Chapter 154: The Hundred Thousand Club (1/2)
Chapter 154: The Hundred Thousand Club
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
black professor pointed at the photo which contained the hieroglyphs and said, ”Have you heard of ‘the words of God?’ It refers to hieroglyphics Although they weren’t the earliest people who discovered scripts, they were the earliest people who captured thelyphics were created 5,000 years ago as the script in ancient Egypt
Today, people believed that Egyptian scripts were the world's oldest writing They were not only the oldest writing, but also the longest-used script in the world The Narists, contained solyphic inscriptions ever found Until recent day, soyptian scripts
This kind of writing was once considered ”God's words,” so it was referred to as ”the sacred engraved letters”
”The ancient Egyptians believed their scripts were e, Thoth It is very sijie,” Professor Lewis said
Li Du said unconsciously, ”‘The deities and ghosts cried and the sky rained jie invented the characters…’”
Hans looked at hi
Professor Lewis smiled and asked, ”Are you Chinese?”
Li Du nodded and said, ”Yes, please continue I couldn’t restrain jie”
Professor Lewis said, ”In fact, it has nothing end I think these photos possess historical value as they contained solyphic inscriptions”
Hans tried to voice his opinion ”Do these hieroglyphs contain some important information? For example, the location of the treasures of the Pharaoh?
The black professor laughed, ”Have you ever seen someone who had carved the information of their treasures on the walls of their own ho mastered the production of papyri Therefore, they would write on the papyri, even if it was i this, Li Du frowned, and he remembered the papyri that he had collected
However, the words written on the papyri were not hieroglyphs Otherwise, he would have known the photos were valuable
Hans asked again, ”The photos were very faht?”
Professor Lewis nodded ”Yes, he captured thousands of photos More than half have disappeared”
”Are they valuable because of the hieroglyphs?” Hans asked
The Professor pondered a moment ”Not only because of the scripts—in fact, these photos show historical changes and reflected one's beliefs”
”You have to know that photographic technology had been around for only 20 years at that tio deep into the desert and capture the photos for a long period of time It was admirable”
Li Du didn’t understand what Maxi at the ti’”
The Professor smiled and said, ”Yes, Maxime’s friend, Flaubert h their efforts, people have better understandings about this country, which experienced a brutal culture before the stage of industrialization”
Hans counted the photos and said, ”So, howto pay?”
The Professor said, ”As I told you on the phone, one photo for 4,000 dollars I can buy them all”
Hans shook his head ”Sorry, Professor, as the words in these photos have never been published before ”
The two students grinned when he mentioned this
Professor Leaved his hand and said, ”Show them to Mr Fox”
One of the youth showed them a tablet and there were some photos on the screen
Hans and Li Du saw the familiar architecture and scripts