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An archaeological discovery like the Mogao's cave s could be considered a rare occurrence in a thousand years. Just the cave sculptures and frescoes were already priceless treasures, not to mention these thousand year old scrolls.
In the world of archaeology, the value of cultural relics with and without texts is very different, because writing is the most important clue to ancient historical information.
And in cultural relics with words, the value of multilingualism was definitely greater than the value of few languages!
For example, you found a historical record of the English language two thousand years ago, which is of course very valuable, but if it was written in English, French, and Latin, then its value would be even more incalculable.
By studying these words, you can reconstruct the words and sentences used in these languages two thousand years ago, which is the equivalent of a historical translation dictionary.
For example, the most important discovery in Egyptian archaeology, the Rosetta Stone, was a representation of this kind of cultural relic!
The Rosetta Stone was actually the imperial edict of Ptolemy V of ancient Egypt. The edict engraved on the stone was written in both ancient Egyptian and Greek.
Furthermore, the ancient Egyptian language was divided into two main categories, the Holy Book and the cursive script!
The ancient Egyptian language had long since been lost, and the ancient Egyptian civilization had also vanished into the river of history.
Therefore, archaeologists and ancient artifacts unearthed from Egypt could only speculate but not read them directly from the written word.
This stone tablet was too important, because the Greek characters were not extinct! Greek still existed in the world, and the appearance of a dictionary that could be compared with that of a translator was an orgy for academia.
It was because of the Rosetta Stone that ancient Egyptian was reinterpreted in modern times!
What about the Tibetan Meridian Cave in front of Samuel? This was a golden key to open up the culture of the ancient Western Regions!
Because these scriptures are written not only in Chinese, but also in dialect, Uighur, Western Xia. Mongolian, Maitreya, Turkic, Yutian, Sanskrit, Sanskrit, Hebrew and many other ancient national languages!
In the secret cave in the Dunhuang, although the number of hidden wills was the highest among the Buddhist scriptures, there were also astronomy, calendars, history, geography, Fang Zhi, scriptures, medical books, folklore, famous books, accounts books, poems, verses, verses, dialects, travel notes, essays, studies …
Just by looking at the carriers of the written words, you can tell how long this has been going on. Bamboo slips, silk silk s, paper, sheepskin s … Almost all the carriers that could record words in the early days of mankind could be found here.
Although the Tibetan Meridian Cave was not very large, only around eight or nine square meters, these books were stacked to the very top, and were as thick as a small mountain.
Samuel was crying. He was so excited about the scale of the archaeological discovery that he was sure he would be able to leave his name in history.
But at the same time, he was also sad, sad that he couldn't steal away these treasures! Spend money to buy it? Is Shang Tai short of money? Was he trying to encourage the British Government to send troops to snatch it?
This is the interior of the Western Regions, the battleships won't be able to get on!
Wu wu wu … God, you're punishing me! Let me see such a precious treasure and I can't bring it back to the country, I'll just die!
This cry was even more sorrowful than the death of one's own father. The simple and honest citizens all sighed. Other people's stuff has been found, he's so excited that he's even more evil than us Chinese! ”
”This snot and tears, how touching!”