When it comes to mummies, everyone may first think of pyramids, pharaohs and so on. These nouns and symbols are symbols and representations of ancient Egypt. Admittedly, whether it is a pyramid or a mummy, this has become the first impression of ancient Egyptian culture. However, it is not only Egypt that has mummies in the world. Many other areas with ancient cultures have been mummified.
Around 2000, a very unique mummy was unearthed in a mountainous area on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It's not because it's peculiar because of how special its material is. Rather, it was because, on the coffin of the mummy, a long list of strange, incantation-like words was found. So, what is the identity of this mummy? What do these words on his coffin really mean?
In March 2000, pakistani police received reports from local people. It is said that someone will systematically sell a batch of precious cultural relics in the Peshawar region of Pakistan. The Pakistani police who received the news naturally did not dare to slack off in the slightest. They immediately organized police forces to surround the antique market in Peshawar.
Here the police learned that there was actually a batch of precious cultural relics ready to be sold here. The dealer is now hiding in the home of a local tribal chief. Friends familiar with Pakistani politics know that Peshawar is a place of constant chaos. Various criminal and terrorist organizations are very active here. Even the famous al-Qaida has established a training base here. On the surface Peshawar is under the jurisdiction of the Pakistani government, but secretly it is the boss of various forces who has the final say.
However, the police in charge of investigating the case did not bother these chiefs and leaders at all. sheik? How many divisions does he have? Police immediately stormed the chief's house and arrested an Iranian antiquities dealer. This Iranian antiquities dealer is also very happy. He told the police directly: "I know what you came to me for. However, those artifacts are no longer in my hands. I can show you the tape. ”
In the video, the police see a coffin lying on the ground, pushing up with the camera footage. Only then did they realize that it was a mummy.
"Say, where did you hide your stuff?" The police were a little impatient and hurried to ask the dealers about the whereabouts of the relics.
Looking at the muzzle of the police's black hole hole, the cultural relics dealers are not good enough to deny anything. I had to put away the tape with a hippie smile and hand the police a note. However, the original idea of getting the mummy and handing him over to the antiquities department was all right. As a result, the cultural relics department was also confused. Because, on the coffin of the mummy, there were a few lines written on it. People can't figure out what this thing is. As a result, an even bigger suspense case will be unveiled.
The director of Pakistan's National Museum was a woman at the time. I have to say that this is quite difficult in Islamic countries. The female curator, named Asma, thinks the mummy may rewrite pakistan's history. Therefore, he immediately rushed to the place where the cultural relics were stored and could not wait to carry out research.
When the mummy was displayed in front of everyone, everyone immediately felt that the identity of the deceased was different. Because his chest was made of gold. There are also crowns and masks made of gold on the head and face.
The mummy was 1.4 meters long and was supposed to be the body of a woman. Then some writing was found on her breastplate. The texts have been evaluated by experts as cuneiform scripts. Moreover, judging from the process and technique of bandaging the mummy, the mummy should have been processed and bandaged in Egypt.
However, this is a bit bizarre. It is said that cuneiform scripts appeared in the Two Rivers Valley. That place is still two thousand kilometers away from today's Pakistan. It is not surprising to say that cuneiform scripts have been found in the Two Rivers Basin. However, this is really the first time that this kind of writing has appeared in Pakistan.
Moreover, it is really incomprehensible that this mummy with cuneiform breastplate enjoys the "mummified dragon service" of ancient Egypt. Therefore, based on the documents and cultural evidence that have been found, the identity of the owner of the tomb is speculated little by little.
"This woman was most likely born in the Two Rivers Valley, and then she came to Pakistan for some reason, died here, and finally buried here." Curator Asma speculated. So since you want to confirm such an inference, it is good to find the relevant literature. So, Director Asma walked toward the Archives.
After several weeks of lengthy searching, the National Museum of Pakistan also requested off-site assistance from the National Museum of Iran. We have finally found some written accounts of the interaction between Pakistan and the persian empire in the ancient Two Rivers Valley:
Legend has it that in the ancient Kingdom of Persia there was a king named Zexis. The king was immediately made crown prince at birth. Therefore, his life can be described as very comfortable.
