Zagazig was a city to the northeast of Cairo. As the capital of a province, Zagazig could not be considered a small city. However, compared to Cairo, which had a population of more than 20 million, Zagazig, which only had a population of 200,000, was a far cry. In China, it was at most the equivalent of a county-level city.
The city was located in the fertile Nile Delta, and a canal flowed through the city. Its unique conditions made it an important agricultural and trade center in Egypt. In addition, Zagazig University was quite famous in Egypt, and even in the Middle East.
However, for foreigners, very few people knew about this inconspicuous small city. Even if there was an important museum in this city, it was difficult to attract tourists to visit this city. After all, if you wanted to see cultural relics in Egypt, there were too many choices.
About three kilometers southeast of Zagazig, there was a wasteland with piles of rocks. Even if people who did not know about it drove past this wasteland, they would probably not deliberately stop. They would only treat it as a dumping ground for construction waste.
However, this wasteland, which was overgrown with weeds, was one of the holiest and most prosperous places in Egypt 2,000 to 3,000 years ago. At that time, the city was not called Zagazig, but Bubastis.
This wasteland was the ruins of the Temple of Bastet.
In the time of the Ptolemaic dynasty, Bubastis was the biggest festival in all of Egypt, second to none.
As the festival approached, more than 700,000 pilgrims from all over Egypt and even from abroad poured into Bubastis to participate in this grand celebration. They piously offered sacrifices to Bastet, praying for the goddess' protection.
It was said that the amount of wine consumed during Bubastis's festival was more than the amount of wine consumed during the rest of the year in all of Egypt combined.
When other countries had just established their own civilizations, Bubastis from two thousand to three thousand years ago was already a city that never slept. Even today's Paris, New York, and Tokyo couldn't compare.
In the morning after the celebration, the streets were filled with drunkards lying on the ground. However, the warm temperature and the protection of the goddess Bastet prevented them from freezing to death.
The people who sobered up left satisfied. The next year, they would still come on time and throw themselves into the night of revelry again.
Now, Bubastis had disappeared in the long river of history, and the once glorious Bastet Holy Temple had been reduced to rubble.
Including the time for lunch, he drove on the bumpy roads of Egypt for two to three hours. When Zhang Zian drove there, it was already afternoon. The sun had become gentle and not so hot.
The everlasting breeze blew through the broken walls, and the weeds undulated like waves. A corner of the house could be seen between the leaves of the palm trees and date palms in the distance, and the sound of insects made the silence even more obvious.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Zian couldn't help but think of the ruins of Yuanmingyuan. As the pinnacle of human garden art, Yuanmingyuan, known as the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, was also destroyed by the invasion of alien races and the flames of war.
Fei Na got out of the car alone and slowly walked to a square stone. It seemed to be a broken stone pillar.
Its front paws gently brushed the surface of the stone pillar, feeling the ups and downs of the texture.
There were traces of carvings on the stone pillar, but the content of the carvings had been exposed to the wind and sun for thousands of years. It was already unrecognizable, and its archaeological value was close to zero. It was more like a tombstone in Bastet's Holy Temple. It could only remind people of the past glory and present decline of this place.
The other elfins had thought that this was just an ordinary piece of wasteland. After listening to Zhang Zian's whisper, they finally understood the extraordinary past and the special significance of this place to Fei Na.
They stopped far away at the edge of the ruins because at this time, Fei Na must have wanted to be alone.
This was Fei Na's palace.
This was Fei Na's home.
It had finally come home.
"What a sin …" Old Time Tea shook its head sadly. "How many great works of art have been destroyed in the battles between humans … Just based on the scale of these ruins, the size and luxury of Bastet's Holy Temple back then was probably comparable to a palace."
Zhang Zian nodded. "According to the records, Bastet's Holy Temple is a square with four sides of equal length. The length of each side is equivalent to an open-air stadium, and the main path of sacrifice that runs through the temple is actually 120 meters wide, which is equivalent to the widest part of Chang 'an Street. I believe that this record is basically correct. Otherwise, it would be impossible to accommodate 700,000 pilgrims nearby."
Hearing this, the elfins were even more shocked.
They had all been to the capital and seen the flag-raising ceremony on Chang 'an Street. The memory of that magnificent street was still fresh in their minds, but they had never imagined that as early as two or three thousand years ago, Bastet's Holy Temple actually had a main path of sacrifice that was comparable to Chang' an Street.
Zhang Zian continued, "Not only that, but the layout of Bastet's Holy Temple is extremely gorgeous and exquisite. The ancient Egyptians drew two canals from the river that ran through Bubastis. Each canal was more than 30 meters wide, and they surrounded Bastet's Holy Temple on the left and right, but they were not connected to each other. There was only one entrance for passage, and the temple was built according to the standards of a city. The gate of the temple was 20 meters high, and it was also carved with a relief that was three meters high. When you passed through the gate, under the gaze of the relief, it made you feel small and humble, and the greatness of Bastet. "
Just based on these numbers, they could feel how magnificent Bastet's Holy Temple had been back then.
And such a great temple was actually Fei Na's home!
Each of the elves was deeply shocked.
"Quack! If it were me, after living in such a luxurious palace, I would definitely feel that living in your small and broken pet shop would be worse than death! "Richard patted Zhang Zian's head sympathetically with its wings.
"It's okay. You can choose not to live here, or you can die." He glared at it.
"Quack! I think it's better to live than to die! "Richard shouted shamelessly.
No wonder Fei Na was always complaining about the pet shop, and was also very dissatisfied with the food and daily life. Sometimes they felt that Fei Na was a little too picky, but in fact, anyone in Fei Na's position, who was used to living in the most luxurious palace in the world and eating the most delicious food in the world, was suddenly thrown into a commoner's home, and there was a huge difference in treatment. Anyone would feel that it was hard to calm down, and even feel that it was better to die than to live. It was possible that they would be disheartened and unable to recover, just like the children of rich families in ancient times.
Fei Na had only complained a little, and it had worked hard to adapt to the commoner's life in the pet shop. It would have been impossible without an extremely strong will.
Today, it had returned to the temple after two thousand years. What kind of ups and downs had occurred in its heart?
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