From the Island Owner to the King

Section 67 The Star of the Americas, Rock Paintings

Tribal women dress in colorful leaf skirts, dress up "beautifully" and dance.

On the other hand, the men of the tribe were covered with mud and coke ash on their faces and bodies, with leaves on their heads, leaves on their hands, and spears cut from branches in their hands, shouting slogans in their mouths. Stamping the beat with the foot, very rhythmic.

This is a very solemn ceremony.

After the ceremony, the aboriginal people offered gems and treasures one after another as a dedication to the gods. These treasures piled up at Chen Rui's feet like a hill.

Among them, a huge gem presented by the chief caught Chen Rui's attention.

This is a huge diamond, the size of a small bowl that people eat. It is pure and transparent, without any flaws. It is the best grade of diamonds.

This is probably the largest diamond in the world right now.

Chen Rui remembered that the largest diamond in the world was found in the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa in 1905. The 'Cullinan' diamond, known as the 'Star of Africa', was as big as an adult fist and weighed 3,106 carats. , was named after the general manager of the mine 'Cullinan'.

The world's largest diamond was bought by the British government for US$750,000 and shipped to the UK. In 1907, it was dedicated to King Edward VII as a birthday gift for the king at the age of 66.

Later, the 'Cullinan' diamond was split, cut, and polished into the largest four diamonds.

'Cullinan First' was later set on the King's scepter, 'Cullinan Second' was set on the King's crown, and 'Cullinan Third' was set on the spire of the Queen's crown,' Cullinan Fourth' It is set on the edge of the Queen's Crown.

The giant diamond at the foot is a larger and more valuable diamond than the Cullinan.

It should be called the 'Star of the Americas'.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Chen Rui waved these treasures into the Pregnant Sea Pearl space.

At night, the indigenous people arranged for Chen Rui to live in a cave. This cave seems to be the most important place for the indigenous tribe. Except for a few people who can enter, others cannot enter the cave.

The aboriginals brought to the 'God' a woman selected by the tribe and called the most beautiful and dressed in the most luxurious decorations. It is hoped that the 'God' can leave an heir. Whether the heir is male or female, he has the noblest bloodline of the 'God', and he and his descendants will be the most orthodox rulers of the tribe.

Chen Rui looked at the 'beautiful woman' sent by the indigenous people. She was fat and chubby. When she walked, the fat on her body trembled. Her skin was dark, her arms were thick, she was wearing a grass skirt, and her head was covered with feathers. , headdress decorated with flowers.

Aboriginal aesthetics are different.

Chen Rui sent the 'beautiful woman'.

Enter the space and count the treasures.

The 'Star of America' replaced 'Star of Africa, Cullinan' as the largest diamond in the world. It was held in Chen Rui's palm and shone with dazzling light, which is invaluable.

Except for the 'Star of America', the possessions were mostly rough gems, pearls, and a lot of gold and some gold products.

Another thing Chen Rui is very puzzling is that this indigenous tribe lived by hunting and gathering, living a very primitive and backward life, and did not form a civilization like the ancient Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs.

They did not have the relatively advanced metallurgical process of extracting gold from gold ore and gold ore sand.

Not to mention that the Incas had a very superb and refined gold casting process, and they were able to cast exquisite gold products.

Why does this indigenous tribe have so much gold and so many exquisite gold products. Or, this indigenous tribe has mastered relatively very advanced metallurgy and very sophisticated and refined casting techniques.

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Sitting in the cave, Chen Rui only had time to observe the cave.

This is a relatively large natural cave, with an area of ​​about 100 square meters.

Chen Rui raised his head and looked up, and found traces of smoke and fire on the roof of the cave. There were several large earth pits on the ground that had been burned, and there were still ashes in the earth. Bones, very scattered.

Aboriginal people from long ago lived in this cave and lived a cave life.

Chen Rui's eyes swept across the rock wall of the cave, and his eyes stayed on a section of the rock wall on the right side of the cave, where he found something.

In order to see clearly, Chen Rui walked over and took a closer look.

Make sure it's petroglyphs.

A very ancient stone carving culture, the ancients carved and painted on rock walls, cliff faces and independent rocks to describe human life, as well as their imaginations and aspirations, involving the economy, society and life of primitive humans, It constitutes the earliest documents of primitive humans before the invention of writing.

The smooth and flat rock walls are covered with petroglyphs, which are very abstract, using lines and smears to describe one thing or one thing.

For example, for a deer painted on the mural, Chen Rui can see that the large horns, limbs, body, and tail of the deer are painted with thick lines and smears on the rock painting. This is a deer vaguely discernible from the characteristic features, shapes, and appearances drawn on the frescoes.

The colors of the rock paintings are very bright, rich and varied, including white, black, red, green, blue and yellow, etc., all of which are made of natural pigment particles + animal fat. For example, natural lime + animal fat = white pigment, charcoal + animal oil = black pigment, iron-rich soil + animal oil = red pigment, and so on.

Many petroglyphs have been blurred, and the natural pigment particles have faded over time, but from the lines left on the petroglyphs, some animals, items closely related to primitive life, hunting, gathering, etc., and primitive hunting can be vaguely identified. , gathering, sacrificial activities, and very important things happen.

Chen Rui starts from the first rock painting on the far left.

From a few simple lines, it can be seen that the drawing is of a fish, which shows that people at that time lived by fishing, and fish was a very important source of food. Secondly, it can be shown that there is a river nearby.

The second rock painting depicts the hunting scene of people at that time. A few very abstract figures are hunting a very abstract deer with very abstract weapons.

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The sixth petroglyph, in the upper left sky, a circle painted with red, depicts the sun, and the red circle is surrounded by densely drawn very thin, very short red lines, representing the sun, under the sun, an oval slightly flattened The disc appeared in the air.

Chen Rui continued to look down, and in some of the next rock paintings, the oval and slightly flat discs in the sixth rock paintings appeared one after another.

This may be the earliest recorded image of a UFO alien flying butterfly.

Suddenly, one of the rock paintings caught Chen Rui's attention.

A huge ball of fire fell from the sky.

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