower ones are only a few meters, and even only a base is left.
Across the square, there are many obelisks that have been broken into several pieces. Some obelisks have even turned into piles of stones of different sizes, and their original appearance cannot be seen at all.
In addition to the complete or incomplete obelisk, there are many other buildings in the square, but only a broken wall is left!
Most of the buildings have collapsed, leaving only some low walls and even granite bases, only a little higher than the ground.
Under the obelisk square, there are many criss-crossing tunnels and some very secret underground buildings hidden.
Compared with the obelisks and other buildings on the ground, the preservation of these underground buildings is much better, and many buildings are very well preserved.
Around this obelisk square, there is a high wall that surrounds the entire square and separates it from the outside world.
Inside the wall are fee-paying scenic spots and world cultural heritage sites; outside the wall are several villages where many Tigrayans live.
To the north of Obelisk Square is a towering hill.
There are many rolling hills of different heights around, and the vegetation on these hills is quite dense and lush.
Ye Tian, who got off the car, couldn't help but frown slightly as he looked at the undulating hills and dense woods around the Obelisk Square.
There is no doubt that those places are very suitable for hiding and ambush.
If someone wants to attack the three-party joint exploration team, it is easy to find an ideal hiding place in the surroundings, keep an eye on this place, and be ready to take action at any time.
Because this area is very open, even if the Israelis launched an investigation a day in advance and made various arrangements, it would still be difficult to take care of all places.
Those places that are ignored by them are likely to be used by others to carry out sneak attacks secretly.
With the arrival of the three-party joint exploration team, many Tigrayans living around Obelisk Square have flocked to the surrounding hills to look down at this place.
No one knows whether there are some people with ulterior motives hidden among the Tigray people watching the fun.
Ye Tian quickly looked at the surrounding environment, then picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Seaman, the view here is too wide. There are many places to hide around, especially those dense mountain forests. You must check carefully. It is best to use a small drone carrying an infrared thermal imaging camera to check!"
"Understand, Steven, we will carefully inspect every forest and every hill here. We will have our people on every hill around the Obelisk Square!"
"There are also Tigrayans who gathered in the surrounding hills to watch the excitement and see if there are any suspicious guys inside"
"Received, our people have already blended into the crowd. If any suspicious elements are found, they will be notified as soon as possible!"
He-Man responded over the intercom.
While talking, the deputy mayor of Axum and others came over.
Seeing them, Ye Tian immediately ended the call.
Joshua and the others, as well as several archaeologists and historians, also came over one after another.
After everyone gathered together and discussed for a few words, the deputy mayor of Axum said:
"Gentlemen, the Obelisk Square is completely closed today and no tourists will be admitted. The three-party joint exploration team can carry out exploration operations here, provided that no damage is caused!"
"Of course, Mr. Mayor, this is a world cultural heritage and an important symbol of Ethiopian civilization. We will cherish every brick here and will never cause any damage!"
Ye Tian smiled and nodded.
"Before the exploration begins, the person in charge of Obelisk Square will lead everyone to visit and explain"
"That's perfect, we can just use this to understand the situation here"
"Please, gentlemen"
As he spoke, the deputy mayor of Axum made a gesture of invitation.
Next, everyone walked towards the gate of Obelisk Square.
Other members of the tripartite joint exploration team began to unload various exploration equipment and various materials including weapons and ammunition from the vehicle, preparing to transport them into Obelisk Square to start today's exploration operation.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian and the others had entered the Obelisk Square.
As soon as they entered, everyone saw the tallest and most magnificent obelisk standing in the center of the square.
The obelisk is like an Optimus Prime, standing on a granite base and pointing straight to the sky. It is quite shocking!
"Gentlemen, the obelisk of Axum is different from the Egyptian obelisks you have seen before. The obelisk of Axum is often carved from a single piece of granite, which is extremely difficult to make.
Before Christianity was introduced to Ethiopia, that is, before the fourth century AD, Ethiopian rulers spent a lot of money and manpower to build huge stone monuments to erect monuments for the kings.
People erected tall obelisks in the square where funerals were held, recording the great achievements of the kings in Ethiopia's oldest Gith script and marking their tombs.
