The place where the convoy stopped was not far from the ruins of the ancient city in the desert, only a few hundred meters.
Therefore, instead of using camel caravans or desert all-terrain vehicles, we walked towards the ruins of the historical ancient city not far away with various exploration equipment and other things.
The sand in this desert is not very thick, the terrain is not very ups and downs, so it is not particularly difficult to walk.
Another reason is that the current three-party joint exploration teams are all men.
Everyone has very good physical strength, and this distance is not a problem at all.
During the journey, Joshua introduced the situation here to Ye Tian and the others.
"Steven, the reason why we have designated this historical city as one of the exploration destinations is because it is related to Queen Sheba and to another ancestor of the Israelites.
According to legend, during the journey to and from Jerusalem several times, Queen Sheba would stay in this historical ancient city located on the Blue Nile River for a period of time every time she passed by Khartoum.
Later, Menelic I brought some Israelites back to Ethiopia and lived here for a while, some of them still settled here.
They lived here for about a few hundred years, then went south to the Ethelbian plateau, merged with the Israelites who had gone to Ethiopia earlier, and eventually formed the Beta Israelites!”
Hearing this, Ye Tian suddenly realized.
“So that’s it, if the Israelites who lived here moved from Jerusalem with Menelic I, they could indeed bring Solomon’s treasure here.
However, they did not live here for very long, only a few hundred years, which means that they had probably left here and went south to Ethiopia in BC.
After these Israelites left, who lived in this area and in this ancient city? How long did they live in this ancient city? Are there any relevant records?"
In the speech, an Israeli archaeologist next to him continued:
“The Israelites who once lived here did not live here for hundreds of years, and did not live in the Sultan for a long time without the ancestors of the Israelites in the Dogura.
After they left the ancient city, the place was abandoned and later occupied by a Nubian. Because of frequent floods, the Nubians did not stay for too long.
After the Nubians, the Arabs also lived here for hundreds of years. It was not until the Middle Ages that it was completely uninhabited and gradually became what it is now."
While the Israeli archaeologist was introducing the situation, Ye Tian and the others were also looking at the ruins of the ancient city not far away and the surrounding terrain.
Around this historical ancient city ruins, there are no raised mountains or steep canyons, only a barren desert, and the terrain is relatively flat.
Not far from the ruins of this historical ancient city, the famous Blue Nile River is like a jade belt, winding from the Ethiopian Plateau.
Ye Tian quickly glanced at the terrain here, then shook his head gently.
"Gentlemen, the terrain here is too flat. I don't think it's very likely that Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant are hidden here. We may be disappointed.
Another point is that this historical ancient city has changed hands many times. If there were any treasures buried here, it would have been discovered by people long ago and would not have been preserved until now!"
Hearing these words, everyone nodded and agreed.
Several Israelites led by Joshua were somewhat disappointed.
In a short while, the three-party joint exploration team arrived at the ruins of this ancient city.
For safety reasons, Ye Tian and the others did not immediately enter the ruins of the ancient city and explore.
The first to enter the ruins of the ancient city were many Israeli agents and military police led by Himan.
They walked every corner of the ancient city ruins to make sure there were no ambush here, no mines and other mechanism traps buried by others, so as to avoid accidents.
Matisse and the others stayed in place to protect the three-party joint exploration team.
As for the Sudanese military and police who came with the team, they could only stand a little further away and be responsible for peripheral security.
When everyone arrived here, they had just stood there. Several Sudanese officials and the elders of the Islamic Scholars who were responsible for on-site supervision immediately came over and asked with concern:
"Mr. Steven, Mr. Joshua, when will you start your exploration? Where is the treasure of Solomon hidden in this ancient city?"
Ye Tian did not respond immediately, but looked at the short wall closest to him and the situation on the ground.
He pretended to think about it, then smiled and shook his head and said:
"Gentlemen, from the current situation, it is unlikely that Solomon's treasure is hidden here. You can look at the short wall in front, and the water stains on it are very obvious."
As he said that, this pointed to the low wall ahead.
