Can become the treasure of the egyptian museum, must have a very high value, but the statue of the couple looks a little unworthy of the name, although they are indeed ancient cultural relics, but from the workmanship point of view, you can see the obvious problem of rough workmanship, the reason why it has become the treasure of the town hall, it is actually when they are unearthed, experts are shocked by its eyes, what is going on? Let me reveal the secrets to you.
In 1858 AD, in the north of Cairo, Egypt, a designer in the elaborate design of this building, to build is the later famous Egyptian Museum, the designer named Mariet, although he is a French, but also by the Egyptians called "the father of the Egyptian Museum", in addition to the identity of the designer, Maliet's most important identity is actually archaeologist, it is because he has a deep understanding of cultural relics, so he can build the Egyptian Museum so successfully.
The egyptian museum as a whole system for retro red brick stone, divided into two layers of structure, does not look so "high atmosphere", but its collection can be each treasure, according to the information introduced in the museum, this two-storey building, the collection of ancient Egypt from the ancient kingdom to the new kingdom period of cultural relics, a total of more than 300,000 pieces. In order to commemorate the development history of ancient Egypt, on the pool outside the museum, lotus flowers and sedges are also planted, the former is the totem of Upper Egypt, the latter is the symbol of Lower Egypt, and the two are placed in a large pool, showing the unique style of ancient Egypt.
Among the many collections of the Egyptian Museum, many of them are treasures excavated from the pharaoh's mausoleum, and the "golden mask" of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is a representative of this type of cultural relic, which is made of pure gold plates, compared with the face of the pharaoh before his death, and then inlaid with precious stones, and the forehead needs to be shaped with vultures and cobras symbolizing power, which represent the supreme power of the pharaoh, and naturally become a priceless treasure.
However, the "treasure of the town hall" of the Egyptian Museum is related to a royal couple, their names are Lahotep and Noflette, Lahotep is the prince of the fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt, Norflat is his beloved queen, and the treasure of the town hall is their statue. However, many tourists said that they did not know why the statues could be used as treasures of the town hall, and their workmanship was too rough.
The reason why this sculpture has become the treasure of the town hall, but also from the scene when it was excavated, at that time, a research team composed of many countries was investigating the Valley of the Kings, suddenly they found a huge mausoleum, after extracting the rock quality to do carbon tracking testing, they concluded that this is a mausoleum around 2650 BC, but the specific tomb is still uncertain, with the deepening of the investigation, a pair of huge black shadows attracted the attention of experts, when the flashlight hit them for the first time, the experts were first startled, Because this pair of black shadows actually has a pair of "glowing" eyes!
After calming the waves in their hearts, the experts carefully moved lahotep and Novart to the ground to see their real bodies, a pair of limestone sculptures up to 122 centimeters high, which can be seen from the sitting posture, hands and feet movements and facial expressions of the two, which are typical of ancient Egyptian works, fully in line with their "absolutely positive" stereotype, and their skin tones have also been rendered, the prince's skin is tan, and the wife's skin is yellowish. Why do the eyes of this statue glow? It turns out that because their eyes are crystal stone, showing a unique sense of beauty.
The use of crystal as an eye, in the eyes of modern people, this is a very common design style, but in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago, when carving statues for princes and queens, the courage to use this production method creatively, it is still very remarkable, this is not only a technological breakthrough, but also a kind of breaking and innovation of tradition, the meaning behind it is unprecedented.
The Egyptian Museum also has a huge benefit, that is, many cultural relics are not protected by glass covers, you can closely touch the ancient relics of thousands of years ago, which is really a thing that makes history fans feel excited, but objectively speaking, this kind of regulation is actually "more beneficial than harmful", because the damage to cultural relics by human touch is huge, we should not destroy the cultural relics handed down for thousands of years for our own moments, destroyed in the hands of our generation, if we do so, we will be sinners of history!
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Jin Xiaozhou