Treasure Hunt all over the World

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Ten minutes later, Ye Tian and the others came out of that courtyard and walked towards another courtyard not far away.

In this courtyard, they did not find any surprises.

Although there are several stones and architectural fragments from Poseidon here, the words engraved on them are in ancient Latin and have no special meaning. They are just graffiti by the ancient Romans.

The decorations and patterns on the stones and building fragments are also very ordinary. Apart from proving that they come from the Poseidon Temple, they are not of high value and are not worth acquiring.

In the next few courtyards, they also found nothing.

Just like the situation in the first courtyard, although there are stones and architectural fragments from the Poseidon Temple in these courtyards, no valuable information is recorded.

This result undoubtedly disappointed everyone.

After exploring these courtyards, Ye Tian and the others walked down the mountainside.

Other exploration groups have basically completed their tasks and walked towards the location of the exploration convoy from all directions on the hill.

During the latter period, except for a few ancient architectural ruins, no one found anything special.

The discovery of several ancient building ruins can only prove that a small ancient city did exist here, and can no longer provide any valuable information or clues.

Soon, everyone had returned to the roadside at the foot of the mountain and met up with other members of the joint exploration team who stayed here.

At this time, many more people gathered outside the cordon to watch the excitement than before.

And these extra guys are all those who followed the three-party joint exploration team and came towards Atlantis.

They finally passed the heavy checks of the Moroccan police and successfully arrived here.

Unfortunately, the tripartite joint exploration team's operation has ended today and will leave soon.

Seeing Ye Tian and others coming back, the media reporters who had just arrived immediately began to ask questions loudly, taking advantage of every opportunity.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Steven, I am a reporter from The Times. May I ask why the tripartite joint exploration team came here to explore? What did you find on this hill? Can you introduce the situation?"

"Hello, Mr. Steven, I am a reporter from NBC TV. As we just learned, there used to be a temple on the top of this hill. Can you tell us about this temple? This ancient temple is closely related to Art. What does Landis have to do with it?”

Upon hearing the question, Ye Tian immediately turned to look at the media reporters.

He glanced at these guys, then smiled and said loudly:

"Good afternoon, friends from the media, there is actually nothing much to say about today's joint exploration operation, because we did not make any surprising discoveries today.

On the top of this hill, there are indeed the ruins of a temple, but we don't know what the temple has to do with Atlantis, or whether it has anything to do with it.

If you are interested, after the three-party joint exploration team leaves, you can go up and check it out, maybe you will find something, that would be better of course."

Hearing this, the media reporters all sighed and were a little disappointed.

The rest of the guys who followed him all the way from Casablanca behaved the same way.

They spent a lot of effort, passed five levels and killed six generals, passed through countless levels, and even spent a lot of money to get here.

Can you not be disappointed when you hear such news?

Next, another reporter asked questions loudly.

The reporter asked about the stone hand just now, where it came from, how valuable it was, whether it was related to Atlantis, etc.

Regarding this question, Ye Tian only mentioned the purchase price of 20,000 US dollars.

As for other information, he used the excuse that he was researching it.

After answering this question, he ignored the media reporters and said loudly to the local residents at the scene:

"Ladies and gentlemen, our exploration here today is about to end. Before leaving, I want to tell everyone that if you have anything weird, you can contact us.

The strange things I am talking about are the things from the ruins of the temple on the top of the mountain. If what you have in your hands is indeed of research value, I will invest in the purchase. As for the price, we can discuss it in person at that time."

Hearing this, the locals nodded.

Many of them were eager to try, ready to search this hill to see if they could find any treasures.

The $20,000 that Hassler received obviously stimulated them and made them jealous.

After finishing speaking, Ye Tian ordered his exploration team members to pack their things and prepare to leave.

Soon, all the exploratory groups that had been sent out came back.

Everyone immediately got busy, loading various exploration equipment into boxes and then loading them onto numerous vehicles.

In a short time, everyone had finished packing and got into the car one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the joint exploration convoy started with a bang, slowly drove away from here, and returned directly to Casablanca.

As the joint exploration convoy left, the police cordon was also lifted.

