Chapter 2862 Moves Fast
In the early morning of the next day, Ye Tian and the others got up just after dawn, and were ready to set off to St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai to explore the most famous monastery in the world.
The reason why we set off so early is because the daytime in the Sinai Peninsula is too hot.
Under the scorching sun, in the 40-degree heat, to explore the treasure under the barren Mount Sinai is by no means a pleasant thing.
Another point is that St. Catherine's Monastery is only open to the tripartite joint exploration team for half a day. Everyone can only enter the monastery within this half day and explore in the monastery.
As for the remaining half day, it belongs to those believers who come to Mount Sinai for pilgrimage, as well as tourists from all over the world.
People who come to Mount Sinai for pilgrimage often start to climb Mount Sinai around three o'clock in the morning to worship the sunrise, imitate the saint Moses, and hone their physique and will.
Those tourists from all over the world will also start climbing at around three o'clock in the morning, and their purpose is to enjoy the spectacular sunrise of Mount Sinai, which is the most famous natural landscape of Mount Sinai!
After watching the sunrise and visiting the top of the mountain for a while, people will go down the mountain along two roads with very different difficulties, and wait until they reach the foot of the mountain, and then go on a pilgrimage or visit to the famous St. Catherine Monastery.
After visiting St. Catherine's Monastery, this trip to Mount Sinai is considered complete, and then you can leave the Sinai Peninsula!
When Ye Tian and the others got up, most of the employees of the Fearless Exploration Company had already set off to climb Mount Sinai to watch the sunrise under the protection of some armed security personnel!
These guys also took some exploration equipment and supplies. After admiring the beauty of the sunrise on Mount Sinai, they will stay on the top of Mount Sinai, waiting for Ye Tian and others to go up the mountain.
Due to its relatively high altitude, Mount Sinai is about 2,300 meters high. It is very cold on the top of the mountain at night, so you need to wear thick clothes to keep out the cold. The temperature during the day is just right for exploring.
And there are shops and hotels on the top of the mountain, which can be used for rest or shelter from wind and rain, and the conditions are not bad!
After a while, Ye Tian and the others had packed up, left their respective rooms, and walked towards the elevator.
Soon, their group arrived on the first floor of the hotel.
As soon as he entered the hotel lobby, Ye Tian saw the other two parties of the tripartite joint exploration team, Bishop of Kent, Joshua and others, as well as representatives from Egypt, and several religious figures.
They have all come to the hotel lobby and are ready to go.
After we meet,
Naturally, it was a polite exchange of greetings and greetings to each other.
Immediately afterwards, Joshua asked curiously:
"Steven, we received news last night that you have made a lot of money in several antique shops in this small town, and some people even said that you ransacked those antique shops like crazy!
In those antique shops, you have found those valuable antique relics and artworks, can you tell us about them? I'm sure everyone here is very interested! "
Following Joshua's words, everyone at the scene looked at Ye Tian. Everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and envy.
Ye Tian glanced at the crowd, then smiled and said:
"There's nothing I can't say, in fact, I didn't expect that in such a small town on the Sinai Peninsula, there are so many antique shops, and each antique shop has its own characteristics, and they are all very good!
Perhaps because it has a very long history, and at the foot of Mount Sinai, the Holy Land of the Three Religions, many pilgrims and tourists from all over the world visit it every year, so it has accumulated a lot of antiques and artworks!
In those antique shops, I found a few pieces of Chinese blue and white porcelain, but the value is relatively average, and three Chinese ink landscape paintings, two of which are masterpieces and top-level works of art that are priceless.
I also found two oil paintings, one is the work of Rossetti, a famous painter of the Pre-Raphaelites, and the other is the work of Vermeer, a famous painter of Baroque art. Both paintings are very valuable!
In addition, I also found two antique relics from the ancient Egyptian period and one from the Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, both of which have high historical and cultural research value and are considered top-level antique relics.”
Before the words fell, there was a sound of exclamation at the scene!
"Wow! There are so many valuable top-level antique relics and artworks hidden in this desolate town, hidden in those humble antique shops, who would have imagined it!"
"My God! This is simply unbelievable, Steven, it seems that the rumors are true at all, you guys will loot the local antique art market wherever you go!"
While being amazed, everyone's eyes on Ye Tian became hotter, and everyone's eyes were full of envy.
The vice minister of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and several other Egyptians who were also at the scene were even more jealous and almost went crazy, and their eyeballs turned red instantly!
At this moment, Ye Tian suddenly said:
"Because we are on a journey to explore Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant, it is inconvenient to carry those valuable antiques and artworks, so I asked my men to take them to Tel Aviv overnight!
After arriving in Tel Aviv, they will use my private plane to transport those antiques and artworks to Beijing. If you want to see those antiques and artworks in the future, you can only go to my private museum!
Those antique relics and works of art were all obtained by me through legal transactions. There are formal transaction contracts and related video materials. There is no problem. I don't want anyone to make a fuss about this matter!
As for the issue of tax payment, the owners of those antique shops will pay taxes based on the transaction value, which is reflected in the antique art transaction contracts I signed with them, so it has nothing to do with me."
Speaking of this, Ye Tian took a special look at the Deputy Minister of Culture of Egypt and several other Egyptians. These words were meant for these Egyptians!
Looking at those Egyptians, they were all stunned. There was anger in everyone's eyes, but they also showed a bit of helplessness!
The rest of the people at the scene were the same, all stunned for a moment.
When they woke up, they all secretly gave Ye Tian a thumbs up for this operation, and praised him endlessly!
Everyone knows Egypt’s cultural relic protection policy very well. Even if it is legally traded antique cultural relics and artworks, it will be very difficult to bring them out of Egypt!
Now, taking advantage of the fact that the Egyptians wanted something from him, Ye Tian transported away the legally traded antiques and works of art overnight. The Egyptians can only accept this reality, and will not tear themselves apart for it!
As Ye Tian expected, the Deputy Minister of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture was silent for a moment, and then forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and then said helplessly:
"Steven, your actions are really fast. It seems that if we want to appreciate those top antique cultural relics and artworks, we can only go to your private museum in Beijing. I will definitely go there in the future! "
"Then I welcome you very much, Mr. Minister. If I am in Beijing then, I will personally show you my private museum!"
Ye Tian smiled and nodded, saying a few words politely.
Then we chatted for a few more words, and when everyone arrived, we all walked towards the hotel entrance together.
At this time, the vehicles of the tripartite joint exploration convoy had arrived at the hotel entrance.
After Ye Tian and the others came out of the hotel and boarded the cars, the convoy drove away, bathed in the morning light, and headed straight to St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai!