In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the images of animals are of great significance. Even the most important nine-pillar gods in the ancient Egyptian pantheon also have animal images.

For example, Horus, the famous sun god, has the head of a falcon, Anubis, the god of death, has the familiar head of a jackal, and Tut, the god of wisdom, has the head of an ibis.

Among the Egyptian gods, there are naturally cat-headed and lion-headed gods, and both of them are goddesses, and both have been in charge of war.

Among them, the one with the cat head is Bast, while the one with the lion head is Sekhmet. The two are the goddesses of war in Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt respectively. However, with the unification of ancient Egypt, Bast's priesthood gradually evolved into a family The patron saint and god of entertainment of music and dance, but its malevolent side still symbolizes war and power.

Even during the new dynasty period of the eighteenth to the twentieth dynasty of ancient Egypt, Bast was regarded as the incarnation of the sun god, and even killed the giant snake Apophis, which symbolized destruction and destruction in ancient Egyptian mythology. .

The lion-headed Sekhmet is even more prestigious. She is the daughter of the sun god Ra and the most brutal of the ancient Egyptian gods.

Legend has it that after the god Ra became old, all living beings in ancient Egypt laughed at his old age, which angered the god Ra, so the god Ra sent Sekhmet to cause terrible killings and disasters in ancient Egypt, even the ruler of Egypt Russ was also helpless, and could only pray to Ra God for forgiveness.

But the God Ra is really old, and the aging Ra God can no longer restrain his daughter. In the end, the God of Wisdom came up with a way to make Sekhmet drunk with pomegranate wine like blood. disaster.

However, although the mythology of ancient Egypt will continue to evolve with the times, no matter in which version of the myth, Bast and Sekhmet have nothing to do with mummies, and according to the funeral customs of the ancient Egyptians, it is impossible One mummy has five burial urns.

"Are you really not mistaken? Are there five burial urns?" Chen Mo asked the three Americans, and at the same time, a sense of worry arose in his heart for no reason: "Where is the fifth burial urn? Where do you put it?" gone?"

Evelyn on the side was a little puzzled. She didn't quite understand why Chen Mo cared so much about this issue: "Even if there are five funeral urns, it shouldn't be a big deal, right? Maybe this is just a special case?"

"It's the special case that's troublesome. The ancient Egyptians used the funeral rites from the time of the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Dynasty. It hasn't changed for thousands of years. What do you think is the reason for the sudden emergence of a special case?" Chen Mo asked Evelyn At this moment, the unreasonable uneasiness in his heart affected his emotions, making him look quite serious at this moment.

Seeing Chen Mo's attitude, the three Americans couldn't help but feel a little scared when they remembered the strange phenomena that happened when they opened the box, and hurriedly said, "We took out the broken jar, and it's at Mr. Allen's place!"

Hearing what they said, Chen Mo immediately turned his attention to the Egyptian scholar who was trying to open a black book in the tent built by the Americans.

Chen Mo came in front of him and saw that he was trying to open the Black Book of the Dead made of black metal with his hands, Chen Mo said directly: "This book needs a key to open, you can't open it like this. Now answer my question, where is the fifth burial urn you found?"

When Chen Mo questioned the Egyptian scholar, he directly used a little necromancer's ability, which made him very terrifying and majestic in the eyes of the Egyptian scholar, which frightened him instantly, and immediately replied to Chen Mo : "There, even though it's broken, it's still a beautiful work of art that can be used for collection! If you like it, you can take it away! If you like the complete one, I can give it to you!"

As he spoke, the Egyptian scholar pointed out to Chen Mo where he put his things, and handed over a complete funeral urn beside him.

Seeing the terrified look of this man, Chen Mo put away the terrified face he had cast on himself, and found what the Egyptian scholar said was the broken burial urn.

"Bring over the other funeral urns!" Chen Mo turned his head and shouted at the three Americans, then picked up the complete funeral urn from the Egyptologist and placed it with the broken one.

Seeing this, the three Americans hurriedly sent over the funeral urns in their hands. Five white jars were placed together, and the damaged one looked so special.

At this time, the Egyptian scholar also recovered. Looking at the five jars in front of him, although he was still full of fear for Chen Mo, he still asked in puzzlement, "Is there anything wrong with these jars?"

Chen Mo raised his head to look at him, and asked him, "You are also a scholar, don't you know that in ancient Egypt, there were only four burial urns for a mummy?"

"Ah! This..." The Egyptian scholar suddenly felt embarrassed. Although he did not recognize these jars as funeral urns, after Chen Mo reminded him, he hurriedly and seriously recalled the information about the funeral urns , which immediately made him react.

Looking at the funeral urn on the table, after reading the names of the four sons of Horus one by one, he looked at the fifth broken funeral urn. There was also an expression of surprise mixed with fear on his face: "Sekhmet!"

"Do you understand what's going on now?" Hearing the scholar pronounce Sekhmet's name, Chen Mo gave him an angry look.

In fact, he didn't have a bad impression of this Egyptian scholar, Chen Mo. At least the other party's knowledge was solid, and he knew some taboos, and he obviously remained in awe of these ancient legends and curses.

"There is no reason for that! Why are there five funeral urns? Could it be used to hold hearts?" The Egyptologist quickly made a judgment.

"I can only open it and have a look." Chen Mo also had an ugly face at this time, and reached out to open the broken funeral urn, and asked Ada Wang to fetch the tools.

The others were obviously frightened by the atmosphere between Chen Mo and the Egyptologist, but Evelyn asked fearlessly, "Gentlemen, what's going on? Isn't it just an extra funeral urn? Why do you feel like the sky is falling?"

Facing Evelyn's question, Chen Mo felt that it was necessary to let this reckless and fearless lady know the importance, so he said: "Miss Evelyn, although we all know that the myth is very long ago, the ancient The curses and taboos are regarded as absurd stories, but I want to tell you that there are still some ancient and mysterious forces in this world. In this land, everything that does not conform to common sense may become into a horrible and terrifying nightmare."

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