The next moment, the people watching behind the cordon rushed directly to the hill like a tide and rushed to the top of the mountain.

They all want to explore here and see if there are any surprising discoveries.

Even if there is not much gain, a small surprise is not bad!

In the blink of an eye, this small hill was already filled with people.

Many people are digging around in the mountains, daydreaming about getting rich overnight.

However, the joint exploration convoy was far away and soon disappeared.

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Soon, it was evening.

In the hotel's presidential suite.

Ye Tian and Professor Paul were studying the building component they discovered during the day and the stone hand they purchased later.

Next to them were two laptops.

What is displayed on the laptop screen is the famous Parthenon and several other ancient Greek temple architectural ruins, as well as some ancient Greek classical sculptures.

The research has been going on for about an hour, and everyone has come to some conclusions.

What is certain is that the temple that once stood on the top of the hill that was explored during the day was indeed an ancient Greek temple building, and it was a Poseidon.

The god enshrined in the temple is naturally the sea god Poseidon.

This Poseidon was most likely built by the ancient Greeks. The construction period was a little later than the Parthenon. It should be a temple building in the early Hellenistic era.

The artistic characteristics it embodies are in line with the artistic characteristics of ancient Greek late classical and early Hellenistic architecture, and are different from the temple architecture of the High Classical Period like the Parthenon.

This point is also confirmed by the stone hand that is suspected to be the remains of the sculpture of Poseidon.

After some careful research and comparison with several ancient Greek sculptures in his collection, Ye Tian finally came to a firm conclusion.

He told Professor Yahya and Paul that the artistic style of this stone hand was exactly the classical sculpture of ancient Greece.

Moreover, the carving technique displayed by this stone hand is close to the style of Lyosippos, the last master of sculpture in the late classical period, but it is paradoxical.

It is basically certain that the ancient Greek sculptor who carved this stone hand was most likely a descendant of Lysippos.

During the period when Liusi Persia lived, ancient Greece was entering the Hellenistic period from the classical period.

He is a famous sculptor who connects the past and the future between these two eras. He is one of the three major sculptors in the Hellenistic era and has students all over the world.

More importantly, the carving techniques displayed by this stone hand coincide with the architectural style of the Poseidon Temple from the same period.

Combining these evidences, it can be concluded.

This Poseidon Temple located on the outskirts of Casablanca was indeed built by the ancient Greeks, and the Poseidon statue in the temple was the work of an ancient Greek sculptor!

As this identification conclusion came out, everyone was completely confused.

How could there be a Poseidon built by ancient Greeks or even an ancient city built by ancient Greeks near Casablanca around 300 to 400 BC?

Everyone knows that at that time, the Carthaginians ruled here.

Neither ancient Greece nor ancient Rome had set foot on this land at that time.

Although Carthage had close ties and frequent exchanges with ancient Greece, they were enemies most of the time and were constantly competing for hegemony in the Mediterranean.

Could it be that Carthage invited ancient Greek sculptors to come here to design and build this Poseidon and this ancient city?

Or perhaps the Carthaginians captured a master sculptor among the ancient Greeks, and then forced the ancient Greek sculptor to design and build this sculpture.

It seems that only these two explanations sound reasonable.

Another possibility is that there is an error in the historical record.

The real history is that at some time between 300 and 400 BC, ancient Greece conquered this place, or briefly conquered it, so this Poseidon temple was left behind.

Either it was built by some unknown mysterious force, and it just imitated the artistic style of late classical Greece and early Hellenism.

Thinking of all these possibilities, everyone felt a headache and couldn't figure it out at all.

However, everyone is certain of one thing. The broken stone hand is a masterpiece and its value is much higher than 20,000 US dollars.

Ye Tian also decided to display this stone hand in his private museum in the future.

This made Yahya and the others regretful, regretting why they didn't take action during the day and missed a valuable antique cultural relic.

In addition to the stone hand and architectural fragments, everyone also studied the ancient Mayan inscriptions and patterns on the half of the stone pillars discovered previously, but unfortunately there was no progress.

Everyone has not been able to decipher the ancient Mayan script, and still can't figure out the secret hidden behind the half of the stone pillar.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that everyone finished the research.

