Chapter 428 Major Discovery
"Didn't I always tell you that I think this thing should be a dressing box of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman?"
Nie Yao said this, shaking her head and laughing self-deprecatingly, "This does look a lot like a dressing box. I even looked up several famous queens in ancient Egyptian history, but I happened to miss the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut!"
"So this heirloom I asked you to check is very likely the collection of the female pharaoh you mentioned?" Li Jinxing frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully.
"Indeed, and for this famous female pharaoh, it is a very precious item!"
Nie Yao nodded slightly and sighed softly, "This female pharaoh, in order to suppress the doubts about her, deliberately dressed up as a male pharaoh and even wore a fake beard, so I didn't think it was her. But I forgot, she is still a beautiful woman after all!"
"Yaoyao, are you sure this thing is related to her?" Li Jinxing still felt a little surprised.
"I can't guarantee it 100%, but this painting reminds me, so it's probably true!" Nie Yao sighed softly, holding her chin and saying, "This female pharaoh lived during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt! She was the daughter of Thutmose I. Her husband, Thutmose II, died shortly after ascending the throne, and she later ascended the throne and became pharaoh! Under her rule, Egypt's economy and architecture flourished..."
When Nie Yao mentioned this female pharaoh, her face was full of admiration.
"It sounds like this female pharaoh must have left behind a lot of memorable things in history, but I remember that major archaeological discoveries, like the golden mask of Tutankhamun, don't seem to mention this female pharaoh?"
Li Jinxing's tone was a little hesitant.
Nie Yao nodded and explained with some regret, "After her death, her stepson, Thutmose III, regained power and erased all traces of her. He also damaged her statues and murals. Even her burial place is unknown..."
"Then how did you find her later?" Li Jinxing asked puzzledly.
"On the west bank of Luxor, there is a temple that fortunately retains the name of Queen Hatshepsut. It is her temple. In 1903, Egyptian archaeologists discovered two mummies in a tomb numbered KV60 in the Valley of the Kings. One of the female mummies had her right hand bent over her chest in a posture unique to the royal family. It was not until 2007 that Egyptian archaeologists confirmed this suspicion through DNA."
After Nie Yao finished speaking, she sighed softly, "It's so hard to find the burial objects of this female pharaoh!"
"It seems that the story of this female pharaoh is quite legendary..." Li Jinxing picked up Nie Yao's hand-painted painting again and said in a gloomy tone, "But I don't understand, if this thing belonged to the female pharaoh, why did it become our heirloom?"
"Perhaps it accidentally fell into the hands of your ancestors!"
Nie Yao speculated this way, and before Li Jinxing could answer, she couldn't help but get excited: "Li Jinxing, you know, if this heirloom of yours is confirmed to be a burial object of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, it will definitely be a major discovery in ancient Egyptian archaeology!"
Looking at Nie Yao's sparkling eyes, Li Jinxing couldn't help but shake his head in amusement. He pinched the tip of her nose and jokingly said, "Does this discovery make you so happy?"
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