I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 206 European Civilization
Of course, some customs of ancient Egypt are still handed down, and Egypt does not actually speak pure Arabic, but a combination of part of ancient Egyptian vocabulary and Arabic.

It may be possible to say that civilization has been disconnected, but it cannot be said that ancient Egypt has nothing to do with today's Egypt.

How the pyramid was built, even though there are different opinions now, there is actually no conclusion, so it has always been an unsolved mystery of mankind.

Because of this, many pseudo-historical remarks are rampant on the Internet. Before Xia learned about these things on the Internet, he really didn't think that anyone would believe these things.

But I didn't expect not only people believed, but also many.

Among them, the most believers and the most outrageous is that the pyramids were actually built when Napoleon came to Egypt.

These pseudo-historians may not know that the famous banker lord of the Medici family, the most famous, just built a few "little wilds" in Italy and invited several "art celebrities" to paint for himself If the photo is used as a soft decoration, it will go bankrupt.

In that era, to counterfeit the pyramids, Napoleon might have to form a European Central Bank first, and he had to win the Opium War to gain the customs sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty.

In this way, Napoleon can hire more people and pay more expedited fees.In this way, it was possible for him to complete the glorious mission of building a pyramid in Egypt before being swept out of France.

After all, pseudo-historians may not know that Napoleon was not emperor for a few years.It took less than 10 years for the first time to become emperor, and it took three months for the second restoration.
And it took a lot of money and effort just to build a bunch of useless pyramids to create momentum for this little-known Egyptian civilization at the time. The Egyptians probably had to kowtow to Napoleon.

The reason why he took the blame for this is probably because Rosetta was dug out by Napoleon's subordinates. This guy also brought back a lot of "little pointed hats" with obelisks and pyramids, which belonged to a master of figures.

In this era, Napoleon had not yet appeared, and Egypt was still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

Shaar had already learned about this Ottoman Empire before coming here. All in all, the specific historical process is similar to that of another world.

The influence of the Ottomans on Egypt is very subtle, and their number has never been large. There are only about 1 Ottomans in Egypt, accounting for a very small part of the total population of Egypt.

However, the Ottomans had a profound influence on Egypt in terms of habits, clothing and way of life.

Many Turkish words entered the spoken Egyptian system.Although the Ottoman Turks were arrogant and enjoyed a high status, they were not regarded as foreign occupying forces, but as a basic part of Egyptian society.

The Ottomans created a deep-rooted concept of hierarchy in Egypt. The majority of Egyptians were called Fellah (farmers), and the rulers were called Pasha and Bey.

The war in Europe obviously affected here too, when the Ottoman Empire was attracted by Beichen.

The previous Mamluk dynasty who ruled Egypt tried to make a comeback, drove out the Ottoman Turkish governor, restored the Mamluk dynasty, and once again entered the stage of Egyptian history.

If this group of people used it as a metaphor, it was the Tiandihui, which opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, but the difference was that this "Qing" was much weaker.

Therefore, Egypt at this moment can be said to be in turmoil, and the people are in dire straits.

These armed conflicts severely damaged Egypt's economy, political unrest coincided with the excessive flooding of the Nile River, and plagues also had a devastating impact on the Egyptian population.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters made the situation in Egypt deteriorate rapidly in these years.

Char was not in a hurry to find anything, but let Calcifer stop under a pyramid, and then let him open the magic barrier to block the hot temperature outside.

Of course, the temperature is nothing to Shaar, but this is a desert. If the magic barrier is not activated, the grass will be covered with yellow sand overnight.

Xiaya sat silently on the armchair, quietly looking at the desert in the distance, but his eyes flashed a faint gleam, as if containing the galaxy in the universe.

The whole world is revealed in his clairvoyance, he is like a god living above the nine heavens, and the whole world is placed in front of him like a globe.

His eyes were focused on Egypt, through the rocks outside the pyramid, he saw the scene inside, and searched one after another.

There are quite a lot of funerary objects in the pyramids, but there are still many pyramids and small cemeteries that have been stolen.

Although modern research on the pyramids began with the data survey after Napoleon invaded Egypt.

But before that, the Europeans had actually started large-scale tomb robbery activities in Egypt.

At that time, their main purpose was to dig up mummies as tonics.

Yes, it is a tonic, the kind that is ground into powder and eaten, and it is even sold out.

