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Chapter 697 The Pyramid of Napata

【The Assyrian king heard Tahaka, the king of Gushi, saying, “He will come out to fight with you.”—Isaiah 37:9 】

The Old Testament records that in the seventh century BC, the Assyrians were preparing to attack Jerusalem, to razed it to the ground and turn it into desolation. Nubia and Egypt's Pharaoh Tahaka gathered troops to the northern edge of his empire to defend Jerusalem from the Assyrians.

Tahaka sent people to tell the Assyrian king that he would fight to the decisive battle.

Tahaka was the first king of Kush who conquered Egypt and established the 25th dynasty of Egypt.

The pharaoh had two snakes in his crown, which meant that he was the ruler of Nubia and Egypt.

...

Nubian pyramid groups are numerous and widely distributed.

Because of Zhou Haorui's search records, the first joint team went to from Cairo, Egypt at the beginning of the journey was Shendi, where the Meloe Pyramid Group was located. This is a small town in northern Sudan. About 45 kilometers southwest of Shendi is the ruins of the ancient city of Meloe.

However, the joint team seemed to be a few steps late again. Deng Ximei and Xiaoxu were all there and felt a heavier and more chaotic feeling, but nothing was discovered.

Meloère is no longer the center of the event, maybe never.

This took them a day. At the same time, the global floods and petrochemical disease epidemics have been out of control. Many areas have lost their rescue capabilities and can only watch the collapsed cities being flooded by floods, and countless creatures are buried in dying water. Many areas have also lost the ability to admit patients and count the diagnosis. Before that, the number of confirmed cases of petrochemical disease patients around the world has exceeded 10 million.

Ten million is not just a big number, there are ten million people and countless families.

The weight of these lives is greater than the pressure of the flood, but the front line members cannot stop and immerse themselves in sorrow, and can only continue to rush to the next place.

Another small town in northern Sudan, Karima, and another cluster of pyramids, the ruins of the ancient city of Napata are located in the northwest of Karima.

Karima and Shendi are about 400 kilometers away, further north. Before Meloe became the capital of the Kushiren, Napata was once the capital of the 25th Dynasty and the worship center of the "Nubia-Amun" believed in by the Kushiren.

If the ritual center of the Little Ram Order is not in Meloère, it will probably be Napata.

...

"The Little Ram Order likes to quote the contents of the Bible, and I don't know if it's just a metaphor or has other profound meanings.

But there is a mainstream hypothesis in the academic community that "King Gushi" refers to Tahaka, the founder of the 25th dynasty, Nubia, the Pharaoh of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Because he sent troops to fight against Assyrian king Sinahrib, the Assyrian king finally gave up the siege, and the Assyrians could no longer advance towards Jerusalem.

Since the "Ten Disasters of Egypt", the Little Ram Order has regarded himself as Jews and described us who do not believe in the Little Ram God and the Black Goat as Egyptians. Therefore, I think the founder of this Order is probably a Jewish ethnic group. But it is not just that, because God can transform descendants from stones. Little Ram believers are all over the world, all of whom are experts and professors who study ancient Egyptology and ancient Kushing, and a group of extremely mature and cautious old people.

These people have regarded the identity of the only God, the "Eternal Lord", as the God they believe in.

In this way, Tahaka, the King of Gushi who conquered Egypt, was a god envoy of the little ram, like Moses. We are not just Egyptians, we are so-called "pagans", so we are also Assyrians, especially Assyrians. Aren't we frontline personnel like Assyrians who want to attack Jerusalem? And that unknown force, the crows... are also Assyrians.

King Gushi sent someone to tell the Assyrian king that he would come out to fight with you.

And now, we come to the pyramid tomb of Tahaka, the protector of Jerusalem, but after searching for a while, we did not find it.

Actually, I was not surprised at all, because archaeology is also a process. If you want to find a legendary ruins, you will not be able to find them by just one place. You often have to work hard for a long time and end up without any valuable discoveries. Those little ram believers archaeologists are most familiar with this kind of thing, so they are also good at playing this kind of game. Although we have followed the clues to find the King of Gushi, they will not be so simple here.