Afterwards, everyone began to discuss the exploration operations that will be carried out tomorrow.

"Steven, tomorrow the joint exploration team will go out to sea to explore. Do we need to make any preparations? For example, security."

Yahya asked.

Upon hearing the inquiry, Ye Tian thought for a moment and then replied with a smile:

"My staff have made all the preparations that need to be made, including fresh water, food, oil and other supplies. My staff have prepared a lot in the past two days and moved them to each ship. They are completely sufficient.

What you Moroccans have to do is to stop the ships trying to follow the joint exploration fleet after it sets sail, and when the fleet reaches the target sea area, take charge of on-site security and drive away other ships."

"Don't worry, there is no problem. I will notify the Coast Guard and let them prepare to stop ships that try to follow the exploration fleet."

"Trying to track those guys and ships of the Joint Exploration Fleet is just a minor inconvenience and not difficult to solve. The real trouble is out there, and it is very difficult, especially for you Morocco.

The sea area we are going to explore tomorrow is not far from the high seas, and the high seas outside Casablanca are filled with various ships, including scientific research ships, deep-sea salvage ships, yachts, and even warships.

There are many ships here from various powerful countries in Europe and the United States. Morocco cannot afford to offend any country. Even on the bottom of the sea, there are submarines from European and American countries searching for clues.

If I guess correctly, the coast near Casablanca has been secretly scanned by submarines and divers from European and American countries, but you Moroccans have not discovered it.

All you have to do tomorrow is to guard Morocco's territorial waters baseline and not let irrelevant ships intrude into the operating waters of the joint exploration fleet. As for the submarines hidden underwater, just do your best! "

Ye Tian said with a smile, but the words he said were very harsh.

After the words fell, Yahya's expression suddenly changed, becoming much more solemn, and he became silent.

After a long time, he said with a wry smile:

"You're right, Steven, we Morocco can't afford to offend any of those European and American countries that have the ability to send scientific research ships here to disrupt the situation. This is due to the country's strength.

With the strength of the Moroccan Navy, it is simply unable to deter those ships from European and American countries, let alone the submarines hidden deep in the seabed. It is difficult to detect them.

Even so, we will still take the appropriate stance to ensure that our territorial waters are not violated and that the exploration operations of the joint exploration fleet are not maliciously interfered with.

There are naval ships in Casablanca, and I will apply to His Majesty the King to send warships out to sea in the name of patrol to protect the joint exploration fleet, which should have a certain role."

"This is the best thing. I suggest that you cooperate with the media and expose the movements of ships from various countries through the media and the Internet, create pressure from public opinion, and then restrict ships from various countries.

Before the joint exploration team discovers Atlantis, I believe that those ships from Europe and the United States will not dare to go too far, and they still have to worry about the impact of public opinion."

Ye Tian said with a smile and came up with an idea.

There is no other way. Strong enemies are around, and Morocco's strength is too weak. It can only find ways to contain those guys on the high seas who are eyeing it.

Hearing his words, Yahya's eyes immediately lit up, and he seemed to see hope.

"This is a good idea, Steven. When we get back, we will contact all the media and make preparations in this regard. We hope it can play a role in making those ships from Europe and the United States have some scruples!

In this case, we will not be able to avoid those media reporters. Not only can we not avoid those guys, but we also have to take some reporters from famous media to explore the sea together, which is also a big trouble."

"It doesn't matter. We are going to explore the bottom of the sea this time. Even if those media reporters want to follow up and report, they don't have the ability. They can only stay on the yacht!"

Ye Tian smiled and shook his head.

After chatting for a few more words, Yahya and the others just left and went back to their rooms to rest.

Next, Ye Tian chatted with David and Matisse for a while and made some necessary preparations and arrangements.

For example, notify the US Embassy in Morocco in advance, get in touch with US warships cruising nearby, etc., just in case.

At the same time, we must also do a good job in the security of the fleet to prevent people from sneaking in and eavesdropping, or interfering with the operations of the joint exploration fleet, etc.

After about half an hour, David and Matisse just left the suite.

At this time, the night outside the window was already dark, and there was silence everywhere.