On these ancient obelisks, there are many exquisite patterns and patterns carved on them. By studying these words and patterns, we can get a glimpse of the ancient history of the Aksum Emperor era..."
The person in charge of Obelisk Square began to explain and introduce the situation here.
While listening to the Tigrayan’s explanation, everyone visited the ancient Obelisk Square.
There is nothing modern here, everything remains original.
Here, time seems to have stopped, in the era of the Kingdom of Aksum a thousand or two thousand years ago.
Walking in this ancient square and among these ruins, everyone seems to be in dialogue with history, like walking into the history of Axum and the history of Ethiopia.
While talking, everyone has arrived in front of the tallest obelisk in the center of the square.
This obelisk stands on a rectangular granite base. There are more than a dozen steps in front of it, and there are many stone piers and guardrails surrounding the obelisk.
Everyone stopped here and looked up at this towering ancient building.
"Gentlemen, this is the tallest existing obelisk in Ethiopia. It is about 24 meters high and weighs two hundred tons. It has a history of more than 1,700 years and is a symbol of Ethiopian civilization.
During World War II, Italian dictator Mussolini ordered this obelisk to be transported to Italy and erected in Rome as a symbol of Italy's victory over Ethiopia.
In 1947, Italy promised to the United Nations that it would return all looted Ethiopian cultural relics. After several twists and turns, this obelisk symbolizing Ethiopian civilization was returned..."
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About forty minutes later, everyone finished the visit.
In fact, we only visited a few important obelisks.
Due to time constraints, we did not visit the remaining relatively short obelisks, collapsed obelisks, and numerous architectural ruins and underground buildings.
At this time, many members of the tripartite joint exploration team, experts and scholars, as well as many exploration equipment and supplies, have entered the obelisk square.
After the visit, Ye Tian came to the place where the three-party joint exploration team gathered.
He first briefly understood the situation, and then said to everyone present:
“Guys, we can start taking action and explore this ancient Obelisk Square, which is a world cultural heritage. During the action, everyone must be careful not to cause any damage.
As before, everyone works in pairs, each with a pulse metal detector, to carefully scan every inch of the ground in Obelisk Square. If you find anything, remember to notify me immediately.
The places we want to explore today include not only the buildings above the ground in Obelisk Square, but also the buildings below the ground. Let’s explore the buildings on the ground first, and we will talk about the parts below the ground later.
This is a large area with a relatively wide view. During the exploration process, everyone must look after each other and try not to lose sight of adjacent exploration groups. I will also arrange security personnel to follow and protect everyone.
Everyone has seen the situation around the Obelisk Square. I want to emphasize one point here. If we are attacked, everyone must remember to hide on the spot and never run around! ”
After the words fell, everyone immediately responded in unison:
"Got it, Steven, we know what to do!"
Next, Ye Tian said some more precautions before ending his speech.
Subsequently, he asked Cole and the others to deploy armed security personnel to follow each exploration team for safety.
After the layout was completed, many members of the three-party joint exploration team immediately took action.
Everyone opened the metal suitcases one after another, took out pulse metal detectors and other exploration equipment, as well as Kevlar body armor, and quickly equipped them.
Immediately afterwards, the various exploration groups dispersed, and based on the plan that Ye Tian and others had made in advance, they each determined an area and started exploring.
Ye Tian himself also led an exploration team and several experts and scholars to the ruins in Obelisk Square.
Joshua, the deputy mayor of Aksum and others also came with him.
Not only them, but almost everyone in Obelisk Square is paying attention to what is going on here.
Everyone wants to see if Ye Tian can create another miracle and give everyone a huge surprise!
In a moment, Ye Tian and the others had arrived in front of the ruins of a collapsed obelisk, ready to explore.
This is the largest obelisk ruin in the entire square. There are dozens of obelisk fragments scattered on the ground. These obelisk fragments are large and small, and are distributed in an area about 30 meters long. An area about ten meters wide.
Not only that, under these huge number of obelisk fragments, there are also two ancient building ruins and a winding, well-preserved tunnel.
When he arrived here, Ye Tian first observed the situation, and then nodded to an archaeologist in the same group.
The next moment, the archaeologist from Columbia University began to introduce the situation:
“Guys, the obelisk ruins you are seeing now were once the most magnificent obelisk in Ethiopia and the largest known monolithic structure in the world.