But they wouldn't be here either, because if King Gushi was really a divine envoy, then there was no way they wouldn't be here. Only here can there be such a connection force to drive the entire ritual. This is where King Kushi returns and the most suitable place for the "Nubia-Amun".

Also in this space, 2,700 years ago, the people here called Amon's name. It was just that the time had not come, and the name of God was lost. They did not succeed, but they left a special connection. The little ram monks needed such power.

It must be here that the Napata Royal Cemetery was established by Tahaka.

Things have a beginning and an end, if it weren't for the first pyramid here, the tomb of Tahaka, then it would be the most likely last pyramid here, the tomb of Nastasen.

When Nastasen was reigned, it was already the fourth century BC. Egypt and Kusch had long since split, and the Kusch kingdom was on a downward verge. After Nastasen, the capital would be moved to Meloère. This also means that the period of the Kusch kingdom's strongest prosperity was coming to an end.

Nastasen is a period, a watershed, and an end.

Now, the little ram sects are about to start over and to make their gods come back, starting over from that end point, which is a continuation.

For these reasons, I infer that the place we are really looking for is the Nastasen Pyramid here.

In addition, as the groundwater level in the Nubia region continues to rise, many of the tombs under these pyramids have been flooded by groundwater. Nastasen's tomb is one of them, and the three tombs under the pyramids have long been submerged.

For many years, no archaeological team has tried underwater archaeology in Sudan. There is no technology. There are too many other sites to study in Nubia, which is so busy that they have not moved. However, this is only on the surface. I don’t know if there have been any tomb robbers. On the surface, it was finally in 2018 that Chrisman, an Egyptologist and underwater archaeologist from the University of Arizona in Citigroup, led the team to move the Nastasen tomb.

They dug out the stairs leading to the ground, and in order to prevent the rock from collapsing and trapping the underwater personnel, they used steel chutes to strengthen the narrow tomb. After doing these tasks, they dived and explored three tombs and went to the third innermost tomb to see the sarcophagus of Nassenta.

They believed that the groundwater prevented tomb robbers. The tomb had not been artificially damaged, but it was also because of the groundwater that many cultural relics inside were dissolved. They brought out some cultural relics, which were just broken.

I now suspect that Chrisman's team is a member of the Little Ram Clan, because a year ago, Chrisman died in a car accident. Who knows if he really died? Professor Liu Jiecheng and Professor Zhang Zhang also died back then. There are also several other members of the team who disappeared before the disaster broke out, which is not so coincidental. Among the things they unearthed at that time, there must be something the Little Ram Clan was looking for. In addition, only they have been to the three caucus chambers, and no one knows what they have made in it. Because their cameras can be fake.

That place is undoubtedly very dangerous now. Even without abnormal power, it is very dangerous.

No one knows what kind of environment is underwater, whether it will collapse, and whether it is weird or not.

However, we must finally send a suicide squad to explore, because we cannot blow up there as soon as we go, which may cause damage to the ritual, but may also lead to other consequences. Sacrifice of several lives on the front line is acceptable for the overall situation.

That's what I think."

The scorching sun shines on this tomb group, and the low and broken Kushi pyramid stands on the desert.

After Xiaoxu said that, Zhishao's face was still expressionless and he was not angry, but this may be the longest time he had ever spoken.

Lou Xiaoning looked at the child and was stunned for a few seconds. The brain still needed time to digest so much information in one go, "I remember you don't seem to be an archaeologist."

"Yes, I'm not." Xiaoxu said, "I'm good at mathematics, and archaeology is just a little bit of my amateur research."

Everyone around looked at each other, and everyone looked at each other. Feng Peiqian really realized that there were such a powerful guy in the Tianji Bureau, and he wanted to say something, "When it comes to archaeology, of course, Captain Yu is still good at it... But Xiaoxu, you are not bad either."

"Xiao Xu's words make sense." Deng Ximei nodded in agreement.

