Chapter 1303 The Grand Underground Palace
Nie Yao didn't know what was happening in the country. She woke up early in the morning and saw the message from Li Jinxing. She smiled and replied with a good morning. Then she washed up as quickly as possible and rushed to the archaeological site with Steve and his team.
The entire site has been cordoned off for fear that outsiders might break in and destroy the ruins.
Nie Yao looked at the protective measures at the scene and praised Steve with a smile: "Well done--"
"Hey, thanks for the compliment, Senior!" Steve rubbed the back of his head, an excited smile flickering across his face. "After digging out this underground palace, I discussed it with Professor Fred and decided to apply to the authorities to strengthen the protection of this place, to prevent someone from sneaking in and stealing important artifacts while we're away at night!"
Nie Yao nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "That's right. Even from standing on the ground, we can see the enormous scale of this underground palace. The secret rooms inside are likely to contain many cultural relics. We must not let tomb robbers break in, otherwise our efforts will be wasted!"
"That's right, that's why they sent a lot of guards to guard it day and night!" Steve nodded in agreement.
"Well, let's go down and take a look..." Nie Yao suggested this, and then greeted the leaders of other archaeological teams, asking them to go with her and Steve, bring a few team members, and some indigenous people, put on their equipment, and then go directly down to the underground palace.
"Senior, be careful on the steps--" Steve whispered to Nie Yao, wanting to support her.
Nie Yao smiled faintly, declined Steve's help, and followed Steve, carefully going down the stairs of the underground palace.
The first thing that catches your eye is a huge colonnaded vestibule. In front of each pillar stands a statue of Queen Hatshepsut. Compared with the queen's temple exposed outside, the statue of the queen in this underground palace is well preserved, and even the expression is lifelike!
"Senior, you see, this place is actually similar to the Queen's Temple. I just don't understand why they built a similar underground palace after building a Queen's Temple?"
Steve looked around and asked Nie Yao in a low voice.
Nie Yao was still carefully observing everything in front of her. Hearing Steve's words, she smiled faintly and replied in a low voice, "You saw it too. Many things in the Queen's Temple were destroyed. Later, Thutmose III wanted to erase all her records. She and the priest Senmut must have anticipated all this, so they took precautions..."
"That's true!" Steve nodded and sighed softly, "There aren't many important and valuable artifacts in the Queen's Temple, but given the Pharaoh's economic power in governing Egypt at the time, there should have been a large number of valuable artifacts buried with her..."
"Yes, this underground palace is so large, and there are many secret rooms. I'm afraid the artifacts inside are different!" Nie Yao nodded slightly and murmured softly, "Steve, remember what I told you before, that Li Jinxing and I were being followed, and he was also assassinated?"
"I remember..." Steve nodded quickly and answered hesitantly, "I heard that the other party seemed to want to get Mr. Li's important heirloom!"
"Yes, we still don't know what secret room this heirloom can open, but there is no doubt that it is the key to the most important level!"
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