Chapter 1137: Turning a Deer Into a Horse

The owner of the store couldn't understand Chinese, but he could guess what they were talking about from their expressions and tone. He pointed to another display cabinet and said with a smile, "If you want to see beautiful women, you should go over there to have a look." Right. There is the beauty that we Egyptians are most proud of, the real peerless beauty—Queen Nefertari!"

After Jack translated it, everyone was confused by this strange name. Who is Queen Nefertari? This is the first time I've heard of such a character.

Zhang Zian explained: "Nefer Tali is one of the eight queens of the most famous pharaoh Ramses II in ancient Egypt, and is recognized as the most beautiful woman in ancient Egypt. The meaning of the name Nefer Tali Just the most beautiful woman."

In front of Jack and Fina, he didn't say the rest.

Modern Egyptians actually don’t like Cleopatra very much, one is because she is neither an ancient Egyptian nor an Arab, but a Greek; Independence, but after all, it is easy to say or not, in the eyes of the machismo Arabs, this is simply... a shame! What about bearing the burden of humiliation, go to hell!

When Gao Ke and He He heard this, their interest in Cleopatra immediately shifted to Queen Nefertari, and they ran to another window, wanting to see what the most beautiful woman in ancient Egypt looked like.

The owner struck while the iron was hot, and pointed to other display cabinets and introduced: "If you are interested, distinguished guests, there is also a plaster statue of Queen Nefertiti here. Queen Nefertiti is the second most beautiful woman after Queen Nefertari , you will not be disappointed.”

Out of curiosity, Gao Ke and the others ran to another display cabinet to watch, commenting on the appearance of Nefertari and Nefertiti.

Only Zhang Zian didn't move. He wasn't interested in the looks of Nefertari and Nefertiti. If he really wanted to see beauties, he would open Douyin and it would be full of beauties.

In the display case in front of him, there was one last plaster figure left unseen.

It was a plaster head of a woman with curly hair tied in a bun and held in place by a headband. This avatar looks like an adult woman in ancient Europe. Although her appearance can't be said to be overwhelming, it can at least be described as beautiful.

It was this plaster head that Fina was staring at.

The shop owner has been in the Khan Khalili market for a long time, and he still has a good eye for people. Although Gao Ke and his group are careless, they look like college students with ordinary economic conditions, and they obviously have no willingness to pay. Zhang Zian basically didn't say much, and kept his eyes on Cleopatra VII's display cabinet. This is the case for customers who really look at things.

So the shopkeeper walked over again and asked cordially, "Dear guest, which plaster statue do you like?"

Jack came over and translated for them.

"Where did this come from?" Zhang Zian asked, pointing to the fourth plaster statue.

"Oh, the original plaster cast is in the Berlin Museum and is said to be the closest to a real portrait of Cleopatra VII, but it's also, in my opinion, one of the least distinctive, even random Students at the Academy of Fine Arts can easily imitate a similar plaster statue. If customers are interested, they may wish to consider the other three-as the owner, I highly recommend the second." The owner pointed to the full-length figure, which is the A plaster statue with only a crown but no hair.

He introduced: "The original version of this full-length portrait is collected in the St. Petersburg Museum, which fully demonstrates the majesty of Cleopatra VII as a pharaoh and is the most valuable for collection."

"Oh, ignorant and ignorant! It's nothing more than a mere villain talking about Tianyan, but he dares to call a deer a horse!"

Fina suddenly sneered and said dismissively.

Of course the shopkeeper couldn't understand what Fina said, and just thought the cat sneezed.

Zhang Zian knew that although Fei Na was arrogant, she would not target her indiscriminately. He thought about what Fei Na said, and pointed to the full-body portrait and asked, "Are you sure about the origin of this full-body portrait?"

"Of course!" the owner laughed.

"Dear Chinese customers, I have been here for more than ten years, if I get this wrong, then I might as well close the shop and go home!"

Zhang Zian said calmly: "Really? But if I remember correctly, there was one and only one official pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history, and that was Hatshepsut. Although Cleopatra VII was famous broadcast, but she was actually just the ruler of ancient Egypt, the queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, but she was not a pharaoh."

"What?"

When the other people heard what Zhang Zian said, they asked in confusion, "Isn't Cleopatra a pharaoh?"

"No." Zhang Zian said with certainty, "Pharaoh's ascension to the throne requires ceremonies. Cleopatra VII is in a special period. Under internal and external troubles, there is no time to prepare and perform those cumbersome ceremonies. Of course, This does not prevent her from being one of the outstanding rulers in ancient Egyptian history, although she is not a pharaoh, she is better than a pharaoh."

The last sentence is of course for Fina's flattery.

The shopkeeper's face was a little stiff, and he just laughed a few times to defend himself: "Haha! The distinguished guest came prepared and knows the history of ancient Egypt very well. Actually, I know that Cleopatra VII is not a pharaoh, but everyone thinks that She's the de facto pharaoh, just short of one title—so I'm not wrong to say she's a pharaoh."

What the shop owner said was not a sophistry. Zhang Zian didn't dwell too much on this issue. He only asked this question to buy time to think about what Fina meant by "pointing at a deer as a horse".

He recalled the attitude of disregard that Fina showed when Gao Ke and Xiao Tianyu commented on this full-length portrait just now. If this full-length statue was really a statue of Cleopatra, it would never tolerate their remarks. Already on the paws.

In this world, only Fina has seen a live Cleopatra with her own eyes, so her judgment is unquestionable.

That is to say, this full-body portrait wearing a three-snake crown, holding a scepter, and completely naked does not belong to Cleopatra, so whose full-body portrait is it?

Suddenly, he remembered that Fina had mentioned a name when she was thinking about it before, and said that the world always confused the owner of this name with Cleopatra, which made it often get angry.

That name is... what is it?

He searched his brains, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and finally recalled the name that was difficult to remember, pointed to the full-length portrait and said: "You are wrong, the real body of this full-length portrait is not Cleopatra, but Asin from earlier. No II."