Chapter 1146: Clues in the Desert

Zhang Zian carefully observed the photos that Lazart showed him. From the furry weaving surface, it could be seen that the target of the photo was a carpet or a tapestry. Judging from the size, the latter was more likely.

The tapestry is surrounded by a decorative red lace, which can be ignored.

This is a pattern narrated from a first-person perspective.

The rolling yellow sand occupies most of the tapestry, the deep yellow sun hangs above the head, and the sky is partially faded, but traces of earthy yellow can still be seen.

Yellow sand, yellow sun, yellow sky.

A cat walked in the middle, leaving a string of claw marks on the yellow sand. It turned its head and looked behind, as if impatiently urging the people behind to hurry up.

As the main point of view of the narrative, one hand is struggling to stretch forward, as if desperately crawling forward behind a cat in the desert.

In the distant sky, where the desert and the sky meet, several black branch-like objects that look like palm trees or foxtails are swaying, and there is a dark green lake, which probably represents an oasis.

The theme of the whole tapestry is very clear. It is about a cat leading a man who is dying of thirst in the desert to an oasis.

One of the details caught Zhang Zian's attention. On the wrist half buried in the yellow sand, there was a pattern tattooed on it. Due to the limitation of weaving technology, the pattern was rather vague, but it could still be seen that it was a cross.

Lazart smiled and stretched out his wrist. A similar cross was tattooed on the inside of his wrist, which represented their Christian faith.

After reading the picture, Zhang Zian glanced at Fina again, somewhat guessing what Lazart meant, but he still confirmed, "You mean..."

If Lazart wants to say that Fina is the cat in the picture, then Zhang Zian will definitely deny it, because Fina lived in the era of several decades BC, and Jesus was not born at that time, let alone give the cat give meaning to religion.

Lazart said with a smile: "I saw this tapestry from an acquaintance, and thought it was very interesting, so I took a few photos. It is said that this acquaintance's ancestor wove the tapestry according to earlier family legends. When I saw Fina today, I thought it looked like the cat in the tapestry, so I wanted to show you."

This kind of statement has some credibility. It is not a tapestry woven by those who witnessed the event, but a tapestry woven by later generations in memory of their ancestors according to earlier legends. The descendants who believe in Christianity are proud of their family history. He tattooed the cross easily.

"Can you send me these photos?" Zhang Zian asked.

"Can."

Lazart sent the photo to Zhang Zian.

Taking advantage of everyone not paying attention, Zhang Zian quietly showed the picture to Fei Na and asked, "Is that you in this picture?"

Fina stared intently for a while, then shook her head impatiently and said, "I forgot, who would remember such trivial matters?"

This answer also has its own style.

Zhang Zian thought for a while, walked to Lazart and asked, "Your acquaintance, does he know where this incident happened in the tapestry?"

"Where is it..." Lazart tried hard to recall. The family legend only mentioned that this was the desert in the west, and did not specify the specific location. What's more, the ancient place names must be different from the modern ones. Even if it was explained, it would be fine. significance.

"Looks like the desert to the west," he replied.

"The desert to the west..."

Zhang Zian vaguely felt that this might be a clue to find the original Egyptian cat. If this picture is not Fina, but Fina's kind, maybe it once lived in the desert to the west. As for whether it is still there, it will only be known after field inspections, but the hope is definitely slim.

95% of Egypt's land is desert, with the Eastern Desert in the east, the Nubian Desert in the south, and the Great Western Desert in the west. Looking for creatures that existed two thousand years ago in the desert is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

This oasis in the tapestry may be a clue, but after two thousand years of vicissitudes, this oasis may have evaporated and disappeared long ago.

Zhang Zian discussed his ideas with Gao Ke and the others. Although Gao Ke and the others felt that there was little hope, they also agreed that this was a clue. A clue is better than no clue. At least temporarily lock the target on the western desert.

He He did not participate in their discussion, but was attracted by the dazzling array of exotic gold and silver jewelry. He pulled Kate and asked her to help introduce him. He planned to buy some jewelry to bring back to China. He could collect them as souvenirs or give them as gifts Gifts for girlfriends and relatives—the most important thing is that the price of gold here is already cheaper than in China, and 18K gold is even cheaper. Isn’t it great that you can get a gift with Egyptian characteristics for less money?

After Zhang Zian and the others finished their discussion, they thought that the clerks and friends in the country had repeatedly told him to bring gifts back before he left, so why not take care of Lazart's business by the way, as a way of thanking him for his help.

They explained their purchase intentions to Lazart, and Razart readily agreed to personally introduce them to the classification of various jewelry in the store.

There are many types of jewelry in the store, but since Zhang Zian and the others want to buy jewelry with a very Egyptian style, they can exclude those ordinary jewelry that are exquisitely crafted and popular with local women but have no special meaning.

According to Razat, jewelry with Egyptian characteristics and popular with foreign tourists can be roughly divided into three categories-imitations of famous cultural relics, statues of famous figures and amulets.

Famous imitations of cultural relics, the more representative ones are the pendants of the Rosetta Stone, which are miniaturized according to the actual proportion and artistically treated. They can be used as key pendants, necklaces, and placed around the neck as decorations. It's also good at home.

As the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, the meaning of the Rosetta Stone goes without saying. Such pendants are very popular with foreign male tourists.

Gao Ke and the others each bought two or three Rosetta Stone pendants and a pendant of Tutankhamun's gold mask.

Statues of famous figures, the most popular are of course the heads of the three famous beauties of ancient Egypt - Nefertari, Nefertiti and Cleopatra VII, ranked in order, the most popular and the most common among locals The one with Nefertiti's head is engraved on it.

Compared with imitations of famous cultural relics, foreign female tourists usually prefer pendants with the heads of the three beauties, and He He is no exception. She knows that Nefertari and Nefertiti are more beautiful than Cleopatra, but since she wants to give it to her girlfriends in China, she must give it to a well-known one. How many people in China know where Nefertali and Nefertiti are? Onion?

However, what made her hesitate to make a move was that there was a fierce cobra engraved on the crown of the Cleopatra pendant.