Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2988: Ancient Roman Armory
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After all, the physical strength of several archaeologists was limited. They dug less than three meters down before they were exhausted. Several Israeli exploration team members took over and continued digging.
Fortunately, this hill is mainly made of sand, not a granite peak. There are relatively few stones, so it is not that difficult to dig.
On the other side, after more than half an hour of drilling, Jack and the others finally drilled the first exploration hole.
This drilling hole was not too deep, only about four meters. Jack and the others stopped drilling when they were less than ten centimeters away from the metal objects.
The diameter of the exploration cave is only about eight centimeters. We can only hang some miniature exploration equipment into it to explore the situation deep underground, and then decide on the next step.
As for Ye Tian and several archaeologists, they squatted on the ground and carefully studied the soil drilled out of the mountain.
Fortunately, this is the Nile Valley, not the depths of the Sahara Desert. The soil drilled out of this exploration cave is relatively moist, rather than dry sand that will scatter in the wind!
"Stephen, based on past archaeological data around Thebes, it is basically certain that these metal objects about four meters deep underground were buried during the Roman rule. We can analyze it from the soil composition, ..."
An archaeologist pointed to the soil on the ground that had just been taken out from deep underground and introduced to Ye Tian the conditions of the soil layers in various periods.
In fact, Ye Tian knows better than anyone else what is buried under his feet. He also knows which era the metal objects deep underground come from, what they are, how much they are worth, etc.
Knowing it, he knew it, but he couldn't tell it. The performance was still essential, even if it cost a lot of time and energy, it also cost a lot.
In addition to the metal objects Jack and the others discovered, they also discovered some metal objects buried deep underground in other places on the top of the mountain, but they were scattered very scattered.
Ye Tian checked those places one by one and the corresponding detection data.
After some analysis, he ruled out the possibility that those metal objects were treasures. They were more likely to be ancient weapons or agricultural tools, or even burial objects. Moreover, they were burial objects for civilians and had no excavation value.
Only the metal objects found by Jack and the others are relatively concentrated and worthy of continued exploration and research.
While Ye Tian and the others were studying soil layer data, Jack and the others had hung a miniature camera and flashlight into the cave to explore the situation deep underground.
After a while, the situation deep in the cave appeared on the surveillance screen.
What everyone sees is a relatively dense soil, as if it has been deliberately pressed, rather than a hidden underground space.
Seeing this situation, Ye Tian pondered for a moment before expressing his judgment.
"Judging from the density of this piece of soil, it seems that it has been rammed. Based on this analysis, these metal objects may be buried under a collapsed earth wall, or they may be buried in a tomb.
Jack, hang up the camera first, and then continue drilling. This time drill directly through the soil to see what these metal objects are, whether they are ancient weapons or gold and silver treasures, but you must be more careful."
"Understood, Steven, we will be careful not to damage those metal objects as much as possible"
Jack nodded in response and immediately took action.
In less than five minutes, the last seven or eight centimeters of soil was successfully drilled through.
The moment the drill bit touched the metal objects deep underground, Jack and the others immediately stopped drilling, successfully avoiding damaging the metal objects.
Subsequently, the miniature camera was hoisted into the cave again to detect what the metal objects deep underground were.
What appeared on the monitor screen this time was a rusty spearhead and the edge of a shield, also rusty.
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
The answer has been revealed. The metal objects buried more than four meters deep underground are obviously some ancient weapons. Their location may have been an armory in ancient times!
Based on its soil layer and shape, it should be an ancient weapon buried during the period when ancient Rome ruled Egypt!
Although these ancient Roman weapons are also antique cultural relics and have certain collection value, they have little excavation value for Ye Tian and the three-party joint exploration team, so they can only leave them to the Egyptians!
After confirming this, Ye Tian asked Jack and the others to end their exploration of this point and explore the batch of metal objects buried more than seven meters underground to see what those metal objects were!
Next, Jack and the others changed people and continued to explore the cave.
Ye Tian and the others left here and returned to the excavation site on the other side to see the progress there.
When they came here, the stone pillar buried in the mountain had been dug out nearly four meters, but it still stood in the big pit on the top of the mountain.
The stone pillar was covered with sand, completely covering the words and patterns carved on the stone pillar, preventing everyone from seeing what was on the stone pillar.
When he arrived at the entrance of the pit, Ye Tian looked at the condition of the stone pillars and the progress of the excavation, and then said to the two Israeli exploration team members who were digging at the bottom of the pit:
"For safety reasons, you come up first, and then push this ancient stone pillar to see if it can be pushed. If it cannot be pushed, it means that it is buried very deep and the foundation is very solid. Then you can go down and continue digging!
If this stone pillar can be pushed, it means that the root is about to be dug. Safety measures must be taken before you can go down and continue digging. Otherwise, it is easy to cause an accident. I don’t want to see that happen! ”
"Okay, Steven, we'll be up right away"
The two Israeli exploration team members responded in unison, and then climbed up from the bottom of the pit.
Next, they pushed the thick stone pillar.
As expected!
The stone pillar swayed slightly, but did not fall down, which means that it is not far from the root. If you dig a little deeper, the stone pillar may fall down!
After confirming this, everyone immediately began to take safety measures. They tied a safety rope to the top of the stone pillar and pulled it aside.
In this way, the exploration team members digging at the bottom of the pit only need to avoid this side.
Two Israeli exploration team members entered the bottom of the pit again and continued digging.
About half an hour later, this ancient and mysterious stone pillar was completely dug out.
This is an ancient stone pillar about 5.5 meters high. The diameter at the top is only about 30 centimeters, but the diameter at the bottom is more than 80 centimeters. The total weight is estimated to be no less than ten tons.
Looking at this ancient stone pillar still embedded in the pit, everyone was very excited and also had troubles!
How do you get this thing out of the pit? This is the top of the mountain, not the flat land below. The crane cannot come up at all, and it is almost impossible to drag it out by manpower!
More importantly, this stone pillar is very likely to be a priceless treasure with great research value. It must not be pulled out by force or brute force, as this may cause huge irreparable losses!
Just when everyone was in trouble, Ye Tian had already figured out a solution.
That is to use a combined winch, place the winch directly above the stone pillar, and then use manpower to pull out this ancient stone pillar bit by bit!