But this Zexis was not a king who was willing to live a peaceful life. He is full of ambitions and ideals. He considered the Persian Empire to be the most powerful empire in the world, and he had an obligation to take the people of the Persian Empire to conquer every land in the world.
In this way, in ancient Central Asia, Zexis first found several small countries to practice his hands. Then he extended his hand to ancient Egypt. At this time, the Egyptian king was faint and incompetent, and the whole country was plunged into meaningless internal friction. That being the case, it's God help Zexis.
Persian soldiers sang military songs and spears along the way. It barely hit much, and I took most of Egypt. In many places, when they heard that the Persian army was coming, they directly looked at the wind and fell. At this rate of surrender, the French estimated that they would have to bow to the wind.
And at the same time as Zexis conquered Egypt. One of his favorite youngest daughters, Princess Luo Dujiong, died. According to historical records, Zexis was so distraught that he invited egyptians to mummify his daughter in order to keep her body forever. At the same time, the Egyptian wizards cast a curse exclusive to the ancient Egyptian pharaohs to shock the entire mausoleum and kill the tomb robbers through the power of the gods.
Well, since the above is so detailed, there are only the last few steps left. Find out whether this mummy is the "Princess Rodhujang" of the Persian Empire mentioned in the history books. If she really is Princess Rodhujang. Why was her mummy eventually buried in Pakistan, thousands of miles from her hometown?
"Yes! There are still some words on the coffin! Curator Asma immediately remembered. She was so excited that she immediately called in experts at cuneiform to decipher and decipher it. Finally, the mystery of these words was solved. They are not so-called "curses" but a sentence:
I am the daughter of the great King Zexis, Mazarika protects me, and my name is Rodhujon.
The archaeologists were ecstatic that the mummy in front of them was really a Persian princess! However, the secret of the text is unlocked. So, there is one last question left: Why did the Persian princess appear within Pakistan's borders?
But just when everyone is looking for an answer to this question. A sunny thunderbolt hit everyone again:
Words written in pencil were found in the coffin of the mummy. As we all know, the pencil is something that was invented more than two hundred years ago. So, why is there a pencil next to this artifact from more than 2,000 years ago?
Seeing this conclusion, everyone's nerves tensed. Is it possible that our conclusions will be reversed? Unfortunately, the answer is yes.
In addition to the shock, fortunately, everyone's brains are still clear. So immediately someone took the grass mat under the mummy's body to do carbon-14 testing. The so-called carbon-14 detection is a means of detecting the specific year of an object by chemical means. This method is now widely used in archaeological work and cultural research in various countries.
The results of the carbon-14 test show that the history of this grass mat is not more than fifty years old. It seems that everyone is busy and busy. In the end, they were all fooled by the Iranian antiquities dealer.
At the request of the archaeologists, the Pakistani police once again found the Iranian antiquities dealer. Unexpectedly, the other party's words were also very crisp: "I don't have any culture, when others handed this thing to me, it was like this." I haven't moved. As for how long it really is, I certainly don't know. ”
The experts and scholars of the Tangtang National Museum were actually deceived by a cultural relics dealer. Everyone suddenly felt humiliated, and if it went on like this, in the future, the big guys in the academic community must not let people laugh at death? Fortunately, however, the story of the ancient Persian king Zexis and his daughter Princess Rodhujon is true after many studies.
However, where this Princess Luo Dujiong is now buried is already a huge mystery. Perhaps, in the near future, someone will solve the mystery and reveal the truth to the world.
However, it has also been since then that the legend of Princess Rodhujang in Pakistan's heritage market has never been broken. People seem to have found the code of wealth. As for who Princess Luo Dujiong really was, it seemed that no one cared at all.
The study of cultural relics should serve the cultural construction rather than the economic interests of individuals. Cultural relics represent the cultural bloodline of a nation and carry the cultural genes passed down from generation to generation. Many people just regard cultural relics as "valuable treasures" but ignore the value behind them, perhaps, this is what people today should be wary of.
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"The Scam of the Persian Mummy" Mass Archaeology
Excerpts from "The Mummy of Beauty" that is difficult to distinguish between true and false
Who She Is - Princess Rodhujon and the Persian Mummy Nature Quest