Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 656 Sutton Hoo

Because of the good news in the morning and a little beer in the buffet, especially Liang En and Joan of Arc didn't have much airs.So everyone seemed a lot more active at the evening buffet.

Of course, another reason is that Liang En and the others are relatively young, so the pressure on everyone is obviously not as great as those in their 50s and [-]s, especially to be able to chat with young workers among these workers.

Yes, Britain is indeed a country with very clear class divisions, but this situation has become less obvious in modern times, especially for these young people in their 20s.

While chatting, Liang En learned that many people here were actually fans of the treasure hunting video he set up, and several people even hoped that Liang En could sign for them.

But this is also expected, after all, finding treasures in a wilderness always attracts everyone's attention, not to mention that what Liang En finds are all heavyweight things.

At least according to Liang En's contributions in the field of archaeology, he felt that it should not be a big problem for him to leave his name in the history books for 200 years. If he was lucky enough, he might be able to keep his name for 500 years.

"There are some interesting things in our manor." After getting Liang En's signature, a young man fiddled with it for a few minutes, then looked at him and said. "If you're interested, you can go and have a look."

The young man's words aroused Liang En's curiosity, so early the next morning, he and Joan of Arc came to the westernmost part of the manor near the river.The place is a plateau overlooking the Deben River below.

Standing on this high ground, they could see 18 mounds scattered throughout the manor, and there was the largest mound on the high ground where they were now.

"This should indeed be an ancient relic, rather than a natural formation." Looking at the surrounding situation, Liang En, as a professional, quickly judged the specific situation here.

After all, the surrounding area is not a mountainous area, but the best irrigated land on the fertile riverside plain. In this case, a pile of soil suddenly popping up on the ground seems very suspicious.

In particular, Liang En's hometown was in West Qin Province in China in both his lifetimes, so he immediately thought of the mausoleum after seeing the earthen bumps on this plain.

"It seems that we are late." Joan of Arc said immediately after running to the side of this generation's mound and taking a look, because he found that the largest mound had obviously been dug before.

Tomb robbery is not a modern behavior, nor is it limited to a certain area.At least this kind of activity began to be carried out in the dark when ancient humans began to put funeral objects in the tomb.

At least from a global perspective, it is a common fact that ten tombs and nine are empty, so it is not a very unexpected thing for Liang En and the others to find that the cemetery has traces of being stolen and dug.

"Being late doesn't mean you don't gain anything." Liang En raised his eyebrows and took out his mobile phone and said, "Many times we can find very important clues from the details."

He wrote the name of the place on the phone screen while talking, and then began to analyze the place name from a linguistic point of view, because in many cases, ancient place names can often leave enough clues for future archaeologists.

"The place name Sutton Hoo is supposed to be a very old place name, because the word comes from Old English: "Sut" combined with "tun" means "settlement", and "hoo" translates as "shaped like a heel spur—"

"You mean this was once a human settlement." After hearing what Liang En said, Joan looked around the surrounding terrain and nodded.

"Yes, it should be like this. This place is located near the mouth of the river, but it is not particularly close to the sea to bear the disadvantages of the sea. The most important thing is that the land is flat and fertile. It is indeed a place suitable for human habitation. "

After saying this, Joan looked at Liang En with a compliment-seeking expression, but found that he was staring at the mobile phone in his hand and repeating the local place names, not paying attention to the surrounding situation at all.

"What's the matter, what happened?" Seeing Liang En's unusual movements now, Joan of Arc looked a little nervous. "Don't scare me."

"It's okay, because I suddenly remembered something." Liang En, who came back to his senses after being shouted by Jeanne, smiled and shook his hand at her, and then said, "I remembered what this should be."

For Liang En, the memory of his previous life is a precious wealth, but sometimes this wealth may not be available.For example, sometimes those pure Chinese materials can't make him correspond to the real situation one by one.

The reason why Liang En was stunned just now was because he read the name of the place repeatedly when analyzing the place name, and then suddenly realized that this place is the very famous ruins of Sutton Hoo in England.

Edith Pretty, a widowed British woman in another world, hired amateur archaeologist Basil Brown to dig in her property and accidentally unearthed a large tomb.
The burial, which includes an Anglo-Saxon-era ship, has been named the Sutton Hoo and has been described as "one of the most important archaeological finds in Britain".

The use of boats as graves can be seen as the fact that the Anglo-Saxons were influenced by the Vikings before the Viking age, because this boat burial is a special form of funeral for the Viking leader.

According to a Viking funeral witnessed by Arab traveler Ibn Fadlan in 922 AD, the dead Viking leader would be placed on a ship.

This boat will not have sails, but a shed will be built in the middle, and the body of the leader will be placed inside, in addition to a series of funerary objects.

There are many types of these funeral objects, among which daily necessities and weapons are essential, and of course a slave girl, a dog, several horses or a cow, and then the boat will be burned.

It's just that when this habit is passed on to other countries and civilizations, certain changes will definitely occur, such as changing cremation to burial, and then giving later generations a window to understand this era.

"It seems that we have a big job ahead." Liang En said to Joan after going through all the things in his mind. "My memory tells me that there is a very important relic in this place."

"This should be considered good news." Joan of Arc smiled after hearing the news, and then asked as if thinking of something. "What should we do next?"

"Such a relic, the two of us alone will definitely not be able to dig it out." Liang En said after recalling the content of this relic in his impression.

"So the next thing we have to do is to conduct a large-scale exploration and find enough evidence, and then we can introduce other forces to start excavation work."

Naturally, Liang En didn't intend to dig this ruin by hand alone, and the people he knew now could basically guarantee that even if he found some trivial clues, he would be able to find enough free helpers.

"It's a good arrangement. Let's go back to the room and prepare some tools and food." Joan of Arc nodded to express her approval of Liang En's suggestion, "Such a large mound cannot be excavated in a short period of time. of."

(End of this chapter)