Chapter 1161: The Book of the Dead

The sun continued to set.

The poor vegetation coverage in Egypt means that the heat storage capacity of the land is basically equivalent to zero. When the sun is strong, it is extremely hot, and once the sun weakens, the heat will be lost quickly.

It hurts to say that at this time of the day, the local Egyptians will come out of their homes and offices one after another, start outdoor activities, and don't go to bed until about three o'clock at night.

It is generally difficult for foreigners who have just arrived in Egypt and want to do business with Egyptians to adapt to the daily routine of the Egyptians, but there is no other way.

So, if you are visiting Egypt during peak season and want to avoid the hustle and bustle of tourists, the best way is to get up early.

Zhang Zian also squatted on the ground, lined up with the other elves, silently watching Fina's back in the ruins.

It squatted alone among the ruined walls, sometimes stupid, sometimes crazy, which made them empathize and feel unbearable. This is what it feels like to lose a loved one.

Zhang Zian was not sure whether it was the right choice to bring Fina here. He was worried that he was being too cruel, so he deliberately uncovered Fina's scar to make it bleed profusely again.

But no matter how strong it is, sometimes it should take off its strong armor and let the pain deep in my heart vent. It's like a dam. If it only stores water and doesn't release the flood, it will collapse sooner or later.

Fina's behavior has been normal since she came to Egypt, but this in itself means abnormal, it shouldn't be so calm, it is its calmness that made him determined to bring it here and destroy its disguise.

It's just...it's been too long in the ruins.

Even he didn't expect that the pain accumulated in Fina's heart would be so deep. Will venting this time make it crippled?

"I think that if the Temple of Best is not destroyed, it should be an excellent place to store the statue of the cat god." Old Cha said, "No matter how powerful a false god is, it will be a false god after all. Put it in the Temple of Best. Under the supervision of Goddess Best, there should be no more disturbances."

"That's not necessarily the case." Zhang Zian expressed a different opinion. Although he respects Lao Cha very much, he will not go along with Lao Cha's mistakes because of his respect.

"Oh? I'd like to hear more about it." Old Cha didn't think he was disobedient, and asked humbly.

Zhang Zian organized his language and explained his views to them.

The ancient Egyptians had mixed feelings about the cat god Best.

On the one hand, their belief in Best is very strong, and there are many legends about Best, especially in the late ancient Egypt, the era of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, almost every household had a statue of Best, worshiping it day and night...

The Temple of Best was not so grand at first, and the Bubastis Carnival was not so grand at first. It was with the expansion and support of generations of pharaohs that the worship of Best reached its peak.

But on the other hand, such an important cat god, Best, was not included in the ancient Egyptian gods for some reason. In other words, Best was not an official god of ancient Egypt, which is very puzzling.

As for what is the theogony of ancient Egypt, the most authoritative source should be the "Book of the Dead".

The "Book of the Dead" is not a book, but scriptures transcribed by ancient Egyptian scribes for the dead, including incantations, hymns, lengthy expositions, various ceremonial mantras, and the real names of important gods.

That's right, the game system of "Pet Hunter" is somewhat similar. The ancient Egyptians attached great importance to the real names of gods. For example, they believed that the reason why the sun god "Ra" could live forever was because Zeus gave him a god A real name that no one knows.

When pharaohs or important officials were buried, scrolls of scriptures would be placed next to their mummies, or carved on the walls of sarcophagi and pyramids, and when grave robbers of later generations dug up the tomb and found these scriptures, because they did not know The texts of ancient Egypt, so these scriptures are collectively referred to as the "Book of the Dead".

There are different versions of "Book of the Dead", but in any version found so far, the name of the cat god Best does not appear.

It has the name of Tefnut, the lioness god. Perhaps the ancient Egyptians regarded these two gods as one.

But in any case, the list of gods listed in the "Book of the Dead" is all the gods identified by the priests of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian king of the underworld.

For the ancient Egyptians, who valued real names very much, not having a name meant not being an official god.

If it is not an official god, the divine power is a bit worrying.

Maybe that's why the cat god statue revived and ravaged the world at least twice before and after-Best didn't have enough power to suppress it.

Unless a newer, more complete, and more authoritative version of the "Book of the Dead" is found in future archaeology to reverse the case for Best, the cat-headed and human-body goddess may only continue to be a popular but not formally compiled god. up...

Before leaving China, in order to find a safe place to place the statue of the cat god, Zhang Zian also thought of the Best Temple, but after a search, he found that the Best Temple had been destroyed by the war, and after another search, he found that even the Best God The temple still exists today, and I am afraid that there is not enough power to seal the statue of the cat god.

Fina should have known this a long time ago, so it clearly pointed out that the statue of the cat god should be placed inside the pyramid where the gods are sheltered, not in the Temple of Best.

Zhang Zian explained what he learned to the other elves. After listening to them, they realized that the relationship between the ancient Egyptian gods was quite complicated...

"In this way, we can only continue to search for a pyramid that has been preserved so far but has never been discovered? This is simply hellish difficulty..." Fei Max sighed.

Zhang Zian shrugged, "I can't help it, I hope we can discover something during the expedition to the western desert, otherwise we will have to carry the statue of the cat god back to Binhai City the same way. It’s useless to spend double the shipping fee.”

Everyone knows that the probability of this is too slim. Although more than 100 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt so far, these things are not easy to discover. If you have that kind of luck, you might as well buy a lottery ticket.

After speaking, Zhang Zian looked at the time and noticed that Fei Na seemed to have calmed down, standing alone among the ruins, her figure looked extremely fragile.

He hesitated whether to go over and have a few words with it, or let the snow lion out, and give the snow lion the task of thundering this time?

At this moment, Richard patted his head with his wings, motioning him to look back, "Quack! We seem to have a companion!"