The sun in the Mediterranean is very hot. The black skin of these Africans plays a very good protective role in the scorching heat. As two strange tourists in Hama, Syria, Chang Feng and Wang Tingting have attracted much attention.
Everywhere he looked, the black people around him looked at him politely.
Hama is the provincial capital of Syria, with a population of 300,000. There are many Chinese doing business here, and many of them have settled down. The color of their ethnic skin is not what attracts attention to these two people, but the way they dress.
Anyone who sees Chang Feng and Wang Tingting can tell at a glance that these two people are dusty and come from far away places. The businessmen gathered around them with mineral water, fruits, etc., suffering from these
The locals didn’t understand either Chinese or English, and they were all screaming indiscriminately. After finally getting rid of these people, Changfeng pulled Wang Tingting through a small alley, where she found a malnourished and extremely hungry girl.
The little boy was staring at them strangely. After looking at that look, it felt like he had something to say, but was embarrassed to say it, but very much looking forward to talking about it.
After the two of them looked at each other, Wang Yatou's eyes also fell on the little boy. The little boy seemed to be encouraged by Wang Yatou, and he mustered up the courage to walk in front of the two of them, and shyly stepped out of his arms.
He took out a very old piece of porcelain.
The porcelain seemed to be old, but I couldn't tell what it was. The little boy was very embarrassed and even blushed when he explained shyly. Girl Wang was a little disappointed and thought it was something strange.
I didn't expect it to be a kid selling things.
When traveling to various places, we often encounter local people selling their products to tourists. Some local people are very bad and use deceptive methods to make some fakes or even unknown items as antiques and sell them to tourists.
This little boy has little experience, and his shy expression tells people that he has just started in this industry. Just because of the language barrier, Changfeng and the others don’t know the function of what the little boy is talking about. After Changfeng took it over
, casually gave 30 US dollars, patted the little boy's shoulder, and expressed his willingness to make a deal. After thinking for a few seconds, the little boy seemed a little reluctant to leave, and then nodded to the two of them to thank him, and he was still smiling when he left.
He pointed at the porcelain.
"Well, it's not bad. It looks interesting. Let's take it as a souvenir from Syria."
"let's go!"
Changfeng said something, and the two looked at each other, smiled, and left with the porcelain.
"Oh my god, when can we get to Cairo? How about we take a plane?" After the two found a high-end hotel, Wang Yatou lay down on the big bed and sighed.
Changfeng washed his face and replied: "I can't fly, I don't want to cause so much trouble!"
Wang Tingting said unhappily: "What are you afraid of? Even if those people know our whereabouts, they won't dare to make any moves on us. Why should we suffer like this!"
"You, you think too simply!" Changfeng handed Wang Tingting a wet towel and said: "From Hama to Cairo, we need to take a boat in Lebanon. I will take you somewhere tonight!"
Wang Tingting's eyes lit up: "Where are you going?"
"Underground ancient city!"
"What underground ancient city is it? Where is it?" Wang Tingting asked with a happy face, and then asked strangely: "It seems that this is not in our itinerary plan!"
"Of course, I decided on the spur of the moment!" After Changfeng arrived at the hotel, he put the porcelain on the table. The porcelain was illuminated by the lamp on the table. There was a kind of crystal light on the porcelain that was not easy to detect. He thought it was strange, but it was invisible to the naked eye.
I couldn't see any problems, so I asked the hotel to arrange network services and asked some friends in the archaeological field through the Internet. Those friends couldn't draw any conclusions immediately.
However, these friends in the archaeological field made a joke, saying that there is an underground ancient city in Syria. Recently, it is said that local people ventured into the ancient city to hunt for treasures, and maybe the porcelain came out of it. Although this friend was joking, but looking at
The porcelain seemed rather strange, and it was unclear what its origin was, so Changfeng decided to go to the underground ancient city.
"Damn girl, hurry up and wash up. I'll tell you when you're done." Changfeng knocked her head. When the girl heard the words "underground ancient city", she began to imagine those strange and mysterious things in her mind.
, how can I think about washing up? I ran to the bathroom and turned on the faucet, clicked it a few times, and rushed out in more than ten seconds, shouting: "I'm done washing, say it quickly!" This speed can be as fast as you want.
quick.
