After a night of conversation, under Chen Mo's deliberate guidance, the relationship between the two parties quickly became closer.
So when setting off in the morning, Evelin very logically sent an invitation to Chen Mo, inviting him, an Oriental scholar who she thought was very knowledgeable, to explore Hamna Tower with her.
Of course, the most important thing is the horses and camels that Chen Mo asked Ada Wang to prepare. The "smart" Miss Evelin hopes to borrow these cute animals.
Although O'Connor affirmed that he could find the settlement and buy the supplies and camels they needed, it was obvious that Evelin was more inclined to walk a short distance to the settlement to buy camels and directly recruit Chen Mo to join the group.
Yu directly recruited Chen Mo to join the group, and then borrowed their horses and camels, and this received strong support from Jonathan.
Although O'Connor was initially opposed to Evelin's approach of recruiting strangers into her gang, after seeing the camels, horses, and various firearms and tools that Chen Mo had asked Ada Wang to prepare in advance, he still wanted to do it for free.
He acquiesced to Evelin's approach.
Among the four, only the warden, who had no sense of existence, was very opposed. Among the four, he was the only one who came here purely for money. In his opinion, if one more person joins the gang, one more person will share the money, which is very important to him.
It's a huge loss.
However, after Chen Mo expressed that he was not interested in the gold and treasures buried in Hamna Tower and just wanted to see the culture and historical monuments of ancient Egypt, he cursed and said nothing more.
After dawn, a group of six people rode the camels and horses that Chen Mo asked Ada Wang to prepare, and headed towards Hamna Tower under the leadership of O'Connor.
This was actually a very boring journey. Although Hamna Tower was not far away, the only things that accompanied them along the way were the rolling yellow sand and the vast Gobi Desert.
Although it has the desolate flavor of the desert, and the constant jingling of camel bells along the way and the local folk songs sung by the warden from time to time are also very charming, it cannot cover up the desolation and loneliness of the desert at all.
The scorching sun scorched the earth, and the high temperature in the desert made everyone lose interest in talking. Even the warden who had been singing enthusiastically because he was about to get the treasure all the way closed his eyes because of thirst.
On the lips.
Although there is enough fresh water prepared, in the desert, if you drink water as soon as you are thirsty, the fresh water will be consumed quickly.
Several people have lived in Egypt for a long time and have sufficient knowledge and experience on this point.
However, Chen Mo and Evelin were still chatting about ancient Egyptian culture, especially Chen Mo's unique insights into ancient Egyptian funeral customs from the perspective of a necromancer, which really opened up Evelin's mind.
Vision.
"The Egyptians attach great importance to the body. In their culture, the body is the carrier of the soul. As long as the body exists, the dead can be resurrected. This can be seen from the story of the two resurrections of Osiris, the king of Hades in mythology.
." Chen Mo and Evelin talked about mummies. The existence of one of the most famous cultural symbols in ancient Egypt was also something Chen Mo was very curious about before he became a necromancer.
However, in this era, the research on mummies is obviously not as good as it was a hundred years before Chen Mo traveled through time, and many views and research are still relatively backward.
Evelin expressed confusion about many things about mummies. She asked Chen Mo: "But if that's the case, why did they take out all the brains and internal organs of the corpse? Wouldn't the corpse not be preserved intact?
Yet?"
"This is to prevent decay. After all, the brain and internal organs contain a lot of water." Chen Mo had learned about this specifically. After becoming a necromancer, I am afraid no one knows better than him about how to preserve corpses: "And in
The internal organs also have sacred significance in the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. The heart carries wisdom, and after the deceased enters the underworld, he will be put on the scales by Anubis to weigh his sins in the underworld judgment.
The intestines, liver, stomach, and lungs were taken out of the body and stored in containers called "funeral urns", which were guarded by the four sons of Horus.
Because these funeral urns have become more luxurious and complex with the changes of the times, many people who are not familiar with ancient Egyptian culture regard them as ordinary funerary objects.
In fact, if we exclude some of the influence of mythology, it is not difficult to see that the ancient Egyptians had a considerable degree of development in medicine, and even had a good understanding of the internal organs of the human body. We have reason to believe that the medical level of the ancient Egyptians was quite advanced.
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"That sounds really interesting. Although I work in the Egyptian Museum, I have never seen the kind of funeral urn you mentioned, Mr. Chen!" Although she claims to be an excellent ancient Egypt scholar and works in a museum, in fact, Eve
Lin is just the librarian of the museum.
Chen Mo could only helplessly shake his head and said with regret: "Those simple funeral urns are probably broken or abandoned in the cemetery. Only the more expensive ones will be dug out, but
It was also used as other funerary objects.”
While Chen Mo and Evelin were chatting, Ada Wang was asking O'Connor about their next journey: "Mr. O'Connor, how much longer do we have to walk in the desert to reach Hamna Tower?
"
The exposure to the sun made her feel particularly uncomfortable. After all, after becoming a vampire, the impact and damage of the sun on her was undoubtedly amplified. Although she was not at the level where she would turn to gray when exposed to the sun, she also had Sunwalkers on her body.
The cloak blocks the sun, but she can still get sunburned easily if exposed to the sun.
The journey along the way was really boring. Chen Mo could still chat with Evelin about ancient Egyptian culture to pass the time, but she had nothing to talk about with the others. Although she could also win over O'Connor and Jonathan, since the boss
She was not told to do this, so Ada Wang, who was a little wilted by the sun, saved herself a little effort.
"We have one more day to walk. If we continue our journey at night, we can arrive at Hamna Tower before dawn tomorrow." O'Connor answered Ada Wang's question, while also showing a mysterious smile: "Believe me.
, if you can get to Hamna Tower before dawn, you will not be disappointed there."
"It sounds like there is a special scenery? Is it the sunrise?" Ada Wang heard O'Connor say this and took advantage of the situation to make a guess.
Hearing them talk about this topic, Chen Mo interjected: "Is it the ancient Egyptians' special application of sunlight? The ancient Egyptians' achievements in mathematics, geometry, and architecture were amazing.
I remember that there was a Sun Festival spectacle in the Abu Simbel Temple. Every year on the birthday and coronation day of Ramses II, the sun would pass through the 60-meter-long temple corridor from the entrance of the temple, shining accurately on Latin America.
On the statue of Sith II, other statues of gods do not enjoy the blessings of the Sun God.
I think Mr. O'Connor, you are talking about a spectacle similar to this, right?"
