Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 659 Discovery
Beginning in the sixth century AD, that is, the time when this Sutton Hoo cemetery was built, Britain began to form seven small kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons, and the owner of this cemetery is likely to be one of the kings.

Because there are not many specific written records left in this period of history, the most traditional historians often refer to this period of time as the "Dark Ages."

Although with the development of modern archaeology and the discovery of important relics, people began to realize that this era was not as barbaric as previously imagined, but it is difficult to piece together the true history of that era only by the found cultural relics.

Therefore, under such circumstances, British archaeology attaches great importance to any relics of this era, hoping to gradually restore the truth of that era from those scattered materials.

So the top royal cemetery of that era will naturally attract everyone's attention. According to Liang En's guess, if this is not a private domain, it is estimated that the media with a name in the UK will come to watch.

After all, this is an era of pan-entertainment, even if most of the news is not popular to read the manuscripts one by one, so the content like this is more serious, but also interesting content is naturally the most popular news content.

It's just that because this manor is an ancient noble manor, the media are not willing to take some legal risks to enter this private territory in a short period of time.

However, following Liang En's live broadcast, these media gradually became aware of the importance of this discovery, and at the same time became more and more interested in this discovery.

Therefore, Liang En also realized that he had to find an opportunity to allow these people to come in for an interview, otherwise the other party would probably choose to start fabricating news and make the whole thing develop in a bad direction.

So when the excavation of the things located in the central tomb of the ship began on the third day, several cameras were set up beside the big pit, and almost all the well-known British media set up cameras on the side.

"It feels like we are animals being visited in a zoo now." Looking around at the reporters around the pit, Liang En walked into the bottom of the pit along various shelves and said to Professor Harry who was digging there.

"This is normal. After all, what we found this time is an important discovery that can affect British history." Professor Harry raised his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then said.

"But this should be a good thing for us, because we need the public to pay attention to archaeology and history, and such a large-scale publicity is naturally beneficial to our purpose."

For these real archaeologists, it is very important to publicize the relevant content to the public, so they are naturally quite satisfied with the arrival of these reporters.

And Liang En was just joking at this time, he really didn't like the feeling of being surrounded by this group of reporters, but he also knew that the publicity effect brought by this kind of interview was very valuable for this manor .

"Of course I know this, but if you keep watching the digging, you probably won't maintain much interest." Liang En walked to Professor Harry's side, and said while helping him clean up.

"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to dig out something today, but it's hard to say what exactly we can dig up." Professor Harry said firmly after making sure that all the cameras couldn't capture him.

"We have already used a metal detector to detect it yesterday, and we can confirm that there are indeed a lot of precious metal reactions under this place, and judging from the thickness of the soil here, we can definitely dig out those important things today."

Although Professor Harry is a pure scholar, he does not shy away from using those small means that do not violate the principle, such as checking the scene in advance with the presence of the media today, to ensure that it can be a hit.

"Well, I hope everything goes well for us." Liang En said with a shovel to clean up the gravel and dirt on the land in front of him, and then the shovel in his hand touched some kind of hard object. "I seem to have found something."

"Dig it out and see what it is." Professor Harry said while busy with the matter at hand. "Everyone has dug up some ironware this morning. They are basically beautifully crafted weapons. Unfortunately, the corrosion is too serious."

The local land is that kind of acidic soil, which is highly corrosive, so the iron utensils dug out have basically turned into scrap iron, and at the same time, the weight is at most half of the original.

However, after a simple cleaning of the unearthed iron objects, the patterns of gold and garnet inlaid on those iron objects proved that these objects should belong to a leader with a high status at that time.

"It should be another piece of iron." Professor Harry who stood opposite Liang En said after digging up the soil in front of him, because what appeared in front of him was a palm-sized piece of iron with irregular shapes.

"Indeed, but this should also be the tomb owner's favorite, or the most important thing to him." Liang En said looking at the slightly curved piece of iron.

It is very simple to make such a judgment, because this place is the center of the cemetery, and it is also the place where the owner of the cemetery should be. Therefore, everything unearthed in this place, even a piece of iron sheet, should be very valuable.

Soon, Liang En brought this piece of iron to a simple laboratory by the side of the pit, and began to clean up the rust on the iron.It's just that the rust on the ironware is too thick, and it takes more time to clean it up.

So considering that I have an interview this afternoon, I am going to go, and I am the only one in the tent at the same time.Liang En finally used the [Repair (N)] card.

As the cards were consumed, the rust on the piece in front of it gradually receded, but unlike the brand new piece of iron, the iron was still oxidized brown.

At the same time, the parts that were originally covered by the rust were also exposed, and it was obvious that there were some exquisite reliefs on this piece of iron at that time.

This relief shows two people and a horse, one of the warriors on the horse seems to be about to trample another warrior in armor.

"This thing seems to be—" Looking at the piece of iron, Liang En frowned, because he seemed to have this thing in his memory.

Although he couldn't remember what it was for a while, he also knew that everything he could remember should be meaningful, and it couldn't be just a simple piece of iron.

Because the speed of card restoration was so fast, Liang En stayed in the tent for more than an hour to fish for fish before going out to find Professor Harry.

At this time, Professor Harry had given up on the excavation site and cleaned it up two or three meters away. Judging from his cautious appearance, he should have discovered something of value.

"Look at what I found." After seeing Liang En approaching, Professor Harry showed him what he had just dug up. "I'm sure journalists will be crazy about this stuff."

(End of this chapter)