Chapter 144 Historical Relics Left by the Ptolemaic Dynasty

Xiao Peng took out a metal box he had salvaged from the seabed and placed it on the table. "I found something like this on the seabed this time. Pascal, take a look at this."

Fabian saw the box and laughed: "This box is interesting. Why does it have two 'braids'?"

Xiao Peng said, "Emile gave me an idea. These two chains might be used to ensure safety, allowing the box to be locked to someone's arm to prevent it from being stolen. But this is just a guess, because even if it was originally locked to someone's arm, there is not even a trace of that person left now."

Fabian whistled after hearing this and was about to reach out to grab the metal box, but Pascal pushed him aside.

"Hey! Pascal, what are you doing?" Fabian said angrily.

Pascal didn't even look at him: "Go away!"

His eyes were fixed on the metal box, and he even took out his camera to zoom in and observe the details on it. The atmosphere at the scene was a bit solemn.

Xiao Peng coughed twice: "Xiao Pa, why are you so nervous? Just say whatever you see!"

Pascal didn't hear what Xiao Peng said, and continued to observe carefully. After a while, he turned around and looked at Xiao Peng, his eyes turning bloodshot. "Xiao! Xiao! Tell me what this is?"

Xiao Peng was confused: "You should have told me this, right? Why are you so excited just by looking at the box? Wait until I smash it open." He took out a hammer from the toolbox next to him: "I've been wanting to smash it for a long time!"

This metal box has been on the seabed for too long and has become rotten and can no longer be opened.

Seeing Xiao Peng holding a hammer, Pascal got anxious and blocked the table: "If you want to use this hammer to smash this box, why don't you use the hammer to smash me first!"

Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Xiao Pa, why are you so excited?"

"I'm excited?" Pascal said, jumping up and down. "I'm excited? Am I excited?"

Fabian said, "Pascal, you should look in the mirror. You are really excited right now."

Pascal looked at Xiao Peng, then at Fabian, took a deep breath, and calmed himself. After a moment, he said, "How can I not be excited? Look at this box. Do you see the eyeball pattern on it? This is the 'Eye of Horus'! What does the Eye of Horus represent? Egypt!"

"What about this dung beetle?" Xiao Peng asked, pointing to the 'dung beetle' pattern that had been bothering him.

Pascal said helplessly: "What 'dung beetle'? This is a 'scarab'! It's also the symbol of Egypt!"

Xiao Peng suddenly realized: "Oh, it's that giant bug that drills into people in the movie 'The Mummy'?"

Fabian snapped his fingers: "I know that thing too!"

Pascal said angrily: "Ancient Egyptian religious culture includes 'nature worship', 'Pharaoh worship' and 'worship of the dead', among which the 'scarab' is the representative of nature worship!"

Xiao Peng scratched his head: "What exactly is that 'scarab'?"

Pascal was stunned, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "It's a dung beetle."

"Pfft!" Xiao Peng and Fabian erupted in laughter. "After all this talk, isn't it still 'dung beetle'?"

Pascal was anxious: "What 'dung beetle'? The ancient Egyptians believed that dung beetles could reproduce without the need for male and female union, so they represented 'creation' and 'rebirth'."

Xiao Peng shook his head: "No, no, no, dung beetles are also male and female. The female beetle will lay eggs in the dung ball and then reproduce the baby dung beetles from the dung ball."

Pascal said, "But the ancient Egyptians didn't know this. They believed dung beetles were hatched from feces, a 'miracle,' so the 'scarab' became their deity. Another important point is that dung beetles roll dung balls facing the sun. The ancient Egyptians worshipped the sun intensely, and the sun god was one of their greatest gods. The dung beetle rolling dung balls was considered a miracle in their eyes, so the 'scarab' became a symbol of Egypt."

"What's this little man with a whip?" Xiao Peng pointed at the little man's pattern on the box and asked, "Is this some weird ancient Egyptian X-orientation?"

Pascal took a deep breath after hearing this. "Xiao, you're lucky you're saying this now. If the Egyptians had heard you say this over two thousand years ago, they would have strangled you to death! They would have let poisonous snakes bite you to death! This is the image of the god Amun! He was the main god of Thebes in ancient Egypt! This must be a historical relic from the Ptolemaic dynasty!"

"How do you know this is a historical relic of the Ptolemaic dynasty?" Xiao Peng asked.

Pascal explained: "After the Ptolemaic dynasty, the image of the god Amun-Ra in the Egyptian mythology system was changed. The image of Amun-Ra at that time was mostly sitting on the throne."

Fabian asked curiously, "What dynasty was the Ptolemaic Dynasty?"

Now it was Xiao Peng's turn to be helpless. "Fabian, I have to say something to you. How did you learn history? Don't you know 'Cleopatra VII'?"

"Who is it?" Fabian was stunned.

Pascal laughed and said, "Do you know 'Cleopatra'?"

"Cleopatra? Of course I know!" Fabian said, "Elizabeth Taylor's portrayal is deeply rooted in people's hearts. I was shocked when I saw that movie as a child. I couldn't believe there was such a beautiful woman on this planet! I heard that Hollywood is going to remake 'Cleopatra', and Gal Gadot, who played 'Wonder Woman', will play the role of Cleopatra."

Xiao Peng became interested after hearing this: "Gal Gadot, what a beautiful lady! This casting is absolutely perfect and will not cause any objections!"

Fabian shook his head and said, "Don't even mention it. Gal Gadot and the producers have been getting a lot of flak since this decision was made!"

"Why?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.

Fabian said: "Black people are against Gal Gadot playing Cleopatra. They think Cleopatra should be played by a black person, after all, Egypt is in Africa."

Xiao Peng scratched his head. "Cleopatra VII was Macedonian, so she was definitely white, right? Haven't they learned history?"

"It doesn't matter whether you learn history or not. Haven't you seen Disney's 'The Daughter of the Sea'? Didn't the princess in it become black? Haven't you seen 'Fantastic Four'? The first version of 'Human Torch' was played by 'Captain America' Evans, but in the new version, he's black. If they want to make Cleopatra black, then she should be black! This matter is likely to cause a controversy over casting. I hope a more beautiful actress will be replaced by the time the time comes."

Pascal watched the two chatting with a frown on his face. "Hey, hey, hey! Enough! We were talking about a serious issue, why did you bring up Hollywood? Besides, who said Cleopatra was a beautiful woman?"

"Nonsense, if Cleopatra isn't beautiful, does that mean she deserves the title?" Xiao Peng objected.

Pascal asked, "But what if the name was given by the Romans?"