Chapter 193: What’s the difference between this and tomb robbery?
Xiao Peng was hiding on the seabed when he asked, "Xiao Pa, which direction is the sunken ship in?"
"Direction 266!" Pascal's reply came from the intercom.
Xiao Peng waved to Claire and pointed in a direction. Claire understood and followed him.
The two had not swam far when they saw many pottery bottles and jars appear on the beach.
Xiao Peng said, "Xiao Pa, judging by the characteristics of the bottle, it looks like a shipwreck from ancient Greece."
Pascal instructed, "Pick up a bottle and let me see it."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng took out a relatively complete round-bellied pottery bottle from the sea sand and showed it to the camera.
Pascal said, "It looks like something from the time of Alexander the Great."
"Alexander?" Xiao Peng exclaimed. "Over 2,300 years ago? Are you sure? How could you find a shipwreck from that period in such shallow waters?"
Pascal commanded, "Get a little closer to the exposed part of the shipwreck. This is a good view. Pick up that ceramic vase next to you and show it to me—the one with the sea urchin on it!"
Xiao Peng placed the pottery vase Pascal mentioned in front of the camera and examined it carefully for a long time. Pascal suddenly said, "Xiao, you can put our company's nameplate on it. This should be a good archaeological discovery."
"Ah?" Xiao Peng was stunned. "Aren't ceramic bottles like this very common?"
Pascal thought for a moment and said, "I can't come to a conclusion right away, but I have a guess. Plan the general location of this vases shipwreck and take more video footage!"
"Okay!" Xiao Peng and Claire circled the shipwreck area. Claire's diving suit had thrusters, and she circled around like a small submarine.
She was still filming with the camera on her diving suit when a dark figure suddenly appeared next to her, giving her a fright.
The shadow quickly rushed towards Xiao Peng. Claire saw the shadow clearly and hurriedly warned: "Xiao! Shark! Shark!"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng turned around and opened his arms after seeing the shark swimming towards him!
Those who were watching the first-person live broadcast signal watched a huge shark rush towards Xiao Peng.
"Holy crap! Such a big shark?"
"Run!"
“How can a person outrun a shark in the sea?”
"Well, this is definitely the worst streamer in history. He was fed to sharks on his first live broadcast!"
"Who was it that just mentioned the show effects? Show me some show effects!"
"Holy crap, this shark is huge!"
"Is this a live broadcast of sharks eating people?"
"He's a freaking billionaire! What's the point of making so much money? Isn't it just feeding sharks? Why not leave the money to me?"
"Serves you right! Rich people deserve to die!"
They were still discussing it, but what happened on the screen made everyone drop their jaws! The shark was like a puppy, shaking its head in front of Xiao Peng, begging for a hug.
Xiao Peng's voice came from the live broadcast room: "Don't be nervous, this is a nurse shark, also known as a nurse shark. It's my friend, and I named it 'Nightingale'. You can see, its mouth is under its head and it can't bite deeply. As long as you don't put your hand in it, it's basically fine. Don't say that 'fish only have a seven-second memory', that's nonsense. Many fish have good memories. There is an elderly man in Japan named Hiroyuki Arakawa who loves diving. He should be in his eighties this year and still maintains the habit of diving. Over 30 years ago, he rescued a golden wrasse, also known as a 'humphead wrasse', from the seabed. Since then, he and the fish have become good friends and have remained friends ever since. This nurse shark and I have the same friendship."
He didn't see the comments in the live broadcast room, otherwise he would have been furious. What does "why not leave the money to you" mean? You are my grandson, why do I spoil you like this?
After playing on the seabed for a while with Nightingale, Xiao Peng returned to the Red-Headed Ship carrying a relatively intact pottery jar and started chatting with Pascal.
The livestream room exploded again: "Damn, why is everything in French?"
“Is there any master who can translate it?”
"They are trying to identify the provenance of this pottery jar."
"There really is a great god. What are they saying?"
"They're discussing the origins of this pottery jar. The young foreigner seems to be an appraiser."
"Protest, why is there no translation?"
"By the way, what are you doing livestreaming your two of you chatting? Let's see the twin beauties!"
The people in the livestream watched Xiao Peng and Pascal chat, which finally ended after about ten minutes. Xiao Peng turned to the camera and said, "I just told you that Pascal is a wealthy man. What I didn't tell you is that despite his youth, he's a very famous collector and antique appraiser in Europe. We were just trying to determine the origins of this pottery jar."
"At first, Pascal thought it might be a product of ancient Greek civilization during the Macedonian Kingdom, that is, before Alexander the Great annexed ancient Greece. At that time, the pottery bottles of ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and Byzantium were very different. It's like red wine and white wine. Although they are both wine, they are still recognizable at a glance."
Xiao Peng paused at this point and continued, "However, even ancient Greek products have subtle differences. Pascal's careful observation just now concluded that this is a Mosas-type narrow-necked flask from the ancient Greek island of Mosas. This flask shape can push the history of the shipwreck back a hundred years, to the most powerful period of ancient Greek civilization. They defeated Persian invasions twice, and the story of the '300 Spartans' is set during that period."
"But believe me, even though the Battle of Thermopylae in the movie is real history, it's still unclear whether Sparta actually sent troops. Furthermore, there were as many as 6,000 Greek soldiers participating. Even if they did, they were a minority, and ultimately annihilated. The main forces in both Greco-Persian Wars were Athenians. They were able to defeat Persia because they mobilized the nation's wealthiest people, even buying their own equipment. After all, if they lost, their wealth would be taken by the Persians, right? That's when Marathon was born."
At this point, Xiao Peng pointed to the pottery vase and said, "Finally, we concluded that this merchant ship must have set out from the ancient Greek island of Mosas and was en route to the Carthaginian stronghold of Cadiz for trade when it encountered a storm and sank. At that time, ancient Greece and Carthage had not yet torn their relations apart, and there must have been trade between them. Of course, this is just our speculation. The specific details of what happened need to be verified by archaeologists. What do you think, friends? It's fascinating to discover so much history through a single shipwreck, isn't it?"
After he finished speaking, he stared at the comments to see everyone's reaction. As a result, one comment made Xiao Peng very angry.
"Fuck, that sounds so righteous, but what's the difference between that and tomb robbery?"
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