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Just after eight o’clock in the morning, Ye Tian arrived in front of the Egyptian National Museum and began his long-awaited visit.
The Egyptian National Museum is located in the corner of Tahrir Square, very close to the Nile Hotel. It can be said that it is within easy reach, and it is only a few steps away from the hotel.
This world-famous museum only opens at nine in the morning, but Ye Tian arrived here an hour early.
The reason why he did this was to make the most of his time and try to visit this world-famous museum in one day so as not to spend too much time here.
You know, there are many famous museums in Cairo, and there are many antique shops and antique art markets all over the city, all waiting for Ye Tian to visit.
The tripartite joint exploration team’s time in Egypt is relatively limited, so they must make full use of this limited time!
Another reason why Ye Tian came to the Egyptian National Museum in advance was that he wanted to take advantage of the hour before the museum opened to appreciate the many antiques and cultural relics displayed at the entrance of the museum and in the garden.
There are not a few tourists who have the same idea as him!
Although there is still an hour before the museum opens, the entrance and garden of the Egyptian National Museum are already crowded with people and very lively!
Tourists from all over the world are gathering from all directions to visit this world’s top museum and appreciate the ancient and mysterious ancient Egyptian civilization.
At this time, Ye Tian, wearing a baseball cap on his head, a pair of sunglasses on his nose, and carrying a backpack, mingled with the crowd and walked straight to the entrance of the National Museum of Egypt. He looked nothing special. place!
None of the tourists from all over the world, as well as the Egyptian police patrolling here, recognized him and thought he was just an ordinary tourist from East Asia!
Obviously, Ye Tian put on a disguise and changed his appearance, so no one recognized him.
The reason for doing this is of course for safety reasons. Ye Tian does not want to be the target of snipers.
For example, the Arab sniper who ambushed the tripartite joint exploration team in the Sinai Peninsula before. Who knows whether that guy followed him to Cairo or whether he was ambushing near Tahrir Square. After all, this is an open public space.
Unlike European cities such as Rome and Paris, this is Cairo, the largest city in the Arab world. If Ye Tian’s many security personnel want to carry out operations here, they will inevitably be subject to many restrictions and cannot do whatever they want!
Because Matisse and the others are either white or black, and not of Arab origin, their characteristics are very obvious and can be seen at a glance!
It is very difficult for them to enter the buildings around Tahrir Square for inspection, even if they dress up as Arabs!
The reason is that most of the buildings around Tahrir Square are very important, such as the Egyptian Central Government Building, the Arab League Building, etc. The security checks in these places are very strict, and it is difficult to sneak in!
If someone ambushes in these buildings and conducts long-range sniping, even if Mattis and Mossad discover the sniper’s location, it will be difficult to enter these buildings to round up the sniper!
In view of this, Ye Tian put on a disguise when he went out in the morning.
He changed his attire and appearance, pretending to be an ordinary tourist from East Asia, then quietly left the Nile Hotel and appeared in Tahrir Square.
As for his current identity, he is an ordinary Chinese tourist from Seattle, USA. He has his passport and all other documents in place without any loopholes!
Of course, these documents are ‘real’ forged documents, and there is nothing wrong with them!
Except for a limited number of people, no one else in the tripartite joint exploration team knew his whereabouts or his current appearance.
Even Joshua, Bishop Kent and others did not know where Ye Tian went. They could only secretly guess that he probably put on makeup and went to the Egyptian National Museum!
In addition to Ye Tian, some other members of the tripartite joint exploration team also left the Nile Hotel early and came to the vicinity of the Egyptian National Museum, waiting for the museum to open before going in for a visit.
A few meters away from Ye Tian, several of his employees were walking towards the museum gate, laughing and chatting!
Those guys never thought that the ordinary tourist wearing sunglasses not far away was their boss!
Seven or eight meters behind Ye Tian, Walker and Peake, also in disguise, were mixed in with the crowd coming and going, secretly protecting Ye Tian!
While speaking, Ye Tian had arrived at the flower bed in front of the Egyptian National Museum, and then stopped and looked at the flower bed and the museum door further away.
At the entrance of the Egyptian National Museum, there is a vibrant courtyard planted with lotus, which symbolizes ancient Upper Egypt, and papyrus, which symbolizes ancient Lower Egypt.
Papyrus is the oldest paper-making material in the world. As early as five thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians began to use papyrus and exported this specialty to ancient Greece and other ancient Mediterranean civilizations, and even to distant places. Inland Europe and Western Asia.