This obelisk is 33 meters high, weighs hundreds of tons, and is thirteen stories tall. Its history is older than the 24-meter-high obelisk in the center of the square, and is said to date back to BC.
It is a pity that this magnificent obelisk has collapsed long ago and turned into the ruins before everyone. On these fragments of the obelisk, many of the oldest Gith texts in Ethiopia are engraved.
By studying these ancient texts, we may be able to find clues about Solomon’s treasures, and at the same time, we can also learn something about Axum before and after BC”
Everyone nodded after hearing the archaeologist’s introduction.
After he finished the introduction, Ye Tian continued:
"Nick, come and scan the ground of this ruins to see if there are unknown metal objects buried here. Several experts and scholars and I will study these obelisk fragments!"
"Okay, Steven"
Nick nodded in response, and another of his men nodded as well.
Afterwards, everyone started taking action separately.
The exploration team took pulse metal detectors and began to scan the ground of the ruins.
Ye Tian and several archaeologists and paleographers came to different obelisk fragments and squatted down to start studying to see if they could find anything.
After a while, everyone discovered something.
"Stephen, look at these patterns and decorations, which have a clear Arabic cultural style. They are very similar to some ancient stone carvings we saw in Yemen before, and they have many similarities.
Combined with the long history of this obelisk, it can be confirmed that in BC, the Arabs crossed from the other side of the Red Sea and gradually penetrated into northern Ethiopia.
These newcomers brought better agriculture, architectural art, and varied trade to the area, as well as new religions. Axum's economy and culture experienced significant development during this stage.
In related legends, the area ruled by the Queen of Sheba happened to cover the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and the northern part of Ethiopia, and Aksum was one of the legendary capitals."
An archaeologist from Columbia University said, pointing to several ancient patterns and writings on the obelisk fragments.
Following the direction of his finger, Ye Tian looked at the patterns and words, and then nodded lightly.
"Yes, these ancient patterns and words are indeed very similar to the stone carvings we found in the ruins deep in the Yemen desert, with obvious Arab cultural colors.
The ancient ruins in Yemen are very close to Marib, another capital of the legendary Kingdom of Sheba. The same style of stone carvings appears in these two places, and there must be a connection."
While talking, a paleographer who was looking at another obelisk fragment not far away suddenly said excitedly:
"Stephen, come and take a look. This obelisk fragment seems to mention the Queen of Sheba, and it seems to depict some of the deeds of the Queen of Sheba during her time in Aksum!"
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately raised his head and looked over there.
Everyone else at the scene did the same, looking over there one after another, everyone was very excited.
Then, Ye Tian stood up and walked over there, and the others immediately followed.
In three or two steps, everyone has arrived at the paleographer.
Seeing Ye Tian coming over, the paleographer immediately pointed to a few lines of text on the fragment of the obelisk in front of him and said:
"Stephen, look at these ancient writings. They are older than the oldest Githin in Ethiopia. To be more precise, they are closer to ancient Semitic than Githin.
We have just analyzed these ancient texts, and we can basically conclude that the contents recorded in these ancient texts are exactly about some of the deeds of the Queen of Sheba during her time in Aksum.
There are several recurring texts that have been found many times in the ruins of the legendary Queen of Sheba's Bath. After careful comparison, we made this judgment."
While the ancient philologist was introducing it, Ye Tian was also carefully observing these ancient characters, as well as the patterns and decorations engraved on the obelisk fragment.
Although he can't understand these ancient words between ancient Semitic and Githwen, and can't figure out their precise meaning!
However, he could see which era these words came from, when they were engraved on this obelisk, and how long its history was!
After observing for a moment, he nodded and said:
"If the content recorded in these ancient texts is really related to the Queen of Sheba and records her deeds in Aksum, then it is basically certain that Aksum is the capital of the Kingdom of Sheba, or at least one of the capitals!
By extension, if Aksum was the capital of the Kingdom of Sheba, then Menelik I would most likely return here with some of Solomon's treasures after escaping from Jerusalem, and hide the treasures here! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up and they were all excited.
Several Ethiopians present at the scene, especially representatives from the religious community, had a flash of worry in their eyes!