Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 810 Excavation
It may sound ridiculous to discover a magnificent temple without knowing who was worshiped, but it is true, because there is really nothing inside this magnificent al-Khazneh temple.

Some people think that this should be a temple dedicated to the gods, but the layout does not conform to the official layout of the temple at all.Some people think it belongs to a tomb, but there are no remains related to the tomb.

"Then what do you think it is?" After listening to everyone's thoughts, Joan asked with great interest, "I believe you must know something when you come here this time."

"You're right, I do know something other than vacation here." Liang En said, pointing to the entrance of the snake road facing the temple. "However, whether these memories are really consistent with the situation at the scene requires some small-scale surveys."

So in the next two hours, they carefully inspected the Kazni Temple, especially the square in front of the gate and the canyon called the Snake Road at the entrance, and obtained a lot of information from it.

"Okay, we think we can go see Ali." Just as he walked through the snake path for the last time, Liang En grabbed the straw hat from his head and slapped it on his chest, then said to Jeanne, "Next We need his help."

"You mean you want to conduct a small-scale excavation?" Seeing Liang En and Joan of Arc looking tired in his office, Suleiman Ali, the director of the Petra Archaeological Park, looked at them in surprise. "Tell me why you did it?"

"It's mainly because of our exploration just now." Liang En recalled what he and Jeanne had done a few hours ago, and then told what he found.

"According to the results we just observed, there is a layer of stones on the small road called the Snake Road facing the Khazneh Temple. This should be an ancient road."

"That's right, that's right." Ali nodded, "You know that this place used to be part of the Roman road, and it was also a prosperous trading city, so it's not surprising that there are stone-paved roads."

"But at the end of this snake path, which is close to the Al-Khazneh Temple, there is a distance of nearly 300 feet covered with sand." Liang En said and showed the picture on his phone.

"There is nothing surprising about this. You must know that the city has been abandoned for more than a thousand years, and the ancient water conservancy system has also been damaged. Therefore, many times the flood will carry sediment through the canyon and finally accumulate in front of the temple," Ali explained. arrive.

"You know. The biggest feature of the rain in the desert is that it is very changeable. Sometimes it will form a huge flood and carry away a large amount of sand and stone from the lack of vegetation."

"In this case, the sand and rocks will follow the canyon over the water conservancy facilities that have been damaged because they have not been maintained, and then rush directly down the snake road to the flat place and silt up, and then these things you see gone."

"Yes, I know, but if you go all the way down the slope of the original path of the snake road and arrive at the Al Khazneh Temple, you will find that the ground level at that time should be much lower than the current ground level." The corner of Liang En's mouth Pick up slightly.

"That is to say, our Khazneh Temple is likely to be the second floor of the temple in the past, and an entire floor is likely to be hidden under thousands of years of sand and stone."

He initially chose to come to Petra in Jordan because he really wanted to have a good vacation, but when he saw the Al-Khazneh Temple, he suddenly thought of a certain episode of National Geographic documentary in his previous life.

After the on-the-spot investigation, he found that the secrets recorded in the documentary also existed in this world with a high probability, so he came to look for Ali at this time.

"If you only dig in that square, I think it's fine." After thinking for a few seconds, Ali nodded to Liang En and the others.

To be honest, the main purpose of his invitation to Liang En and the others this time was for publicity. After all, this is a relic that has been discovered for more than 100 years, so he doesn't think that other people can find anything from it.

However, because of this reason, Ali felt that the historical site itself could not bring any benefits to the scenic spot, so he could only solve this problem from other aspects, such as asking celebrities to help advertise.

But he really didn't expect that Liang En, whom he recruited just for publicity, could be so powerful, and he could actually find something that those people had never found before in this place that was recognized by archaeologists as having few secrets.

For Ali, the person in charge of the ruins, Liang En's discovery is naturally good news for him.That's why he made this decision after weighing the pros and cons briefly.

Of course, there is another important reason for making this decision, that is, his authority is much higher than that of ordinary archaeological park managers, so he can have enough manpower and material resources to cooperate with Liang En's actions.

Because of his own advantage, when the sun rose the next day, Ali recruited more than 20 workers to the square in front of the temple, and then began the excavation work according to Liang En's command.

The place they chose was below the current stone steps of the Khazneh Temple, so that the temple itself can be easily located, and there will be no deviation from the target during the excavation process.

The subsequent excavation work can only be carried out by purely manual methods, because this place is located near the famous ruins, and any machinery may cause serious losses.

"Let's dig from here." Liang En pointed to a piece of land on the side of the temple, "After all, if there is a drop of two or three meters in this place as I judged before, then there must be a step below the main entrance. .”

Under Liang En's command, the workers quickly surrounded a large area with steel plates on the side of the temple, and then waved the tools in their hands to start the excavation work.

When the excavation started, everything looked normal. What was dug out was some gravel and soil, which completely matched the appearance of the ground sediment after the flood.

Judging from the soil section, there should have been more than one flood here, and it was this flood that piled up layers of soil and stone on the ground, so that the entire square was raised by several meters.

But as they continued to dig down, especially when they were digging carefully towards the temple, they found that there was a stone wall going down vertically.

"It seems that our guess is correct." After cleaning off the soil on the surface of the stone with the tools in his hand, Liang En, who could clearly see what was under the soil, nodded slightly.

Because a smooth stone wall appeared in front of him, and there were marks left by ancient people with hammers and chisels on it, which were obviously leveled with special tools.

"That's right, there are indeed some things underneath." Ali, who came to inspect the construction site, walked over at this time, and said while looking at the flattened surface.

"Your guess seems to be correct. After the city was destroyed, the sediment brought by the flood should have accumulated in this small square, but because of the drought here, no one realized that this sturdy square There's probably something hiding under the ground."

(End of this chapter)