The study of ancient manuscripts written on papyrus is called papyrus, and papyrus has also become one of the symbols of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Ye Tian looked at the lotus leaves floating in the courtyard pond and the lush papyrus, and then shifted his gaze to the Egyptian National Museum ahead.
This is an ancient and luxurious two-story stone building, which was designed in 1858 by Mariette, a famous French archaeologist known as the “Father of the Egyptian Museum” by Egyptians.
The original intention of the Egyptians to build this museum was to prevent the unearthed Egyptian national treasures from flowing abroad. The museum was later moved twice, and it was only moved to the new building in Cairo at the beginning of the last century!
Although it has been moved many times, this famous museum uses the same architectural design plan, so the appearance has not changed much.
Because this museum was designed and built during the colonial period and was designed by the French, its appearance has obvious colors of Western culture and North African Arab culture, and is the product of the fusion of the two cultures.
On both sides of the pond in front of this museum, which is planted with lotus flowers and papyrus, are two huge sphinxes, also known as the famous Sphinx, one on the left and one on the left. Right, entrenched on both sides of the museum gate.
Judging from the location of these two sphinxes, they are a bit like Chinese stone lions, both guarding the gate, but they have different shapes and different meanings in their respective civilization systems.
In addition to these two sphinxes, there are also other antique artifacts from ancient Egypt placed in the courtyard in front of the museum, basically all stone carvings.
They are either standing on the lawn, placed in front of the window, or standing on a high pedestal, silently showing people the ancient and splendid ancient Egyptian civilization.
For example, the two stone statues of ancient Egyptian pharaohs standing at the entrance of the museum are located on both sides of the museum entrance, watching everyone who enters and exits the museum, or passes by the museum entrance.
Some of the ancient Egyptian stone carvings are engraved with many ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and various exquisite patterns. As for the meaning of these words and patterns, not many people know.
Directly above the arched door of the museum is a marble relief head of Hathor, the most beautiful goddess in ancient Egypt and the **** of wealth. The face is dignified and beautiful, but there is a pair of horns on the top of the head, looking forward with a smile.
There are niches on the left and right sides of the gate. In the left niche is a marble relief of Isis, the ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, holding a bunch of lotus flowers in her hands, symbolizing Upper Egypt.
The one enshrined in the niche on the right is also the ancient Egyptian fertility goddess Isis, but she is holding a papyrus symbolizing Lower Egypt.
These two reliefs of the goddess Isis with different postures are both very beautifully carved and lifelike. The reason why they are here symbolizes the unity of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Opposite the main entrance of the Egyptian National Museum, there is also a marble statue of Mariette, the ‘Father of the Egyptian Museum’, quietly looking at his most outstanding work.
Walking in the courtyard in front of the Egyptian National Museum, Ye Tian was quickly attracted by the many ancient Egyptian cultural relics here, and he admired them intoxicatedly.
While stopping and walking, he came to a sphinx statue, ready to admire this cultural relic from ancient Egypt.
At this moment, a joking voice suddenly came from the side, and the voice was in Tianjin dialect which was very funny to listen to.
“It’s so similar! Isn’t this the ‘statue of lost virginity’ that Guo Degang said? It’s no different from the stone lions in China, and it’s not as powerful as the stone lions. It does look a little more handsome!”
“Hahaha”
When Ye Tian heard this, he laughed loudly and turned to look at the guy who said this.
No need to ask, the person who said this must be Chinese, and he is a cross talk enthusiast from Guandu.
As Ye Tian expected, they were two tourists from China, a man and a woman, in their early twenties, each carrying a backpack, looking like two college students.
Ye Tian glanced at the two guys, then said hello with a smile:
“Good morning, are you tourists from China? My name is Chen Fei, a Chinese from Seattle, USA. Can you please meet me? I sometimes listen to Guo Degang’s cross talk, it’s very funny!”
As he spoke, Ye Tian stretched out his right hand, ready to shake hands with the two guys.
Hearing Ye Tian’s very standard Mandarin, the two guys were stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile broke out on their faces.
Immediately afterwards, the man among them shook hands with Ye Tian.
“Hello, Brother Chen, nice to meet you. My name is Zhao Nan. This is Lin Yu, from Tianjin, China. Your Mandarin is so standard. Listening to you speak, I thought you were from Beijing. Who wants to be from Seattle, USA? ”
Hearing this, Ye Tian couldn’t help but laugh secretly.
You heard me right, I am a native of Beijing!