Following the direction of his finger, everyone looked over.
As he said, there were indeed clear traces of water stains on that low wall.
The water stains are very deep, and they are formed over the years, not overnight.
It was just because the short wall was made of granite, not mud bricks, so it still stood there and did not collapse.
After a moment of pause, Ye Tian continued to say:
"From these water stain traces that have been formed over the years, it is often hit by heavy rainstorms and even floods, so these clear water stain traces are left.
In addition, the terrain here is relatively flat and is not suitable for hiding any treasures. In that case, the treasures hidden deep underground may be completely submerged by floods.
The underground space used to hide the treasure will also collapse. If I were the owner of the treasure, I would never hide my treasure in such a place.
To sum up, even if the legendary treasure of Solomon was hidden in their hands, they would not hide the treasure here.
According to my speculation, the reason why this Israelite ancestor left here was, in addition to the issues of race and religious belief, the environment was probably also a very important factor.
Perhaps in order to avoid frequent floods, they left this ancient city and went to the relatively high Ethiopian plateau. The same is true for those latecomers!"
Listening to his explanation, the senior Sudanese government officials and the elders of the Islamic silenced with disappointment on their faces.
They even hoped that Ye Tian would discover something more than Israel and the Vatican, and that they could find the legendary Solomon treasure or other treasures here.
If Solomon's treasure and the ark of the covenant were found, the Sultan would receive the benefits promised by the Israeli government, a lot of aid, and a large amount of investment.
This place will also become a religious holy land, and it will attract countless tourists to travel, and at the same time it will attract countless believers to come for pilgrimage.
As long as it is properly operated, it will continue to bring generous income to Sudan and become a tourist destination.
If you discover another treasure, it will be very direct.
According to the agreement reached before, half of this treasure will belong to the Sudanese government, which may also be a very amazing asset.
But the current situation is that there may be nothing here, just a piece of ruins.
In a short while, Ximan and the others walked out of the ruins of the ancient city.
"Joshua Steven, we searched the ruins of this ancient city roughly and found no dangers. You can basically rest assured!"
Shiman informed him about the situation.
"Since that's the case, let's start to take action. Explore the ruins of this ancient city and discover something?"
Ye Tian nodded and said.
Next, everyone took action.
As before, many employees of the brave and fearless exploration company were divided into several groups, each group holding a pulse metal detector and began to scan the ground of the historical ancient city ruins, as well as all corners and corners.
Compared to many places I have explored before, the task of exploring the ruins of this historical ancient city is relatively simple.
The terrain here is flat, with no cliffs, no mountains and dense forests, nor rivers, lakes and seas.
Everyone is like walking, just holding a pulse metal detector to scan the ground continuously.
If there is really any treasure buried deep underground in this historical ancient city, as long as the buried location is not very deep, it can be detected!
After the employees of his company were dispersed, Ye Tian and several archaeologists and historians also took action.
Their investigation targets were mainly those ancient stone walls.
Ye Tian formed a partner with an archaeologist from Columbia University, came to a low stone wall and began to explore.
They did find something on this ancient granite stone wall.
Not long after the exploration was launched, the Columbia University archaeologist said:
"Steven, come and take a look here. There are a few ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs engraved here and a few stone carvings, which look interesting."
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately walked over.
When he came closer, he looked at a granite rock at the bottom of the stone wall in the direction of the archaeologist's finger.
On the side of the granite, there were indeed several ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs engraved, but they were not very regular or a bit sloppy.
In addition, under the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, there are two stone carving patterns.
What it carved seemed to be two women praying.
Judging from its facial features, it should be black, not ancient Egyptians.
The side of another piece of granite next to it is also carved with several ancient patterns, looking like several miners who are mining, with their facial contours also black.
Due to the age of too long and the erosion of flowing water and wind and sand, these words and patterns are no longer clearly visible and difficult to distinguish.
Ye Tian observed carefully, pondered for a while, and then expressed his judgment.
"If I read it correctly, this should be the words and patterns engraved by the Nubians. The facial features of the characters in these patterns look obviously black, not ancient Egyptians.