Egypt has been making mummies for more than 2000 years, and there are at least several million mummies buried underground. It is unexpected that the Europeans bought them out of stock.

In the Middle Ages, a Persian medical scientist, Ibn Sina.He claims that eating mumia can cure all diseases, including abscesses, rashes, broken bones, concussions, paralysis, and can also detoxify.

And mumia means asphalt.

However, the output of natural asphalt is very low, and it is difficult to supply it on the market.

In the seventh century BC, the Arabs came to Egypt and became very interested in these incorruptible mummies.

They carefully unwrapped the bandage tightly wrapped around the corpse and found a layer of black paste inside. They thought the mummy was made of pitch, so they also called the mummy "pitch".

"mumia" is the etymology of the modern English word "mummy"

When European businessmen heard that mummies were asphalt, they felt that they had found a business opportunity, and quickly bought large quantities from Arabs at low prices, and then returned to Europe to publicize the magical effects of mummies through various channels.

Under the effect of a large number of advertisements, Europeans began to flock to this medicine, which can cure all diseases.

The 15th-century German medical scientist Jerome stated in his book that mummies can treat hemorrhages, dislocations and fractures.

It is also recorded in Italian medical books that after the mummy is ground into powder, it can be used to treat ulcers, abscesses and various tumors as long as it is boiled with pomegranate flowers and beeswax to make ointment.

If this paste is applied on the skin surface, it can also treat poisonous insect bites, relieve joint pain and bone hyperplasia.

Even the famous physicist Boyle and the British philosopher Bacon who said "knowledge is power" are convinced of this and strongly admire it.

For a time, mummies became the magic medicine sold at high prices in major European pharmacies, and the princes and nobles rushed to buy them, proud of how many mummies they had.

In addition to calling their relatives and friends to appreciate them, they also grind them into powder, mix them into coffee and tea, and take them to achieve the effect of strengthening the body.

King Francis of France even ground the mummy into powder and carried it with him in his purse for emergencies.

The mummies that the Egyptians wanted to make their bodies immortal were eaten one by one by the Europeans.

Over time, mummies that were not originally mass-produced began to be in short supply.

Those businessmen who wanted to continue to make a fortune began to dig up graveyards in the Middle East, dug out all the mummies buried in them, and sold them at high prices.

Later, the merchants who couldn't find the source of goods turned their attention to the unclaimed corpses on the side of the road, and asked people to imitate them into mummies, and then sold them at high prices to those rich and demanding princes and nobles. .

This craze for eating corpses even spread outwards, and those low-level people who couldn't afford to consume mummies shifted their targets to the rest of the dead.

They would gather around the gallows and swarm the prisoners after they were executed, trying to get a cup of fresh human blood, and even researched that people with different methods of death had different medicinal values.

Many people think that Chinese medicine's form supplementation is outrageous, but in fact Europeans are more superstitious about it.

Even until the beginning of the 20th century, mummies were still in German medical catalogues.

Therefore, if counting from the 12th century to the 20th century, the craze for eating corpses in Europe has lasted for 800 years.

Europeans claim to be the root of civilization, ridiculing others for eating everything, being barbaric and bloody.

But if we want to talk about classics, it has to be the traditional cuisine of this old Europe.

But having said that, the Egyptians' awareness of cultural relics protection is also good enough.

During the first industrial revolution, the Egyptians used the mummies found during the railway construction to burn boilers.

Shaar's sight continued to search among these goals.

As an ancient civilization with a history of thousands of years, there are countless large and small cemeteries in this land.

If you don't have clairvoyance, then you really have to ask the Britons and the French, the cultural relic hunting dogs.

But even so, Xiaya spent a lot of energy.

In the end, he locked his eyes on a very huge pyramid, through which he saw the inner scene.

In fact, in addition to the neatly arranged large stones on the outside, there are actually some irregular stones and some sandstones filled inside the pyramid. It is not known whether it is because of the weathering of the years or the laziness of some employees who built it at that time.

The king's tomb is the final resting place of the pharaoh's mummies, surrounded by thick and hard granite.

Granite is much harder than limestone, which means it is harder to work and break.Most of the pyramid's stone blocks are limestone, with granite being used only in key areas.

However, the tomb of the pyramid is empty. Both the corpse and the treasure are gone, and they should have been stolen.

This pyramid should be the largest on the land nearby, and there is reason to suspect that this should be the legendary Khufu Pyramid...

(End of this chapter)