The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Ancient Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations. It was first formed in the Fayoum area of ​​Lower Egypt." Tom thought for a moment, sat on a chair, and began to teach Hermione about ancient Egypt. "The ancient Egyptians can trace the earliest By 19,000 years ago, North Africa was still a land of lush water and grass. Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was not that dry. For example, the Nabtapura Stonehenge in the middle of the Sahara Desert shows that at least In 7000 BC, nomadic herding was still possible in the center of the Sahara Desert. In later generations, people raised cattle, made exquisite pottery and stone formations for stargazing in the heart of the Sahara Desert. It is also recorded in the "History of Magic" that there were people who were proficient in divination. The ancient wizard, it is also the birthplace of ancient Egyptian faith."

Hermione's interest was aroused by him. She sat on the bed and listened carefully to Tom's story.

"The place we are going to is in the Sahara Desert. It is the ruins of an ancient Egyptian city from the Old Kingdom." Tom said the destination of his trip. This information comes from two clues he got before.

Tom previously completed a mission called [Elf in the Forest] and unlocked an achievement [Alchemist], thus obtaining two advanced clues for alchemy. The two clues each come with a note and a poem.

The two annotations combined form a text introducing an ancient city.

[The ancient city of the God of Time: A prosperous city that once flourished during the First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. It belonged to the great God of Time, Thoth. This city flowing with beer and loaded with bread was hidden by Him in the yellow sand in the sky. Head to the Sahara Desert to find this city lost in the long river of time. Finding it may allow you to gain a lot and understand the mysteries of alchemy and time, but it may also...】

As for the two poems, one is called "Follow me to the water in the sun" and the other is "Aswan Night Market"

【Follow me to the water in the sun

How bright my tight robe is

Moisturize with oil and decorate with garland

Your joy makes my body glow

Golden fish sparkle in the pond

Look, I'm holding it in my hand

Come on oh come on, the river is rippling

Jump in with me and leave this place forever]

【Are you going to Aswan?

Aswan in the southernmost part of Egypt?

Museums, Giza, barbecue, and Nubia in the night market

Knowledge, friends, legacy and the secrets of cats

Mount the servant of the gods and climb over ninety-nine sand dunes

where everything is upside down

Get what you deserve】

The two poems were written in a vague way, and Tom couldn't understand them. He wanted to say to the system: You might as well speak more clearly, but the system ignored him. Tom could only vaguely see that he should go to Aswan first and visit the night market and pyramids there.

As for the first dynasty mentioned in the prompt, that is also a key information point.

Although ancient Egypt has a long history, it is a pity that it does not attach as much importance to historical writings as its descendants to the east. It was not until around 350 BC that the ancient Egyptian priest and scholar Manetho, under the order of the Egyptian governor Ptolemy I, Wrote a [History of Egypt], but of course, this history book was eventually destroyed by the war - the initiator was Tom's old acquaintance: Caesar.

The few fragments left behind are important materials for studying the history of ancient Egypt. The history of Egypt was divided into thirty dynasties by Manetho, with three periods: the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. Modern historians have subdivided it on this basis and expanded the number of dynasties to 33. , Classical, Imperial, Hellenistic, and Roman rule five eras.

According to archaeological results, the first king of ancient Egypt was the Scorpion King, symbolized by the scorpion. He unified the land of Upper Egypt and also occupied part of the northern territory. Egypt is divided into upper and lower parts. Upper Egypt generally refers to the banks of the Nile River south of Cairo, and Lower Egypt refers to the Nile Delta north of Cairo. The core territory of ancient Egypt was like an umbrella-shaped mushroom, with Upper Egypt being the stem and Lower Egypt being the canopy.

Around 3100 BC, Narmer, the successor of the Scorpion King, personally launched the Northern Expedition. After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, he defeated the coalition forces of Lower Egypt and unified Upper and Lower Egypt. Narmer built a city called the "White City" at the site of the decisive battle, which would later become the city of Memphis.

The city of Memphis was originally called the White City because the rulers of Upper Egypt wore white crowns, while the rulers of Lower Egypt wore red crowns. Narmer was the first king to wear a red and white crown, that is, the king of kings. . Some people also believe that the Scorpion King is Narmer, because the cultural relics symbolizing the two: the Scorpion King's scepter, which represents power, and the monarch on Narmer's palette, which is used to commemorate victory, are too similar.

This Narmer ushered in the era of pharaoh rule. He was also the first monarch of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt and was the origin of this civilization. This pharaoh is extremely legendary. He ruled Egypt for 62 years when the average age was only 30 years old! Assuming that he unified Egypt at the age of twenty, he would have lived a full 82 years!

This is much more powerful than ultra-long standby. In 2020, the average life expectancy of the male population in Westminster, England, was 84.7 years old. In modern times, Narmer is probably equivalent to a living fossil that has lived for more than 200 years - he is simply a god! This also made later pharaohs try every possible means to have a relationship with him to prove the legitimacy of their rule.

Moreover, he did not just survive, he was attacked and killed by a hippopotamus during a hunting trip - he was still able to go hunting before he died! If it weren't for that hippopotamus, I don't know how long he could rule...

The first dynasty of Egypt, Narmer, lasted for 250 years after eight kings. However, there are almost no records of the first dynasty and the following second dynasty. People do not know how they rose and how they fell. With the emergence of the Third Dynasty, the history of ancient Egypt became clear. From 3100 BC to 2686 BC, for more than four hundred years, the history of ancient Egypt seemed to be shrouded in a fog.

After listening to Tom's introduction, Hermione reacted: "So we are going to Egypt to find the ruins of an ancient city from the First Dynasty?" She suddenly became excited: This is a great discovery that has never been made in the history of archeology! If it is really found, it will definitely fill the gaps in people's knowledge of ancient Egypt, not to mention the mysterious ancient Egyptian witchcraft.

"Uncle Hal!" She seemed to remember something, "Dad said he found clues to the ruins of an ancient city in the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Maybe it is the lost city we are looking for!"

Hermione became excited and jumped up from the bed: "Let's pack our bags first and get ready to go to Egypt!"