Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here!

William was very disappointed when he saw the so-called temple and altar.

On the bare ground, only a black stone tablet stands.

This is quite normal; after thousands of years of weathering, the area surrounding the Karnak Temple has been completely emptied.

Many areas inside, even those protected by magic, were gradually breached, and even the ground was torn away.

It had the air of someone robbing a temple, even trying to scrape off the gold dust from the Buddha's body.

William looked around, wondering what there was to crack here.

But the Goblin soon showed him the extraordinary nature of the black stone tablet.

They measured it using Muggle, wizard, and Goblin measurement methods... Regardless of the standard, the ratio of the three sides of the Blackstone...

All are:

1∶4∶9.

There was absolutely no error.

A Goblin named Clark waved his fist, spitting everywhere:

"Ancient wizards, in this arrogant way, are displaying their power to us!"

"..."

William narrowed his eyes. He didn't care much about proportions, but he was concerned about the material of this black stone tablet...

He looked at it from left to right, even touched it with his hand, and then gestured for Hermione to observe it for a while as well.

Finally, the two whispered among themselves, even communicating in encrypted language, and came to a conclusion:

This is very similar to the Hell Rock described in Book of Alchemy.

In other words... it was made from rocks from the Death's River.

One of the raw materials for crafting the Deathly Hallows!

This is exactly what William needs right now!

He suddenly became excited and had the idea of taking the black stone tablet away for "cultural relic protection".

That's unlikely. If they could take it away, given the Goblin ' nature, they would have taken it long ago. Why would they leave it here?

They probably couldn't take it with them, and after studying it, they discovered the secret of the black stone tablet.

Soon, the Goblin produced another huge stone tablet.

William looked at the thing and felt it looked familiar.

"Isn't this the Metternich Stela?!"

In 1828, while digging a well, someone accidentally discovered a well-preserved stone tablet.

The Egypt ruler at the time Muhammad Ali, presented this stone tablet to Austria Chancellor Metternich.

It's no wonder Ali was so eager to curry favor with Metternich, showering him with artifacts and beautiful women.

At that time, Ali was determined to wage war against Turkey and establish an Arab Empire centered on Egypt.

Metternich, at that time, wielded immense power in Europe.

Metternich first acted as a pimp, helping Napoleon divorce his Empress and marry an Austria princess.

In the subsequent war against Russia, he led 30,000 Austria troops to slack off and secretly colluded with Britain and Russia, thus betraying Napoleon.

After Napoleon's defeat, he also served as Chancellor of the Austria Empire, becoming a key figure in the Holy Alliance and the Quadruple Alliance.

He was also the host of the Congress of Vienna.

Ali wanted to wage war, but he couldn't bypass the Western powers and Metternich.

After obtaining the stone tablet, Metternich placed it in the Metternich Palace.

This stone tablet later became known as the "Metternich Stela".

In 1950, it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

William even visited the Targaryen in United States when he was impersonating one.

I didn't see the original, only a replica.

Unexpectedly, the key magical item to open the altar was this very thing, and it was stolen by the Goblin.

Wasn't it stolen?

William didn't believe that, given the Americans' style, they would hand it over to Goblin.

Sensing his strange gaze, Clark's face immediately flushed red, veins bulging on his forehead, as he argued:

"Borrowing a monument can't be considered stealing... borrowing a monument!... can something involving Goblin be considered stealing?"

Then came the incomprehensible Goblin dialect.

The temple was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, with statements such as "it originally belonged to Egypt" and "Egypt originated from Goblin."

William finally understood.

After Easter, the United States Congress was bombed, and a war broke out between wizards, Muggle, and Scourers.

The Goblin took advantage of the chaos and stole it.

To avoid being tracked, Gringotts deliberately turned to Haiti, and during the Auror pursuit, they even killed a Haiti president.

After changing the subject, Clark pointed to a passage of text on the stone tablet and said:

"To enter the altar, you need to recite this incantation and prayer."

In the evolution of ancient Egypt writing, the earliest script to appear was hieroglyphics.

As it developed, monastic and secular fonts also emerged.

These fonts are simpler and more suitable for writing on papyrus.

However, hieroglyphics did not decline as a result; instead, it coexisted with these other scripts and was widely carved in temples and on stone tablets.

The inscription on this stone tablet is written in hieroglyphic script.

Thanks to Champollion's research on the Rosetta Stone, he has deciphered most of the meanings of ancient Egypt hieroglyphs.

But the Goblin still Farley the Metternich Stela.

Because an ancient Egypt character can represent not only meaning but also sound in a wide variety of ways:

There are symbols for single consonants, and symbols for double or triple consonants.

In other words, even if a modern person knows that a particular character represents a sound, they cannot pronounce it accurately because the vowel connecting the consonants is missing.

On the other hand, it might be difficult for Muggle and Goblin, but not so difficult for William.

Back then, the Four Founders left from the Egypt Invisible College, and they all knew this language.

After establishing Hogwarts, Hufflepuff, as headmistress, taught her students.

The Headmaster's Office contains portraits of past principals, several of whom were fluent in this ancient language.

Dumbledore studied with them specifically to research Prehistoric Mysteries.

William had been learning about time loops ever since he learned that Arya had come to Egypt.

Of course, there were also many wizards who were unaware of the truth and were very curious, as William had only been at Hogwarts for seven years.

He's so young; even if he's a genius, how could he master so many skills?

Don't ask, the answer is always, "My dad taught me in Hawaii."

The inscription on the stele is not very complex; it depicts important gods in Egypt mythology, as well as Horus and his father Osiris.

At the very top of these lists of gods, eight baboons on the horizon and the Pharaoh are worshipping the sun god.

The main body and base of the stone tablet are covered with inscriptions, and inscriptions are also engraved on the back and sides of the stone tablet.

These characters, like Ancient Runes, possess magical properties.

The Goblin also brought eight baboons and pulled out a uniquely designed magic wand, handing it to William.

That wand was completely different from the wands sold on the market now.

The material is a hippopotamus tusk.

In ancient Egypt, there was a tradition of hunting hippos.

They have fangs, and their objects contain magic, making them in no way weaker than many magical materials available today.

They can even be more aggressive.

The Seneb's Wand before us is also a magical artifact lost from Egypt, which was recovered by the Goblin.

The Seneb's Wand, in conjunction with the Metternich Stela, is required to open the temple altar.

William stood directly in front of the black stone monument, holding Seneb's Wand in both hands.

The wand is curved, with an inscription engraved above the tip.

Below the inscription, there are many pictures:

The Sun Disc, the Eye of the Sun, the Scarab Beetle, the Striped Celestial Lion, and the Sphinx.

William read the inscription aloud.

Eight baboons suddenly let out a terrifying roar, which echoed through the temple like earthquake waves.

William pronounced each syllable of the ancient script with precision and force, feeling a powerful aura emanating from the black stone tablet.

William sang at the end:

Those who enter this gate must abandon all hope!