From this point of view, these ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and patterns carved on the stone wall can be traced back to the Nubian Dynasty, that is, the 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Recently, it can be traced back to around 300 BC. Nubia gradually got rid of the influence of ancient Egyptian civilization, gradually became independent in culture, and began to use the words they created.
In other words, from the mid-8th century BC to around 300 BC, the Nubians were likely to live in this ancient city for four or five hundred years.
If the Israelites are right, there was a family of Israelites who lived here for a long time, then there was only one possibility that they lived with the Nubians!”
"Yes, Steven, these ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and stone carvings are very likely left by the Nubians, which is enough to show that Nubians once lived here.
Combined with the time when Menelik I escaped from Jerusalem with a large number of Israelites, it happened to be the period when the Nubian dynasty rose, and this was the territory of the Nubian dynasty!
From this we can infer that when Menelic I came here with some of the ancestors of the Israelites, the ancient city might have been built, and the Nubians lived there!"
The Columbia University archaeologist nodded and obviously agreed with Ye Tian's analysis.
Next, the two of them discussed for a while.
Ye Tian also called an ancient writing expert and asked him to translate these ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs carved on granite, and analyzed the meaning of the stone carving patterns.
According to the translation of the ancient characters expert, the content of these ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs is a sacrificial activity that took place nearby.
The black miners carved on granite were a group of slaves, probably mining gold for slave owners.
Unfortunately, these words and patterns are blurred and incomplete, and only a small part of them are left behind.
There is no information about gold mines found on these ancient texts and patterns.
Next, Ye Tian and the Columbia University archaeologist continued to explore this wall, trying to discover something.
On this low and ancient stone wall, they found some Nubian characters, including ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek, as well as ancient Arabic, etc.
In addition, they found some strange symbols.
These strange symbols look like original words and some kind of pattern, with unknown meaning!
Through these findings, they were able to determine.
The ruins of this ancient city have a very long history and can be traced back to about 1,000 BC.
From that era, this ancient city has experienced vicissitudes, replaced countless owners, witnessed countless historical changes until it was completely abandoned.
Those who once lived here were Nubians, Israelites, travelers from ancient Greece, Arabs holding scimitars in one hand and the other, etc. They all left their marks here.
However, Ye Tian and the others never found any information related to Solomon's treasure or the Ark of the Covenant.
During this period, several exploration teams composed of employees of the brave and fearless exploration company also detected some metal objects buried deep underground.
Those metal objects are buried at different depths and in different soil layers, and basically exist in isolation, at most only two or three pieces are placed together.
After some careful analysis, Ye Tian quickly confirmed.
The metal objects deep underground are not treasures, but other things.
Among them are ancient farm tools, broken weapons, a small number of burial objects, etc., which have nothing to do with Solomon's treasure.
For the three-party joint exploration team, these metal items have no excavation value and are not worth wasting a lot of time and energy for them.
They can only be left to the Sudanese. As for whether the Sudanese will dig, that is their business and has nothing to do with the three-party joint exploration team!
In a blink of an eye, four or five hours had passed.
It was noon.
The scorching sun was scorching the desert ruthlessly, almost igniting it.
Fortunately, everyone has explored this historical ancient city ruins and no longer has to suffer here.
Ye Tian gathered all his employees and representatives from other parties together and said to these guys:
"Okay, guys, our work here has been completed. Now it's certain that the legendary Solomon treasure is not in the ruins of this historical ancient city, everyone can leave."
"Wow! That's great!"
Cheers immediately sounded at the scene.
The reason why Khartoum is called the "World Sound" is that this title is not in vain, it is absolutely true!
If you stay in this desert again, everyone feels that they will soon be adults.
However, the Israelites and the Sudanese at the scene were somewhat disappointed.
After Ye Tian announced that today's exploration was over, everyone immediately packed up their things, left the ruins of the historical ancient city, and returned along the original road.
Not long after, the three-party joint exploration convoy appeared again on the road and drove straight towards Khartoum.
Chapter completed!