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Liang En expected that nothing was found in the first two rooms of the Sun Cave. After all, this religious relic was abandoned voluntarily. So it makes sense for all those movable belongings to be taken away.

But when Liang En came to the last room, the door of the Mithraic Hall, he finally found some relics related to Mithraism.

For example, there are two statues of divine messengers at the door of this house. One of the statues holds an upward torch, while the other holds a downward torch.

When everyone had checked the first two empty rooms and used the special lamps they brought to illuminate the last hall, what appeared in front of them was a gorgeous hall.

In addition to the Mithras bull-slaughter statue placed on the main throne, there are also a large number of other stone sculptures placed in the hall. And it's in very good condition.

After an inventory, they found two pairs of statues of the oracles, three statues of Mithras slaying a bull, three altars, seven reliefs, and twenty-six other statues, including a statue of Mithras emerging from stone.

There is not much regularity in the placement of these stone sculptures. Some are placed on the platforms on both sides of the hall used as seats for believers, and some are placed in the corridor between the platforms on the left and right sides or next to the statues at the end of the corridor.

In addition, there are beautiful mosaics on the floor and walls. For example, there are five mosaic murals on the wall, depicting the Mithraic initiation ceremony.

There are seven mosaics on the ground, symbolizing the seven classes of believers within Mithraism.

"The research value of these patterns is very high, because it allows us to understand the secrets of Mithraism." Professor Brown excitedly recorded the patterns with his camera and introduced them to the people around him.

"Mithraism has always been a secret religion in history, and due to the religious wars that followed, there is no information about the internal situation of the religion that has been recorded at all."

"So for us, the only way we can get any secrets about this lost religion is through archaeological discoveries, and drawings like this are one of the most important ways we get information."

"For example, from the mosaic images on the ground, we can know some of the differences between the various classes within Mithraism, as well as the symbols representing each class. For example, the lowest class is called a raven, and the symbols are a cup and the power of Mercury. Staff——"

As Professor Brown explained, everyone present fell silent and listened quietly. And when Liang En listened to him explain all the knowledge derived from these statues and patterns, seven cards instantly appeared in his mind.

Five of the seven cards are the lowest-level N cards, including three [Legendary Power (N)] cards, one [Appraisal (N)] and one [Repair (N)].

The other two cards are a [Detection (R)] and a shining silver SR card [Sun Apostle (Blocked) (SR)]

[Sun Apostle (blocked) (SR): An intermediate historical explorer can already master various supernatural powers, and doing this through some secondary professions is naturally the most common and most appropriate method.

As Mithraism, which was once the state religion of ancient Rome, there are many legends related to supernatural powers circulated in this religion, and the information left by these legends can naturally be used by historical explorers to make them manifest and match the legends. The power of consistency.

Secondary professional card (permanent), used in conjunction with the main professional card. , and is permanently bound to the user's soul and cannot be released. The power related to it must pass through this card to be able to work. 】

"Mithras is called the Sun God, so it's normal for the cards related to it to be called Sun Apostles." Looking at the last card, Liang En fell into thinking. "But there is a question. What does the so-called supernatural power mean here?"

The term "supernatural" is too general. For example, the skills Liang En had mastered before actually had supernatural elements in them to a greater or lesser extent.

So just based on the text on this new secondary profession card, Liang En couldn't tell what kind of power he gained this time.

Just like the ring he has been hanging around his neck now, everything is hidden in the fog until it reaches a certain standard, and it is impossible to figure out what kind of power these things contain.

However, Liang En has enough time to slowly resolve these things. The most important thing now is to conduct a comprehensive inspection and registration of the sun hole.

"Except for the statues, there is almost nothing left here." After checking the small cave with the students, Fan Meng walked to Liang En and whispered.

"According to the information we collected through observation, the previous Freemason should have blocked the place and left after seeing the Mystra Bull-Slaying Statue at the entrance of the cave, as the notes he left behind said. The contents were not removed.”

"Judging from the dust and various traces on the ground, there should have been a large number of items in those rooms in the past. However, they were also moved away when the cave was sealed."

With that said, Fan Meng led Liang En to the entrance of the palace, and then used the flashlight in his hand to shine on the stone walls on both sides of the entrance to the palace. Liang En soon saw several iron rods protruding from the wall by only a centimeter or two in the illuminated area.

"This thing should have been much bigger than the remaining part." Liang En came to a conclusion after stepping forward and carefully inspecting the iron protrusion that was about the same height as his eyes.

Because based on the height and distribution of these remaining iron rods and the tradition of the Mithraic Sun Cave, he concluded that these iron rods should be fixtures used as light sources for lighting in the past.

The reason why there is only so much left is very simple. After all, this place was evacuated by the other party in an orderly manner, so there is enough transportation capacity and manpower to dismantle all the metal products fixed to the wall.

Different from the world entering the industrialized era, various metals and metal products in ancient times were very expensive. So no one would waste any bit of metal if they had the chance.

This thorough cleaning trace further confirmed Liang En's previous inference, so he took photos and recorded all such traces in the previous two compartments, then met Professor Brown in the hall and expressed his conclusion.

"I think this sun cave should be used by the Antonine Great Wall garrison, and it is likely that some wealthy believers donated it." Liang En said to the people present.

"It's just that as the garrison retreated, the believers had to move south. Before leaving, they chose to take away everything they could from the Holy Land, and then sealed the cave."

"Yes, this should be the most reasonable explanation." Professor Brown nodded and said, "And we just found some food residues, such as beef bone fragments or fish bones, in the gaps between the cave slabs."

"Therefore, if these organic matter are analyzed, we can completely determine when this sun cave was abandoned. Then we can determine the specific existence time of this ruins."