Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 504 Tracker

As the excavation work began, Liang En and the others soon discovered that the excavation work was more difficult than expected, because the surface was obviously a hard shell formed by the accumulation of some volcanic ash.

These hard shells look like cement, and even ordinary tools can't dig them at all, so it may take several times the effort to find what's underneath in this case.

This happened because the scale of the volcanic eruption that year was too large.The erupting volcano blew up the central part of the earliest island directly into the sky, leaving only the outer periphery forming an irregular circle.

There are two gaps in the circle. Tens of thousands of tons of seawater from the Aegean Sea poured into the gap after the volcanic eruption and filled up the crater, which likely triggered a tsunami that spread to the entire sea area.

According to the locals, the volcano is currently in a period of low-intensity activity. Some people once boarded a small island close to the volcano, and found that the ground was hot even through the soles of their shoes, and sulfur was everywhere. the stench.

In such a comparison, Liang En's current excavation site is obviously much better than that kind of place, at least there is no suffocating poisonous gas in this place, and there is no hot ground.

More importantly, these volcanic ash are likely to fill the entire ancient human settlements. Although this will cause difficulties in the excavation work, it can also ensure that most of the cultural relics are preserved.

Yes, volcanic eruptions can have devastating effects locally, but they can also freeze entire human settlements at the moment of the eruption, the most famous of which is Pompeii in Italy.

Liang En was recommended by everyone as the commander of the entire site, because his previous discoveries convinced those more experienced than him, so naturally he was responsible for allocating the excavation tasks.

Considering that the local geology is hard and the cost of excavation work is too high, he consumed all the legendary points and a piece of [Detection (N)] to activate the [Eye of Daedalus (SR)].

In an instant, the situation within a radius of 190 meters with Liang En as the center immediately appeared in front of him, and then whether it was the underground situation or the light spots representing ancient valuables suddenly appeared in his mind.

This city is much smaller than imagined, and the use of one card can basically cover the location of the entire ruins. Considering the ancient productivity, a city of this size should be regarded as a large-scale city.

By analyzing the distribution of these light spots and building wreckage, Liang En quickly built a map of the underground ruins in his mind, and then allocated specific areas for exploration and excavation to everyone based on this map.

The reason for the distribution is also very simple. Liang En said that there were certain rules in the construction of ancient cities, and the approximate distribution of the city can also be inferred from the distribution of buildings in the Minoan palace and the local topography.

Of course, this reason was just an excuse to hide the existence of the card, but no one present raised any objections. After all, Liang En was indeed the most experienced in this regard among all present.

Due to the lack of manpower, they did not conduct large-scale excavations, but chose the three-story small buildings located around a triangular square in the center of the town.

Unlike other civilizations, the palaces of the Cretan civilization have their own characteristics in the distribution of buildings, that is, a series of buildings are built with the square as the core.

So according to Liang En's judgment, the area he found now is likely to be the place where the rulers of the ancient city of Thira lived.

The excavation started soon after the allocation, and they all hoped to find some valuable things as soon as possible, because as long as they found these things, they could apply to the Greek government to bring in more manpower.

According to the previous agreement, after finding the valuable relics, Liang En and the others need to notify the Greek officials as soon as possible, and then ask the Greek side to send an archaeological team.

If the Greek official personnel are insufficient, then they have the right to recommend foreign archaeological teams and enter the archaeological site to conduct archaeology after obtaining permission.

After all, their excavation work itself is under the brand of international joint exploration, so it is a matter of course to find foreign archaeological teams when they need to recruit manpower later.

A few minutes later, Liang En arranged the specific excavation locations for each of them, and the location he arranged was a place that looked like a small-scale metal processing workshop after observing with a card.

At a time when the site flourished, such workshops were probably as important as the large coal and steel complexes today, so there is certainly much to be found of historic value.

On the other hand, the murals found in the Minoan ruins made Liang En realize that it is very possible to unearth various murals in the remains of the Cretan civilization in this area, and Liang En is not good at excavating ancient murals and deal with.

That's why he chose this metal processing workshop as his target, because there is no need to worry about excavating murals here, and the metal processing workshop that can be located in the core area also has a high probability of hiding many important secrets.

However, it is not an easy task to dig out one's own target from the thick volcanic ash, so they just planned and determined the specific excavation target on the first day.

In addition, they also roughly estimated the amount of earthwork to be excavated next, and planned to recruit enough workers according to this plan to help them start the next archaeological project.

Archaeological excavation work is indeed a very complicated job, but this does not mean that all the work needs to be done by professionals. At least some simple manual work like cleaning the surface of the ruins can be done by some ordinary workers.

It is not a simple matter to hire workers, especially in this kind of tourist attractions, if you want to find this kind of pure manual labor, it is a matter of bleeding your pockets.

Although everyone has prepared enough funds for this matter, such things as funds can naturally save a little bit, so the best way to hire personnel is to hire the corresponding number of people according to the needs when the number of people is determined.

"Let's hire 20 people first, so that at least one excavation can be guaranteed." On the return bus, Liang En said to the leader of the Irish Museum. "

After all, the space we want to dig is not too small. If there are too few people, it may take too long for us. If there are too many people, it will be a waste of human resources when facing small-area ruins.

"You're right, 20 people is indeed a more appropriate number." The team leader nodded and said, "At least today's drilling and sampling have found the location of the relic layer. If we have enough people, we may be able to do so in less than a week." Dig a square of sufficient size."

"That's why I set this number—" Liang Liangen nodded and was about to say something when he saw Jeanne of Arc poking him with her finger, pointing to the makeup mirror in her hand, and said. "Liang En, I found a car following us."

"What!" Hearing what Joan of Arc said, Liang En immediately paid attention to the vehicles behind him, and sure enough, after observing carefully for a few minutes, he found a black car looming not far away.

(End of this chapter)