Chapter 19 Bull and Matador

Twenty kilometers south of Cairo, there is a place called Memphis, which was already the capital of unified Egypt a hundred years before the construction of the Great Pyramid.The step pyramid of the famous pharaoh Djoser's mausoleum was also built here.There is also a small place called Saqqara where it was built, so it is also called Saqqara Pyramid. No matter what people guess about the Great Pyramid, the Step Pyramid in front of you seems to be man-made.Not only is it smaller, it's also imprecise, and several layers have collapsed, making it even more ancient.More ancient but not mysterious, because it ages normally according to age.The mystery of the Great Pyramid lies in the square and straight shape that does not match its age, which makes people feel too abnormal.

Everyone knows that a famous golden bull tomb was unearthed in Memphis. What surprised me was that a commentator pointed to a piece of sand the size of a football field in front of the step pyramid and said that this is a bullring for selecting rulers. , For a while, ancient Egypt chose the bullfighter who won here as his leader.This is something I haven’t read in books, so I hurriedly went forward and questioned it repeatedly. The commentator confirmed it again in an expert tone, and said that this kind of bullfight happens once every 30 years, and a ruler wins consecutively twice.This surprised me, because by the second time, the ruler could not be younger anyway, and he was still capable of defeating the world.

I don’t have enough information to prove that what the narrator said is true, but I feel that what the rulers at that time had to do was indeed similar to what a bullfighter would do. Hypocrisy and obscenity, all of this is no different from bullfighting.It's just that the cattle that the ruler has to control are very large, and it is Egypt. If so, then Thousands of years have passed, and all matadors have left, only the bull remains. The bull silently carried the matador's grave on its back for people to admire. The grievances and grievances here cannot be distinguished; but the picture here is quite moving.

Not far from the Step Pyramid, I saw a very famous matador, that is the huge reclining statue of Pharaoh Ramses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty in the New Kingdom of Egypt 3,200 years ago.It was originally a standing statue, but due to the repeated erosion of the statue's legs by the flooding of the Nile, he gradually lost his ability to stand, and lay down on his side, resting peacefully. Ramses II is famous throughout the history of Egypt.His mummy is preserved in museums, and his statues are found in many places in Egypt.Judging from the reclining statue in front of him, he is indeed extremely handsome, with a well-defined face, a high nose, and a pure and ethereal look in his smile that only Egypt can have.

He has made outstanding achievements in political affairs and military exploits throughout his life. He has been in power for more than 60 years, lived to be in his 90s, married 34 wives, and had more than 100 children. He is really full of vitality.It is said that he is romantic, but his favorite sculpture when he was alive is standing tall, guarding his wife petitely at his feet, which seems to have a sense of responsibility as a husband. This is a land where a man has really stood, but the man has been standing for too long and is too tired, so he fell asleep.At this time, the westward sun shone on us through his nose, eyes and lips. When we looked up, we only felt that it was the magical undulating mountains.

At this time, I suddenly thought that a bull without a matador is lonely after all. October 11, 1999, Cairo, Egypt, overnight at Les 3 Pyramides Hotel