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Chapter 1137 Refers to a deer as a horse

The shop owner couldn't understand Chinese, but he could guess what they were saying from their expressions and tone. He pointed to another display cabinet and smiled and said, "If you want to see the beauty, please go there and take a look. There is the most proud beauty of our Egyptians, the true and peerless beauty Queen Nefertali!"

After Jack translated it, the strange name made everyone confused. Who is Queen Nefertali? The first time I heard of such a person.

Zhang Zian explained: "Nefertali is one of the eight queens of Ramses II, the most famous pharaoh in ancient Egypt. He is recognized as the first beauty in ancient Egypt. The name Nefertali means the most beautiful woman."

In front of Jack and Fina, he did not say the rest.

Modern Egyptians actually don’t like Cleopatra very much, because she is neither an ancient Egyptian nor an Arab, but a Greek; and because she relies on her own body to deal with foreign enemies. Even if she temporarily maintains the independence of the country, it is not good to say it. In the eyes of the Arabs who are macho, this is simply... a shame! What about enduring humiliation and other things, go to hell!

When Gao Ke and He He heard this, their interest in Cleopatra immediately shifted to Queen Nefertali and ran to another window to see what the first beauty in ancient Egypt looked like.

The owner of the shop struck while the iron was hot and pointed to other display cabinets and introduced: "If the distinguished guests are interested, there is also a plaster statue of Queen Nefertiti. Queen Nefertiti is the beauty second only to Queen Neferttali, so she will not disappoint you."

Out of curiosity, Gao Ke and his friends ran to another display cabinet to watch, and discussed the appearance of Nefertali and Nefertiti.

Only Zhang Zian was not moved. He was not interested in the appearance of Nefertali and Nefertiti. If he really wanted to see beautiful women, he would open TikTok and all the beautiful women.

In the display cabinet in front of him, there was still the last plaster statue left without looking at it.

This is a plaster avatar of a woman, with curly hair tied into a bun and fixed with a hairband. This avatar looks like an adult woman from ancient Europe. Although her appearance is not as charming as the world, it can at least be described as beautiful.

Fina stared at this plaster avatar.

The owner has been opening a store in Khan Hariley Market for a long time, and he still has the eyesight to look at people. Although Gao Ke and his group of people are so good, they are college students with ordinary economic conditions and obviously have no intention of paying. Zhang Zian basically didn't speak much, and his eyes were always on Cleopatra VII's display cabinet. This is how customers who really liked things.

So the owner walked over again and asked kindly: "Dignified guest, which plaster image do you like?"

Jack came to help them translate.

"Where does this come from?" Zhang Zian asked, pointing to the fourth plaster statue.

"Oh, the original version of this plaster statue is collected in the Berlin Museum. It is said to be the closest portrait of Cleopatra VII, but in my opinion, it is also the most uncharacteristic statue. Even students from a school of art can easily imitate a similar plaster statue. If guests are interested, they might as well consider the other three as shop owners. I highly recommend the second one." The shop owner pointed to the full body image, that is, the plaster statue that only wore a crown but did not have a thread.

He introduced: "The original version of this full-body image is collected in the St. Petersburg Museum, fully demonstrating the majesty of Cleopatra VII as a pharaoh and is of the most collection value."

"Ha, ignorant! It would be fine if a little villain in the city talks about Tianyan, but he dares to point a deer as a horse!"

Fina suddenly sneered and said disdainfully.

Of course, the owner couldn't understand Fina's words, so he just thought the cat sneezed.

Zhang Zian knew that although Fina was arrogant, he would not be aimless. He pondered Fina's words for a little while, pointed to the full body image and asked, "Are you sure about the origin of this full body image?"

"Of course!" the owner smiled, "Dignified Chinese guest, I have been here for more than ten years. If I make even this mistake, then I might as well close the door and go home!"

Zhang Zi'an said calmly: "Is that right? But if I remember correctly, there is only one formal pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history, namely Hatshepsut. Although Cleopatra VII is famous, she is actually just the ruler of ancient Egypt, the queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, but she is not a pharaoh."

"What?"

When the other people heard Zhang Zi'an's words, they asked in a confused look: "Isn't Cleopatra a Pharaoh?"

"No." Zhang Zian said with certainty, "Pharaoh ascended the throne required rituals. The period in which Cleopatra VII was quite special. With internal and external troubles, she had no time to prepare and perform those tedious rituals. Of course, this did not prevent her from being one of the outstanding rulers of ancient Egyptian history. Although she was not a pharaoh, she was better than a pharaoh."

The last sentence is of course to flatter Fina, and she wears everything without flattery.

The owner's face was a little stiff, and he laughed dryly and defended himself: "Haha! The distinguished guest came prepared and knew the history of ancient Egypt very well. Actually, I know that Cleopatra VII was not a pharaoh, but everyone thought she was a de facto pharaoh, but she was just a little bit less, so it's not wrong for me to say that she was a pharaoh."

The owner said this, but it was not considered a quibble. Zhang Zian did not get too entangled with this issue. He asked this question just to gain time to think about it, and Si Na thought about what "pointing a deer to a horse" meant by Fina.

He recalled the ignorance that Fenga showed when Gao Ke and Xiao Tianyu were maliciously evasive about this full-body portrait just now. If this full-body portrait was really a statue of Cleopatra, it would have never tolerated their remarks and would have been pawed long ago.

In this world, only Fina has seen the living Cleopatra with her own eyes, so its judgment is unquestionable.

In other words, this full-body image, wearing the crown of the Three Snakes, holding a scepter in his hand, and not having a wisp of it, does not belong to Cleopatra, so whose full-body image is it?

Suddenly, he remembered that when Fina was lying around, he mentioned a name, and said that people always confused the owner of this name with Cleopatra, which made it often get angry.

What is that name...?

He scraped his stomach and a flash of inspiration in his mind. Finally, he recalled the hard-to-remember name, pointed to the full body and said, "You are wrong. The true body of this full body is not Cleopatra, but Acino II earlier."
Chapter completed!
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