Plague Doctor

When Hurley Fortner talked to George Edwin on the phone, he thought they were exaggerating, and the pieces of pottery were usually just pieces of pottery. But he and Edwin have been old friends for more than 20 years and have identified many truly rare relics together, so there is no doubt in their minds that they are no longer young people in their twenties studying archaeology in Cambridge, and they are not that emotional.

Moreover, this Nubian area at the border between Egypt and the Sudan is an important site for excavation of monuments, with many temples, fortresses, graves, etc. During the New Kingdom period - 1553-1085 BC - ancient Egypt annexed this place, so that, despite its remoteness, it could produce good things.

Hurley Fortner left immediately after the call, flying from Rendy City to this place.

It took only three days to communicate with him by phone.

But when Fortner walked into Edwin's local office, he jumped, “George, you look terrible. ”

Edwin, though 57 years old, was a member of the rowing team and very physically fit when he was studying in Cambridge because he usually stayed fit for a long time.

But now, Edwin's face is shrugging, holding two dark circles, very impotent, perhaps because his eyes are full of blood, even a little odd.

Fortner was intimate with each other, so he had no condoms, and he didn't hide his surprises and fears, "Are you sleeping badly? ”

“Hello, old friend.” Edwin greeted him and turned to the desk. “I haven't slept much in the last few days...”

“Because of the pieces of pottery?” Fortner followed with confusion.

This office is small, with the exception of a desk, several cabinets beside the wall with identification tools, and some artifacts, there is nothing left, you can see the street from the window, but at this time Edwin pulled the curtains tight.

“Yes, that's right... I don't know what the Holy Book sentence means... Hurley, I feel like there's a secret inside, and we have to unravel it... maybe Jean-François Chamberlain looked at the Rosetta tablet, and that's the same mood...”

“Wow.” Fortner couldn't help but mock and sigh when he heard the name of Shang Borian.

Egyptian cultural relics underground dealer. Even at the site of the Christian auction, they don't show their faces.

Fortner was really ashamed of putting his name and Edwin's with Shang Borian.

And how can those pieces of pottery be compared to the Rosetta tablet? My old friend is really tired...

“Hurley, come and see that these fragments have a strange appeal...”

“It better be.” Fortner was walking around and joking, "I haven't had much of an attraction on my wife in a long time. ”

Ignoring an old friend's joke, Edwin operated a safe on his desk, slowly circled in his password, and the safe made a murmuring noise.

Fortner knew they had bought the four pieces, which cost a lot, “Didn't you say the sellers said there was something better? Have you seen it?” He watched as the safe was opened and Edwin carefully and solemnly removed the contents of the box.

“Not yet...” Edwin said, "I'd like to wait for you to see it and discuss it. ”

All four pieces of debris were removed and placed on a white cloth at the desk, and Edwin stitched them together, "What do you see here? ”

“A bowl of water.” Fortner looked up and raised his eyebrows, "clearly a water bowl. ”

It was the first time that Fortner had seen this exact thing.

Bottles, jars, bowls, these are common funerals of ancient Egyptians, because Egyptian civilization is a civilization built on deserts and semi-deserts that depend heavily on the water sources of oases to survive, and these jars are for water and cereal filling, especially bowls.

Whether Pharaoh is sacrificing to the gods or presiding over a funeral, he must use a bowl of water to perform the ritual.

Water bowls, arguably one of the most common Egyptian relics, are generally not rare, but can also be rare —— because they can come from any grave.

“I think so too, water bowl...” Edwin's voice is a bit dull, "Take a look at this holy book on the bowl...”

Fortner then walked to the table, because the holy book on the bowl was quite obvious and clear, and he read it clearly and mentioned it at a moment's notice.

“Wait...” Fortner doubted, but didn't know what he was doubting. Edwin's words "strange feeling” and "strange attraction” seemed to pour over. He had seen so many ancient Egyptian relics and the legacy of so many other ancient civilizations...

Including the Rosetta tablet, the stunning Rosetta tablet...

None of this feels like what you see in front of you. It's obviously just four pieces of pottery. Why is it like a giant tower? This stuff is really not easy...

[𓀶𓀏𓇳𓀏𓊌𓐎𓌦𓐏𓅘𓅀𓏱𓁠𓇽𓃛𓀜]

Fortner went a little further, and the more he looked at the waves in his heart, the more he understood Edwin's feelings over the past few days.

“What do you think?” Edwin asks, "the message I now know is that these pieces are from a mass grave, not a mausoleum, no coffin, much like the grave of the rebels. I listened to the sellers, they dug up some mummies, they were supposed to be tomb owners. ”

“This thing…” Fortner's face was wrinkled, his glasses were removed, his heart was flattened, and he went to look again, "This engraving style should be no later than in the New Kingdom period. Old friend, you may have really picked up the treasure this time. ”

“So tell me what you think?” Edwin asks again, his face is slightly agitated, "what does that mean? The Rebel's Grave, Stone + Illness, Rebel's Cause of Death or Rebel Method? And the god of the sun and the god of the ram's head. Is that an expression of the same god? Amon God? ”

“Let me think, let me think.” Fortner shrugged, wearing gloves, to gently touch the surface texture of the fragment, and as his fingers gradually approached the line of Holy Scripture, it stopped slightly, as if it were a cursed line of infectious text, although dust sealed for thousands of years, once he touched it, he would still be infected...

Stone + pus... Stone + disease... Stone Caused Disaster, Stone & Medicine...

I was upset, but Fortner remembered something, and he said, "Old friend, have you ever wondered why it's a rock? ”

“What?” Edwin wondered.

“In Egyptian civilization, stones and medicine, don't you remember anything?” Fortner said, "And the birds. Why the birds? New kingdom period, water bowl. Do you remember anything? ”