Hubbard Scott of Citigroup FBM made a statement to confirm the information Xiaoxu said, and the Chrisman team has indeed been listed as a suspicious object.

"Then go!" Lou Xiaoning waved his hand and glanced at the Tahaka pyramid, "What are we still staying here? Go to the Nastasen Mausoleum right away."

She felt that her IQ was not enough. When did this child sort out these things? Everyone was obviously acting together, from Cairo to Meloe to here, they were almost always together, and no one got more information than others. Why did Xiaoxu...

But thinking about it, Xiaoxu used his laptop to query some information and shared information on fbm.

At that moment, the First Joint Team immediately rushed to the Nastasen Pyramid, which was not far away.

Since many graves here are flooded by groundwater, the logistics side has already made preparations for underwater archaeological equipment, as well as the most advanced underwater robots, underwater guns, etc.

As for draining groundwater, this cannot be done. The Nile River is right next to the town of Krima, which was built next to the river bank, with a population of 14,000. These people are now being evacuated and controlled urgently. No one knows if there are any little ram believers inside.

It is because of the existence of the Nile that this seems to be contrary to common sense - under the pyramids in the desert, there is a flood of water.

Therefore, the groundwater in the Nastasen Mausoleum cannot be pumped out. Even if part of it is to be taken away, the time it takes is not enough to be consumed on the front line. The Nile River water has begun to become turbulent, as if it is on the eve of a storm.

When the joint team arrived at the destination, they looked at the huge pile of broken earth and rocks, and the staircase excavated by the Chrisman Expedition, leading to the tomb deep below the pyramid, soaked in the end of the stairs with earthy yellow groundwater. At this moment, the water surface was silent.

But it’s no longer necessary for super-savvy people like Deng Ximei and Xiaoxu to make judgments. Anyone with rich front-line experience can notice something is wrong.

The groundwater surface seemed to have a black color flowing by.

The special operations personnel in the joint team, Li Zhenjing, Zhang Jingjing and others also frowned.

"Deputy Captain Li, you are responsible for reporting to Tongye and doing routine tests of underwater robots."

Lou Xiaoning retracted her gaze from the entrance of the underwater passage that had become increasingly black, looked around everyone, and said, "The suicide squad is ready to go down to explore. Regardless of everyone's wishes, the space inside is limited, just a small team of about 12 people."

The base of the Nasta Pyramid is about 930 square meters. Although it is not big compared to the Egyptian pyramids and is quite spacious, but because some of them collapsed, there are also rocks, silt, etc., the terrain inside is both cramped and complex.

And there is also a fatal point. The underwater terrain information they have mastered was explored by the Chrisman team... What if it is not the case?

Therefore, this squad is the suicide squad among the suicide squad. If you fight on the front line, you may not die. If you go down, you must be prepared to die.

"Captain Lou, let me go." At this time, a young voice suddenly appeared, but Chen Jiahua stood up excitedly.

He blushed a little because of excitement, and knew that Gu Jun's tomb was desecrated by the enemy. "I want to say something, but if it is wrong, I will laugh. The uncertainty of this expedition is too great, and you should not go directly by Captain Lou. You are all capable and have a more important role. The general and the first-dragon Death Soldier are different. People like me should be able to open the way. If it is just a trap, I will just die."

Everyone suddenly looked different, and Uncle Dan was a little anxious: "You young man..."

Lin Sheng, not far away, didn't say anything, and didn't really want to go down.

"What kind of person are you?" Lou Xiaoning cursed Chen Jiahua, a little anxious, but it was not because he was angry. "I will get on the dead soldier first...I will get on the dead soldier first. Chen Jiahua, you have a good fortune, go and call your family; no need to argue with others, I will pick a few of them directly. He is right. This team cannot push the main force in. Xiaoxu! I'm going down, you come to be the temporary captain, and you are more suitable as the captain than me."

Lou Xiaoning's words were thick and heavy, and a heavy feeling had already been pressed into everyone's hearts. Xiaoxu said, "Okay."

At the same time, routine experiments are being carried out one by one.
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