Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2718: Flaws
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After lunch, Ye Tian took David, the others, and a group of company employees to the adjacent early Renaissance-style building to continue exploring.
People from all walks of life, including the Bishop of Kent and Giovanni, did not leave, but followed them to the second historical building.
Most of them have the same treatment as before and can only stay in the lobby reception area on the first floor to drink coffee, or admire the scenery and enjoy the midday sun in the atrium garden.
Only two media reporters and several representatives from all parties can follow Brave and Fearless to explore company employee activities and conduct on-site supervision.
In the blink of an eye, the exploration in this historical building has been going on for more than an hour.
During this period, everyone gradually discovered two hidden compartments, two rooms on the first and third floors of this historic building, both hidden in the walls.
However, these two secret compartments have long been cleared, and there is nothing inside.
The company employees who discovered these two hidden compartments, and Ye Tian who opened them with great expectations, only received disappointment.
Next, everyone can only continue to explore and see if they can find something.
At this time, Ye Tian led David and Ian into another basement and began to explore the place.
As before, Ian and the others scanned the floor and walls of the basement with pulse metal detectors to see if they could detect metal signals.
Ye Tian first looked at the environment here, then squatted down and began to look at the ancient and smooth stone slabs on the ground.
After pretending to observe carefully for a moment, he smiled and said:
“Like the other basements we just explored, this basement was also transformed from a Roman underground city, and the stones used on the floor are older.
About the fifth century AD, these stones on the floor had been placed here, but the stone wall at the door was built in the mid-to-late fifteenth century AD.
On the stone wall at the door, there are many stones and architectural fragments from the nearby Roman Colosseum. However, the same stones cannot be seen on the floor of this basement. This is proof.”
As he spoke, Ye Tian stood up, walked to the wall at the basement door, and pointed out a few stones and architectural fragments from the Colosseum.
On those stones and architectural remnants, you can see some complex or simple decorative patterns and various lines, which have obvious characteristics of ancient Roman architectural art.
The same ornamentation, patterns, and lines can be seen everywhere in the ruins of the Colosseum.
More importantly, the texture of these stones and building fragments is exactly the same as those of the stones at the Colosseum site, and they obviously came from the same place.
After pointing out these findings, he walked to the side wall and began to check the condition of that wall.
That wall was also built in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. Its purpose was to separate the basement and seal the original underground passage.
While inspecting the wall, Ye Tian also pulled out the German army knife tied to the outside of his calf, and used the sharp and sharp tip to scrape the surface of the masonry and the gaps between the many masonry stones.
Following his movements, bursts of harsh noises immediately sounded in the basement, which made people feel goosebumps all over their bodies.
Fortunately, everyone has already adapted to this sound and doesn’t feel particularly uncomfortable!
Meanwhile, Ian and the others continued their exploration.
They took the pulse metal detector and carefully scanned every corner of the basement. Unfortunately, nothing was found, and the chirp of the pulse metal detector never sounded.
After exploring the basement, Ian and the others retreated to the door, waiting for Ye Tian and the others.
At this time, Ye Tian had already arrived at the wall facing the basement door and began to examine the wall carefully, knocking on it or scraping the surface of the wall with a saber.
“Bang bang bang”
Following Ye Tian’s movements, there were muffled sounds and occasional bursts of harsh noises in the basement.
Suddenly, Ye Tian, who was knocking and checking the wall, stopped what he was doing, and his left hand, which was clenched into a fist, stopped in mid-air. The wall was only five or six centimeters away.
He looked at the wall carefully and then said excitedly:
“Guys, I think I found something, maybe it’s a surprise, I’m sure this ancient wall has been touched before”
Hearing his words, David and Ian immediately showed a look of surprise on their faces and walked over quickly.
Before coming to this wall, these guys looked at it expectantly. They even imitated Ye Tian and knocked **** the wall, but found nothing.
After careful inspection, David asked confusedly:
“Steven, this wall doesn’t seem to have anything special. What did you find on this wall? What is the so-called surprise?”
Ian and the others were also looking at Ye Tian with doubts in their eyes, looking forward to his answer.
Ye Tian looked at these guys, then said with a smile:
“This wall, like the floor, was built around the fifth century AD as part of the ancient Roman underground city. Unlike the wall at the door, which was built later, there are no stones from the Colosseum on this wall. .
Another point is that diagonally above this wall is the atrium garden of this historical building on the ground. In other words, this stone wall is one of the back walls of this underground city. There should be solid ground behind it, and Not other spaces.
When the ancient Romans built underground cities, they used a large amount of ancient Roman cement in order to make the underground cities more solid and durable. This allowed the Roman underground cities to remain standing for thousands of years without large-scale collapse.
But the gaps between the stones and bricks on this wall have been tampered with. The ancient Roman cement that originally filled these gaps has long been removed, and then filled with cement, trying to Cover up the traces.
Those who tried to cover up these traces ignored one thing. With the demise of the ancient Roman Empire, the technology of ancient Roman cement was also lost. In the following hundreds of years, Europe could no longer produce real ancient Roman cement. .
The cement he used should be an imitation of ancient Roman cement, not real ancient Roman cement. Moreover, after he rebuilt the wall, he did not follow the ancient method of soaking it with seawater for a long time.
After refilling these gaps with imitation ancient Roman cement, at first glance, there seemed to be no flaws. However, due to the different composition of the cement and the lack of long-term immersion in sea water, flaws gradually became apparent.
As a result, the strength of these imitation cements is far inferior to that of real ancient Roman cement, and there are certain differences between the two cements. If you observe carefully, you can still see some clues.”
While saying this, Ye Tian also pointed at several gaps in the wall for David and the others to look at.
The dust and dirt that had accumulated for a long time in those gaps had been scraped away by him with the tip of a German army knife, exposing the cement and stones underneath for easy observation!
David and Ian immediately came forward and carefully inspected the ancient wall and the cement filling the gaps. Everyone looked excited.
Yesterday in the three historical buildings near Trajan’s Square and during today’s exploration, they had seen the state of ancient Roman cement after it solidified.
When they were excavating the Mark Antony treasure before, they had seen what broken ancient Roman cement looked like, so they had some experience!
At this time, after Ye Tian’s guidance and conscious observation, they quickly saw some clues.
“Yes, Steven, the cement in these gaps seems to be slightly lighter in color and less dense than the ancient Roman cement we broke yesterday.
The solidified ancient Roman cement was like stone, very hard and difficult to break. However, the cement in these gaps does not look so hard and should not be difficult to clean! ”
Ian said excitedly, his eyes shining.