"Say it quickly!" Wang Tingting stared at Changfeng excitedly. Changfeng hammered her forehead in pain. She was completely defeated by this crazy girl's curiosity. After coming out of Xiangxi, she left Lhasa and passed through
After passing through Nepal, passing through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc., all the way to Hama City, this girl never stopped, her energy seemed to be endless, and everything she saw was new.
Along the way, she actually dared to poke the green-striped hornets in the Indian jungle with a stick, causing those highly venomous hornets to chase them all over the sky. The hired tour guide was already almost dead after escaping from the hornets' pursuit.
I was so scared that I rolled my eyes and vowed that I would never do Chinese business again. But this girl actually smiled proudly.
What is even more troublesome is that in the desert of Nepal, she was so crazy that she cut the artery of a camel with a dagger, used the blood of the camel to attract the sand python in the desert, and then skinned the sand python. Unexpectedly, the sand python
It was the Snake King, and suddenly more than a dozen thigh-thick sand pythons appeared all around. Changfeng accompanied the girl to open her legs and compete with the sand pythons in the desert, barely causing a sandstorm.
Changfeng took a deep breath and said, "I was defeated by you!"
"That's necessary!" Wang Tingting said with a smile: "Be good, tell me quickly, what kind of underground ancient city is this?"
Changfeng rolled his eyes at her and said: "The ancient underground city is in Antalya. It is said to be the place where the ancient Semitic people once lived. It is not far from here. We will set off in two hours. It will take three days to get there.
For an hour, you should have a good rest first, and I will go out for a while."
"Hmph, you're pretending to be mysterious!" Wang Tingting stuck out her tongue at him dissatisfied, and asked reluctantly: "My dear, just give me a reason to go to the underground ancient city."
"That's the reason!" Changfeng threw the ceramic to Wang Tingting, turned around and went out.
Wang Tingting looked at Changfeng's background while gnashing her teeth. She looked at the ceramics and couldn't figure out why. She murmured: "Semites? Even if I don't tell my aunt, I can find out." After that,
, she simply freshened up and changed into clean clothes, and then with the help of the hotel staff, she found some information about the Semitic people and the underground ancient city from the Internet.
Although this information is very sparse, it aroused Wang Tingting's strong curiosity. The Semites are an ancient theocratic nation. So far, the people of this race are very rare. However, between about 1800 BC and 1000 BC
, the underground ancient city is inhabited by people of this race.
As for the underground ancient city, there is only relatively little information. In 1963, a farmer on the Cappadocia Plateau accidentally encountered a hole under his yard while digging. At first, the farmer looked at this unfathomable hole.
He dared not go down into the well-like entrance. Later, with the help of the villagers, he entered the cave along the ladder and discovered a huge underground city.
This underground city is large in scale, with a total of 1,200 small stone houses, which can accommodate 15,000 people. It is divided into 8 floors, and its winding corridors are low and narrow, and people have to bend down to walk inside. The entrance to the underground city is
The passages are hidden under the houses in the village. These ancient cities are layered on top of each other from the ground down, dozens of meters deep, and criss-crossed.
The discovery of the ancient underground city has caused shock in the archaeological community. Some archaeologists believe that these underground cities existed as early as the era before the Hittites. Some even believe that its construction can be traced back to the Neolithic Age, because people have already
Obsidian quarries used to make stone axes and knives in the Neolithic Age were discovered in the southwest of Cappadocia. Not far from Cappadocia are the ruins of an ancient human city 9,000 years ago. In other words, this kind of
Opinionists believe that these underground cities were built 3,000 years ago.
Looking at these information, Wang Tingting's eyes shone. This was an incredible discovery, as great as the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an. Although the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were a miracle, it was an unreachable miracle because she could not study them arbitrarily.
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses, however, are very open in this underground ancient city. Visitors can enter the ancient city to experience the civilization of three thousand years ago and have close contact with history.
Wang Yatou is not the kind of person who is open-minded, studious, and fond of history. She also doesn't have the wanderlust. Traveling around and visiting places that interest Changfeng is enough to keep her in such a hurry.
Changfeng is so interested in this underground ancient city. It seems that this ancient city is extraordinary.