Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 496 Communication and Trivia

The material of an item is an important evidence for judging the age of the item. For example, if you see plastic, then the item can basically be confirmed as a product of the 20th century.

But this set is not accurate at all times, such as copper, iron or bronze, which are metals or alloys that have a long history of use by humans, it is difficult to judge the specific age just by looking at the material.

Of course, because the proportions of various trace elements in the ores produced by mines in each place are different, sometimes it is possible to determine where these things come from through more detailed analysis, and then judge by the operating hours of those mines.

However, this approach is very restrictive, at least when those minerals have not been discovered, it is difficult to determine the origin of these things, let alone determine the age.

So now Liang En and the others are stuck in this aspect again, because they realize that unless they are really lucky and can encounter similarly recorded antiques before, they will not be able to make a successful judgment at all.

But this does not mean that they are completely helpless, because when he calmly inspected these metal blocks one by one, Liang En found that there were some very vague marks on these metal blocks, as if someone had carved them.

After realizing this, Liang En immediately focused on these traces, because both patterns and text contain a lot of information, allowing people to obtain more information.

According to the results they sorted out, there are a total of six pieces of metal with scratches on them, but because of the long storage time on the seabed, the scratches on them have been blurred to the point where they cannot be seen clearly.

Fortunately, after a series of processing and consumption of a copper bell, a small can of camping liquefied gas, and three [Repair (N)] cards, Liang En finally managed to make out what was carved on these six pieces of metal. What.

Among them, the traces on two copper ingots were obviously just some scratches, which meant that his previous busyness was wasted, but Liang En couldn't guess this before it was thoroughly cleaned.

However, there were obviously some characters on the other four copper ingots, and there were seven in total, and these characters quickly cheered Liang En up, because these characters were the linear character a he had found before.

You know, these characters should be the characters used by the Minoan civilization on Crete at that time, which means that these copper blocks are likely to be related to the early Minoan civilization.

It's a pity that these words are only numbers in the Minoan civilization, so it is impossible to get more information from them, but Liang En also knows from the numbers that there are at least 47 of these copper blocks in one batch, because these copper blocks The largest number on the block is 47.

In order to obtain further information, Liang En took these copper blocks to visit the National Museum of Ireland, and the equipment living there conducted a comprehensive test and test on these copper blocks.

It is a pity that the test results did not bring more information. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the casting technology of these copper blocks is very primitive, and there is even a huge difference in the zinc content in these brass blocks that should be the same batch.

This also proves from the side that those ancient brass smelters may not have fully mastered the casting skills of brass, so the brass with such unstable quality has just been passed on.

"Where did you get these things from?" Just as Liang En went to test the report, the museum's chief inspection consultant named Huck asked Liang En. "I feel these things have a lot of historical value."

"It was accidentally obtained from an auction. According to my investigation, these things should come from an illegal salvage group in the eastern Mediterranean. Unfortunately, those people are dead."

"It's really bad." Huck shook his head helplessly and said, "So are you willing to donate these copper blocks to the museum now? I think you should know the value of these things—"

"Sorry, I can't." Liang En shrugged and said, "Even if I want to donate it, I should donate it to a museum in Greece, not to mention that I now hope to find out where these things come from."

"I'm sorry, I was rude. These cultural relics really should go back to their hometown." Huck was just a little excited just now, so after being rejected by Liang En, he quickly reacted and apologized.

"It's nothing." Liang En shook his head and said, at least the other party's question just now was out of habit, and there was no bad intention, so he could understand the other party's thinking.

But at this moment, Liang En suddenly thought of something, so he cleared his throat and asked the middle-aged man.

"By the way, I think you should know that I have cooperated with our university to carry out large-scale archaeological work on two Greek ruins." "Yes, of course we know this."

Having said that, Huck shook his head helplessly. "It's a pity that we didn't have much communication between the two sides, so that we lost this opportunity."

"But now there is a new opportunity." Liang En showed a smile like a fox stealing a chicken, because he understood the funds he needed for the next search job and where he could find the manpower.

"You know that although my alma mater is very good, the scale of archaeology is still a bit too small, so it is already the limit to disperse one's strength into two ruins."

"So I hope from the bottom of my heart that someone in Ireland can help me with new excavations in the next work."

"I think our museum can take on this job." The chief inspection consultant immediately said excitedly. "I'm going to apply to our dean now. If there are no accidents, we will fully support your archaeological excavation work."

"Why do you have to find a bunch of assistants to help you dig every time?" Joan asked curiously as she was driving home. "I see that the great explorers of the early 20th century excavated the ruins themselves."

"You also said that it was in the early 20th century, but now it's the 21st century, and the old set doesn't fit the current era at all." Liang En said with a smile.

"In those days, those explorers could dig unscrupulously, and even dig a trench directly on the ancient ruins to find what they wanted at the cost of destroying several layers of ancient ruins, but now it is completely impossible. "

"With the progress of the times, human beings have also made great progress in archaeological work, and can obtain more ancient information more accurately, but correspondingly, more and more funds and manpower are required."

"In this case, it is not only legally difficult for one person to be responsible for the comprehensive excavation work, but it is also completely unnecessary. After all, people can only remember the discoverer, and there are not many diggers behind. Individuals can remember."

"What you said makes sense." Jeanne nodded and said, "But have you locked in on the location of these things now?"

"Not yet." Speaking of this, Liang En looked a little frustrated. "At first, I thought I could lock the target position through these existing methods, but unfortunately now it seems that I can only use those special methods."

(End of this chapter)